Rad Tech Student

Intermountain Health · Intermountain Health Logan Regional Hospital · $22.10/hr (stated in the posting)

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Job Description:

PRN Radiology Student

Status: PRN

Shift: Varied, 12-hour shifts

Pay: $22.10/hour

Start Your Radiology Career Before Graduation

Are you in your last semester of Radiology School and ready to turn your education into valuable hands-on experience? Join our team as a PRN Radiology Student and begin building the skills, confidence, and patient-care experience that will help prepare you for the next step in your imaging career.

This is a great opportunity to work alongside experienced imaging professionals, strengthen your technical abilities, and gain real-world experience while completing your final semester of Radiology School.

Essential Functions

• Ensure proper patient identification and order verification and prepare patients for imaging exams.
• Provide compassionate care and remain sensitive to each patient's needs throughout the procedure.
• Clearly explain procedures to patients and families to encourage cooperation and help reduce anxiety.
• Listen to and appropriately address patient concerns.
• Perform radiologic exams that produce quality images while maintaining patient and staff safety.
• Follow established protocols, correct patient-positioning techniques, appropriate equipment procedures, and radiation-protection guidelines.
• Recognize emergent patient situations and respond quickly and appropriately.
• Thoroughly and accurately complete required documentation, including timestamps and image storage.
• Coordinate patient care and communicate pertinent information to other patient-care providers following procedures.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe environment for patients and staff.
• Pursue education and career-development opportunities, with an emphasis on learning new procedures and equipment.

Skills

• Anatomy knowledge
• Image evaluation
• Equipment operation
• Contrast protocols
• Emergency response
• Independent work
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Effective communication
• Electronic imaging
• Task prioritization
• Maintaining a clean and safe environment

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently in the last semester of Radiology School.
• Licensure as a Practical Radiologic Technologist/Limited Scope Operator in the state of practice or American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) Board Registry Eligible, as required by the state.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers.
• Competency in at least one of the following areas: ChestExtremitiesSpineSkullPodiatryBone Densitometry (DEXA)
• Performs imaging exams only when the employee meets Core Exam Specifications and the exam is permitted by their Limited Scope Radiographer license.
• Must demonstrate competency in applicable imaging areas through successful completion of required skills testing and competency review.

Take the Next Step Toward Your Imaging Career

Your final semester is an exciting time to start thinking about what comes next. This PRN opportunity allows you to gain valuable experience, strengthen your skills, learn from an experienced imaging team, and begin building your professional career before graduation.

Bring what you've learned in Radiology School into the patient-care environment and start preparing for your transition from radiology student to imaging professional.

Your career in imaging is just beginning. Apply today and take your next step with us.

Physical Requirements

•  Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.)
• May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.
• For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

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The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

By applying for a position with Intermountain, I acknowledge that I will comply with all applicable Intermountain policies and expectations. If applying for a remote or hybrid role, this includes remote work expectations related to confidentiality, information security, work schedules, conflicts of interest, and use of company equipment. I further acknowledge that outside employment or activities may not interfere with job responsibilities or create a conflict of interest with Intermountain. Actual or reasonably perceived conflicts may be grounds for disqualification from consideration or, if hired, corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

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