Job Description
General Description:
- Under general to limited supervision, performs independent clinical and non-clinical duty assignments to deliver specialized cardiovascular and/or radiologic technology services to adult and/or pediatric patient populations.
- Aids medical staff in diagnosis, care, treatment, and surveillance of simple to complex conditions, defects, and/or diseases.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Maintains competencies required to perform essential duties of a Level I position.
- Provides safe, high-quality, efficient, and cost-effective patient-centric care using intermediate-level professional knowledge, skills, and available resources under routine or emergent conditions in a variety of care settings (e.g., acute inpatient facilities, outpatient physician practices, diagnostic/urgent care centers, remote statewide outreach clinics).
- Prepares patients for procedures and correlates clinical history with orders from physicians.
- Communicates and collaborates with patients, families, and multidisciplinary care teams to achieve clinical outcomes, operational goals, and service expectations.
- Utilizes specialized imaging equipment and techniques to perform diagnostic, interventional, and/or surgical procedures per established guidelines.
- Conducts post-procedure reviews to confirm required study elements are complete, documented, and meet technical quality standards.
- Transfers images and data to archival systems, enters technical data/findings, and prepares studies for physician reporting.
- Performs operator-level quality control, cleaning, high-level disinfecting, and other maintenance per manufacturer instructions and regulatory guidelines.
- Participates in continuing education, professional development, and research activities to maintain competencies and improve care.
- Provides instruction and mentors less experienced team members.
- Prepares and presents in-service training relevant to assigned service area.
- Performs and/or assists with quality assurance and performance improvement tasks as assigned.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Skill in applying principles of cardiovascular and/or radiologic technology, medical imaging, medical terminology, patient positioning, and medical ethics.
- Ability to work as part of a team and follow instructions; consistent and dependable attendance required.
- Sensitivity to patients’ physical and psychological needs.
- Ability to maintain accurate records and handle names, numbers, and codes correctly.
- Strong judgment and discretion when handling confidential information.
- Ability to multi-task, remain calm in stressful situations, and work with minimum supervision.
- Core to intermediate-level knowledge of normal and abnormal anatomy, cardiovascular and/or radiologic technologies, and relevant terminology.
- Ability to apply core to intermediate-level theory, practices, and techniques to perform, post-process, analyze, and annotate study data or procedure documentation.
- Ability to prioritize and complete clinical or non-clinical work assignments independently.
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- One (1) year full-time experience as a certified or registered cardiovascular or radiologic technology professional in the specialty required by the department.
Required Education:
- Graduate of a CAAHEP accredited program with emphasis in a primary cardiovascular specialty OR
- Graduate of a JRCERT accredited program with emphasis in a radiologic technology specialty
Preferred Education:
- Associate’s degree or higher
Required Certifications & Licensure:
- Current CT credentials required by the hiring department.
- AHA BLS