Job Description
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Radiologic exams are performed safely, accurately, appropriately, and in a timely manner. Patients’ physical and emotional needs are met compassionately and competently. Patient privacy is protected. An accurate, complete record is produced for each exam.Job Description:
Essential Duties & Responsibilities (including but not limited to):
1. Performs all aspects of diagnostic radiology including trauma, orthopedic, fluoroscopy, G.U. contrast exams, and operative and portable exams.
a. Able to operate imaging equipment and other devices as appropriate.
b. Positions patients to obtain anatomic information.
c. Calculates exposure factors and collimates correctly to reduce radiation exposure to patients. Practices radiation protection for patients and personnel.
d. Evaluates images for technical quality and use sound judgment to take additional images to better demonstrate pathology.
e. Evaluates orders for appropriate history and clinical information and seek guidance on the correct exam if questionable.
f. Reports all equipment malfunctions and hazards to the appropriate supervisor.
2. Interacts professionally and courteously with patients, co-workers, and medical staff. Assists in training of student radiographers.
3. Utilizes time productively and appropriately with respect to patient flow, room use, stocking of supplies, and clerical duties to increase department efficiency.
a. Ensures that patient wait times are minimized.
b. Spends more than 90% of working time on productive tasks without supervisory prompting.
4. Follows Universal Precaution guidelines with each patient.
a. Attends yearly "Blood-borne pathogens/OSHA" in service.
b. Practices aseptic technique when necessary.
5. Produces an accurate RIS and PACS record of each exam.
a. Completes all Meditech entries and edits orders to reflect the correct exam.
b. Uses appropriate markers.
c. Sends complete record to PACS on correct accession number.
6. Pursues continuing education by attending department and hospital-wide programs, regional seminars, and/or college courses.
a. Meets ARRT standards.
b. Meets Massachusetts State licensing standards.
7. Willingly performs any task for which the employee is competent.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Two years of formal Radiologic Technology training.
- Registered by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.
- Licensed in radiography by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- New graduates may have Temp MA Rad Tech License and ARRT eligible 1 year from graduation.
- Good interpersonal skills.
Physical Requirements & Environment:
- Requires standing, bending, pushing, pulling, reaching above the head, moving about the department and hospital, and/or lifting more than 75% of the time.
- Exposure to radiation, infectious diseases, chemicals, and hazardous materials 75% of the time.
- Ability to hear the conversation, comprehend and communicate in spoken and written English more than 75% of the time.
- Ability to wear protective equipment, such as gloves, masks, gowns, and lead aprons.
- Ability to work and move about in confined spaces.
Pay Range:
$36.00 - $53.49The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.
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) as a condition of employment.
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
Anna Jaques Hospital is a 123 bed community hospital serving 17 cities and towns in the Merrimack Valley . The hospital offers a wide range of acute care services to meet the needs of our growing patient population including inpatient and outpatient surgery in fully digitized computerized operating room suites, cardiology including echocardiography and a cardiac cath lab, comprehensive cancer services, orthopedics, nuclear medicine, laboratory, noninvasive vascular lab, joint replacement program and birth center.
Programs include the number one wound center in the nation, a primary stroke service, and Level III Trauma Center . Diagnostic imaging services for patients include MRI, CT, PET, and the PACS digital x-ray system. In addition, we are one of only three healthcare communities to be selected for the pilot Massachusetts e-Health Collaborative. Due to the dedication of our physicians, we are one of the first communities in Massachusetts to implement electronic health records, system-wide, for the safety of our patients.
Awards
The hospitals Non Invasive Vascular laboratory was accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL).
For the second year in a row, the American Association for Respiratory Care awarded the hospital its Quality Respiratory Care Recognition. The hospital had no ventilator acquired pneumonia cases during the last year.
The Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Center is the only such center to receive full accreditation from the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) in Massachusetts .
The hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission, an organization that surveys and rates the performance of hospitals at least every three years. The Joint Commission Dedicated, good employees are one of your strengths. You have a lot to be proud of.
