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Kaiser Permanente · 1 month ago

CT Technologist-Part Time-Weekend-Tacoma

Tacoma, WA

Part-time

Onsite

Entry Level

1+ years exp

Kaiser Permanente is a healthcare organization seeking a part-time CT Technologist to provide CT and Diagnostic X-ray imaging services to patients. The role involves ensuring patient safety, performing diagnostic tests, and maintaining high-quality imaging standards while adhering to medical ethics and safety protocols.

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Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Performs quality images through protocols and positions to best demonstrate anatomic area of interest, respecting patients comfort and ability

Demonstrates knowledge to perform cross-section imaging

Produces images in accordance with proper radiographic techniques

Evaluates images for technical quality, assuring proper identification is recorded

Demonstrates knowledge and skills to provide services to all age groups served

Provides patient education on procedures according to age-specific needs

Facilitates patients cooperation and alleviates anxiety by addressing concerns

Verifies appropriate procedure to be performed by checking physicians orders and outpatient prescriptions

Contacts physicians with discrepancies

Demonstrates understanding of contrast agents for the proper organ studies and prepares desired contrast media

Ensures appropriate documentation prior to procedure

Assists with procedures as needed

Provides timely, responsive, expert services to customers in a positive friendly manner, to include patient, physicians, and other fellow employees

Informs consumers and those accompanying them when delays exist and how they are being addressed

Promotes patient focused care throughout daily activities

Provides quality patient care to include preparation, scheduling, description of exam, communication of pain expectation, post procedure expectation and teaching all types of patient procedures as needed

Maintains strict patient and employee confidentiality

Communicate to the patient when they will be receiving their results

Maintains safe radiation levels at all times to minimize exposure to patient, self, and others

No deviation from written procedures on radiation safety rules

Performs all necessary equipment checks prior to use

Ensures patient and regulatory standards are adhered to and suggests ways to improve patient outcomes when indicated

Completes quality assurance, quality control and radiation safety activities as appropriate

Establishes patients identification with patient and by checking patients armband

Ensures no repeat studies due to failure to check armband and/or improperly identified patient

Observes patient during procedures and reports any unusual occurrences or changes in patients condition to appropriate personnel

Ascertains allergy status on patients

Demonstrates compliance in IV access and follows departmental IV protocol

Demonstrates educated and rapid response to contrast reactions as outlined in Policy and Procedure Manual

Observes patient during procedures and reports any unusual occurrences or changes in patients condition

Arrives at the start of the assigned shift ready to begin work; take lunch and breaks at appropriate times, and leaves work at the end of the assigned shift

Maintains neat, clean and well stock room

Identifies staff training issues and participates in Policy and procedures development as appropriate

Communicates concerns as appropriate to lead technologists and management

Works as an effective team member with other colleagues to efficiently perform radiological procedures

Rotates shifts and assignments as required

Takes stand-by call as assigned and responds to call back per Call Policy

Ensures patient information is accurately enters into departmental computer system, as required by each site

Arrives, selects current account and completes patients for the appropriate procedure, as directed in Radiology Information System (RIS)

Qualification

Certified Radiologic TechnologistDiagnostic X-ray proceduresCross-sectional anatomyBasic Life SupportComputer skillsCustomer service skillsCommunication skillsProblem-solving skillsInterpersonal skills