Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Contributes to the Hospital’s mission to care, heal and to excel in service to our community by independently performing Computerized Tomography (CT) examinations meeting ACR imaging standards and maintaining safety standards using state-of-the-art CT scanners, power injectors, PACS, and other related medical imaging equipment. This professional technologist position will have an impact on quality, safety and patient experience.

Job Description:

As part of the Radiology team, the Computerized Tomography Technologist:

• Greets, escorts, assesses, educates and identifies patients making the patients feel welcomed and comfortable and fulfilling all safety and quality checks, including verifying exam orders.

• Completes CT examinations following established exam protocols established by CT Radiologist.

• Administers contrast intravenously, assesses IV site and operates IV contrast injector.

• Enters examinations correctly, ensuring accurate and informative documentation and appropriate charges are entered.

• Electronically sends and stores images and data appropriately in PACS.

• Maintains all department records and logs to monitor quality and safety in accordance with departmental policies.

• Maintains a clean and safe work environment presenting the best possible impression of facilities and fostering our culture of safety.

• Responds to supply and equipment issues timely to ensure optimum operations and equipment quality and long-term equipment maintenance and life.

• Transports and provides ambulatory assistance to patients as necessary.

• Educates and informs patients and family members throughout the patients’ experience.

• Communicates effectively with the healthcare team utilizing established handoff procedures. Gives and accepts respectful feedback to enhance teamwork.

• Minimizes preventable harm events and consistently executes the infection control protocols. Incorporates the Culture of Safety tools in daily practice, adhering to quality and safety guidelines and communicating near-miss or potential risks.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

Required: Graduate of an accredited program in Radiologic Technology

Preferred: Advance education in CAT scan technology

Experience:

Required: One year diagnostic technology

Preferred: One year of CT

Other Skills/Knowledge:

Required: For safety and quality reasons, must be able to read, write and communicate effectively in English with patients, visitors and fellow members of the hospital team

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS:

Required:

• ARRT registered in Radiology and CT

• Massachusetts State license in Radiology and CT

LIFE SUPPORT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED: Basic Life Support

POPULATION SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: Neonates, Infants, Children, Adolescents, Adults, Geriatrics

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more (https://www.bilh.org/newsroom/bilh-to-require-covid-19-influenza-vaccines-for-all-clinicians-staff-by-oct-31) about this requirement.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled