Summary
Job Description:
Imaging - Radiological Technologist
FULL TIME - DAYS
While Radiology and Ultrasound are both imaging departments within the hospital, they utilize different technologies and serve distinct diagnostic purposes. The Radiology department encompasses a broad range of imaging techniques that use different forms of radiation or electromagnetic waves to visualize the internal structures of the body. X-Ray, CT scan, MRIx
Job Description:
A radiology technician, also known as a radiologic technologist, plays a crucial role in a hospital setting by assisting in diagnosing and treating patients through the use of medical imaging techniques. Operates x-ray equipment safely and performs all the tasks of patient services using imaging modalities, under direction of Director of Radiology and Radiologist.
- Executes ionizing radiation to patients to take x-ray images in the safest manner possible.
- Prepares room, equipment, and materials as needed for patients daily.
- Participates in CQI activities and provides input for improvement.
- Provides directions to patients regarding radiologic exams. Provides education to patients regarding their ordered exams.
- Cleans and disinfects x-ray room and equipment after each exam.
- Maintains adequate and proper records.
- Prepares barium and other chemical mixtures for x-rays.
- Must pass initial competency test and yearly competency testing thereafter.
- Will assume other duties applicable to the operation of the Radiology Department as needed. Demonstrates flexibility of working hours to assure 24-hour departmental coverage, which may include on-call duty.
- Must maintain current BLS.
Essential Qualifications:
- Graduation from an accredited school of Radiologic Technology
- Registration or registry eligible with the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
- Current Radiation Operators Certification with the Kentucky Department of Human Resources
- BLS required.
Benefits: Full-Time 32 weekly hours (0.8 FTE) - 40 weekly hours (1.0 FTE)
- Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short Term and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance
- Identity Theft Protection
- Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
- Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
- 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
- Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
- PTO Sell Back Program
- Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
- Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support
- Retirement with Company Match
Skills Required
- Graduation from an accredited school of Radiologic Technology
- Registration or registry eligible with the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)
- Current Radiation Operators Certification with the Kentucky Department of Human Resources
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, maintained current
- Must pass initial competency test and yearly competency testing thereafter
- Ability to work flexible hours including on-call duty to assure 24-hour departmental coverage
What We Do
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
