Tech - IR/Special Procedures

Job Title: Tech - IR/Special Procedures

Location Lakeway, TX

Schedule / Job Type: Days

Key Responsibilities

• Performs high-quality IR procedures according to exam protocol in a timely manner. • Maintains production and quality of imaging procedures by following established standards and procedures. • Utilizes AIDET when communicating with patients to identify service needs. • Ensures the correct exam is performed on the correct patient. • Establishes rapport with patients and others. • Instructs and communicates with patients and their families about the test to be performed. • Assesses the patient's ability to tolerate the exam. • Prepares patient and area for procedure by positioning patient and adjusting immobilization devices. • Moves equipment into position and adjusts equipment controls to set exposure factors. • Protects patients and employees by following safety, infection-control, drug, and radiation policies, protocols, and techniques. • Uses proper sterile techniques when setting up and performing invasive multimodality procedures. • Maintains hand hygiene requirements. • Maintains equipment and work area to meet quality and cleanliness standards. • Works with engineers and physicists to ensure equipment operates well. • Reports issues to management or the appropriate department. • Assists in maintaining the supplies inventory. • Ensures people are safe to enter the department by screening them according to approved policies and procedures. • Obtain, verify, and maintain all relevant documentation, including requisition/chart, patient history, pregnancy status, shielding precautions, consent forms, and policies. • Maintains medical imaging records in appropriate system and according to department policies and standards for interpretation in a timely manner.

Required Qualifications

• ARRT-R Radiography (ARRT-R) certification • Must be certified in one of the following within two years of hire: ARRT-CI Cardiac-Interventional (ARRT-CI), ARRT-CV Cardiovasc-Inter Rad (ARRT-CV), or ARRT-VI Interventional Rad (ARRT-VI) • ARRT Cardiac Interventional Radiography (ARRT-CI) or ARRT Interventional Radiography (ARRT-VI) certification • ARRT Cardiovascular Interventional Radiography (ARRT-CV) certification