Rainy Day Recruiter has a premier client with an opening for a CT Technologist.

POSITION SUMMARY:

CT technicians prepare patients for diagnostic procedures by explaining the process and positioning patients to correctly capture the images requested by a physician.  Techs operate CT equipment, which produces cross-sectional images of patients' bones, organs and tissue that are used to diagnose medical conditions.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

· Must be a graduate of an accredited school of Radiological Technology and/or completed and passed an approved course in MRI technology

· ARRT(R)(MRI) registry is preferred

· Two years Radiological Technology experience is required in this field

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1.    Demonstrates competency in patient preparation including consent, | | scheduling and screening, patient education, boarding pass, and | | immobilization. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2.       Demonstrates knowledge of patient assessment including history, | | monitoring, vital signs, oximetry, heart rhythm and cardiac cycle. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 3.       Demonstrates knowledge of laboratory values including renal | | function (e.g. BUN, Creatinine clearance, GFR, PT, PTT, platelet, INR). | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4.       Demonstrates knowledge of IV procedures, venipuncture, site | | selection, aseptic and sterile technique. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 5.       Demonstrates knowledge of contrast agents, ionic, non-ionic, | | hyper-osmolar, iso-osmolar, barium sulfate, water soluble (iodinated) | | air and water soluble (iodinated) air and water. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 6.       Demonstrates knowledge of administration route (IV, oral, | | rectal, intrathecal, catheters, intra-articular) and calculations. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 7.       Demonstrates knowledge of technical factors affecting patient | | does; KVp, MAs, pitch, collimation MA modulation techniques, | | mutidetector configuration, gataing. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 8.       Demonstrates knowledge of radiation protection and dose | | measurement, CT dose index (CTDI), multiple scan average dose (MSAD), | | and dose length product (DLP) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 9.       Demonstrates knowledge of image display, Pixel, Voxel, matrix, | | image magnification, field of view (scan reconstruction) and display, | | attenuation coefficient. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+