Radiology Technologist - Weekend

Atrium Health's Carolinas Medical Center (CMC)is the flagship hospital of Atrium Health, distinguished throughout the Southeast for its excellent patient care and medical expertise. From its modest beginnings in 1943, CMC evolved into the largest hospital in the region and a world-class facility that offers a full range of services to the Charlotte community and beyond, with more than 1,100 physicians and providers specializing in all areas of medicine.

CMC serves as the region's only Level 1 trauma center and is an approved transplant center for heart, kidney, pancreas, and liver. We are also one of North Carolina's five Academic Medical Center Teaching Hospitals, providing residency training for more than 200 physicians in 15 specialties and serving as a regional campus for the Wake Forest ​

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Performs with minimal supervision radiographic examinations under the direction of the Radiologist. Coordinates daily activities including performing examinations and associated clerical duties.

Major Responsibilities  

• Escorts patients, guests, and visitors to points of destination using ambulatory, beds, cribs, stretchers, and wheelchairs.  

• Possesses knowledge and appropriate use of hospital paging system.  

• Uses hospital telephone system as it relates to transport tracking to accept transport orders, put jobs in progress and complete jobs.  

• Assists nursing and various clinical staff with the transferring of patients from bed to transport equipment.  

• Transports and provides room orientation for admissions.  

• Provides directional information to guests and visitors and patient location to patient's family members and guests.  

• Verifies registration of outpatients and transport to appropriate departments or clinics.  

• Retrieves, cleans, and stores all unused patient transport equipment.  

Minimum Job Requirements 

Education 

Graduate of an institution accredited by an agency that ARRT recognizes in Radiologic Technology.  

Certification / License 

Must be registry eligible with registry completion within 1 year of hire date. BLS required 

Work Experience 

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities 

Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development and demonstrates  

the skills and competency appropriate to the ages, culture, developmental stages, and special needs of the patient population served. 

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions 

Requires strenuous physical effort while assisting patients from wheelchairs and stretchers. Handles equipment and monitors supplies. Excellent oral and written communication skills to interact with patients and hospital staff required. May frequently be required to stretch, bend, twist, squat or kneel in operating radiographic equipment. Will be required to use hands for power gripping, speed work and precision during manipulation of radiographic equipment and in the case of injured or diseased patients. Vision and hearing for distances of up to 10 feet is necessary.