Radiology Student Tech
Baptist Health · Louisville
Summary
Job Description:
Second year students interested in working in a high pace Xray environment
Approximately 20 hours per week, evenings and weekends. Rotating holidays
Job Summary
Provide health care services applying static only x-rays to assist diagnosis and treatment. Performs radiographic procedures, computer processing and related techniques, producing images for the interpretation by or at the request of a licensed independent practitioner. Exercises professional judgment in performance of service and maintains a demeanor complimentary to medical ethics. Recognizes various patient conditions in order to provide appropriate patient care to ensure successful completion of the exam or procedure. All under the guidance of a Registered Radiologic Technologist.
Key Responsibilities and Essential Functions
- Verifies orders, verifies patient name/birth date and history.
- Documents all incidents related to patient care in the electronic health record (example-incident reports, medications given, etc.).
- Follow department protocol for all exams.
- Works with transport and nursing units to coordinate patient exams.
- Continuously monitors the patient throughout the exam.
- Utilize ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) for all exams.
- Produce quality images for the Radiologist’s review.
- Prepares images and records image release in electronic health record.
- Verifies images archived in PACS.
- Send images to tele-radiology service after hours as instructed.
- Effectively uses the EPIC and EI systems.
- Completes studies and EPIC related documentation.
- Makes studies new in EI.
- Apply appropriate problem-solving skills according to type.
- Handles problems in an efficient and professional manner.
- Works to solve process problems.
- Enlists help from the Technologist, Lead tech, Coordinator, Clinical Manager, and Director informed of problems and resolutions.
- Reports all equipment malfunctions to the proper personnel.
Minimum Education, Experience, Training and Licensures Required
- Must be a 2nd year student of a Radiologic Technologist training program approved by the AMA
- KBMIRT license
- Must obtain Basic Life Support (BLS)-American Heart Association within 90 days of hire
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!
Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
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