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Heywood Healthcare · 3 months ago

CAT Scan Technologist, CAT Scan, 24 Hours, Night Shift, 3:00PM-11:30PM, Flexible days, Rotating weekends

US-MA-Gardner

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

Heywood Healthcare is a healthcare provider that values its employees and offers competitive wages and benefits. They are seeking a CAT Scan Technologist to perform high-quality imaging services, ensure regulatory compliance, and maintain a safe environment for patients and staff.

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H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Conducts interactions with everyone in a friendly, courteous and respectful manner

Goes out of his/her way to offer assistance to others. If he/she cannot offer assistance, then finds someone who can

Advocates to ensure privacy and confidentiality while helping others to maintain awareness

Maintains a clean and safe hospital

Responds appropriately and immediately in emergency situations

Maintains a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors, and/or staff to provide the highest level of physical comfort, and minimize risk and injury

Ensures compliance with regulations to maintain accreditation and licensure

Complies with the Hospital Attendance and Tardiness Policy

Completed all Hospital and Department Specific Mandatory requirements in the prior calendar year

Reports Incidents in a timely and effective manner

All employees with direct patient contact are responsible for actively engaging in the practice of, monitoring and enforcing compliance to hand hygiene

Assures that all CT scans include accurate demographic information proper image density, contrast, reconstructed images resulting in high quality images

Assures that all Mammography exams include accurate demographic information proper image density, contrast, reconstructed image and high quality images

Performs daily CT QA and records data to ensure regulatory compliance

Performs daily Mammography QA and records data to ensure regulatory compliance

Operates hospital PACS system to ensure all images (Mam, CT and Rad) are correctly transmitted with accurate data for radiologists readings

Effectively coordinates the merge, move and retrieve all studies between servers to ensure all current and prior exams are acute for reading

Follows pre-determined image criteria to assess radiographs to ensure all patients are well positioned and all anatomical information is on each view

Assures that all radiographs include markers, demographic information, and proper image density and contrast

Operates all diagnostic equipment to ensure proper image quality

Operates x-ray equipment for pre-determined equipment techniques to ensure proper radiograph, including all general diagnostic, fluoroscopic, portable and surgical equipment

Assesses patients to ensure optimum exposure techniques. For women of childbearing age (specify ages suggest 13 – 55) appropriate precautions are taken to determine if the patient may be pregnant. For pregnant women, extra precautions are taken to minimize exposure potentially harmful radiation

Assesses body part to be radiographed and determines appropriate technique to ensure appropriate radiation exposure and a quality radiograph

Utilizes collimation, safety measures and protective devices

Reviews physician orders to determine that the correct examination has been ordered based on the clinical history provided

Accurately enters orders and charging procedures into the Meditech Computer System

Maintains a safe environment for patients by assuring that sharp objects, toxic substances and other objects potentially harmful to children are not accessible

Assures that the environment of care or services is free of objects which may contribute to the likelihood of patient falls, slips or trips. Makes readily available assistive devices for ambulation. Complies with policies and procedures relating to gait belts and similar devices

Is aware of the increased risk of falls, slips, and trips for elderly patients and visitors, and assures that the environment of care or services is free of objects and spills which may contribute to the likelihood of patient falls, slips, or trips

Is sensitive to the tendency of older patients to have hearing difficulties. Verifies that he or she is speaking with appropriate level of loudness so that the patient hears instructions, questions, and conversations with caregiver, but that offense is not given to the patient as the result of the voice being excessively loud. Is able to differentiate problems with hearing versus problems with comprehension

Correctly interprets verbal and nonverbal response pain management treatments. Takes appropriate action to minimize the patient’s level of pain by utilizing various pain management techniques and methods

Takes appropriate actions to assure physical security of children and complies with policies and procedures related to the prevention of neonate, infant and child abduction

Is aware of reduced endurance and strength present in many elderly, and provides accommodation for seating during extended interviews, discussions with secretaries, receptionists and other clerical personnel, or when the patient is waiting for transportation

Qualification

Radiologic TechnologyCT Scan OperationMammography QAARRT CertificationCPR CertificationBasic Computer KnowledgeAdditional LanguagesWrittenVerbal SkillsEnglish Communication

Required

Massachusetts License to practice Radiologic Technology required

CPR Certification required

Ability to read and communicate effectively in English

Strong written and verbal skills

Basic computer knowledge

Preferred

A.S. Degree, preferred but not required

American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) certification preferred. Must obtain within one year from date of hire

Additional languages preferred

Benefits

Competitive wages

Great benefits

Generous earned time off

Company

Heywood Healthcare

Heywood Healthcare non-profit organization that specializes with the treatment and programs of mental health and substance misuse.

Founded in 1907

Gardner, Massachusetts, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.heywood.org

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