Technologist Assistant

Overview

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Job Title: Technologist Assistant

Status: Temporary Full Time & Temporary Part Time

Department: CT Scan & X Ray, LHAP and LHO

Program: Diagnostic Imaging Services

8 Hour Shifts, days/nights/weekends/evenings Schedule (Subject to Change)

Location: Lakeridge Health Ajax-Pickering and Oshawa

Wage

Schedule:

$25.560 - $31.860 per hour

Posting Reference:  [FUTURE OPPORTUNITY]

Lakeridge Health is more than a hospital. It is a health network that includes five hospitals, a long-term care home, a community-based surgical centre, and more than 30 community sites across the Durham Region. Guided by our vision of One System. Best Health. and supported by a dedicated team of nearly 9,000 staff, physicians, and volunteers, Lakeridge Health is a place where the best people want to start, grow, and finish their careers in health care.

We are focused on fostering an environment that’s inclusive, compassionate, innovative, and joyful. This is Lakeridge Health!

Diagnostic Imaging provides services to outpatients, inpatients and emergency patients over a wide variety of modalities which include CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, ultrasound, x-ray and mammography. Under the direction and guidance of the Radiologist, DI Manager and with direct oversight from a Technologist, the Technologist Assistant will work as part of the DI team to ensure efficient workflow and will be accountable to provide support to both the patient and the Technologist.

The Technologist Assistant will support the MRTs in the area in which they are working by coordinating times for In-Patients and Emergency Department requests, communicating necessary preparation to the floor nurse, verifying bloodwork, organizing portering, assist with patient transfers from the stretcher to the imaging tables, inserting IVs (where trained and competent), changing MRI coils if required, position patient into the scanner and handling of imaging equipment.

Provide non-clinical support by preparing rooms, ensure adequate supplies, restocking linen and scanning documents into PACS. Support technologist scan activities, including confirming patient status, verifying protocols, gain clarification, and communicate with clinical team/physicians/porters and other team members.

• Previous clinical experience as a Medical Radiation Technologist or internationally trained physicians and other Regulated Health Professional preferred
• Pursuing designation with the CMRITO preferred
• Strong knowledge in Medical Terminology and Anatomy (including Cross-Sectional) education and experienced with positioning
• Previous patient care and handling, ALARA, radiation safety, sterile technique and needle safety experience preferred.
• Demonstrated problem recognition and problem solving-skills
• Demonstrated good organizational skills, ability to organize work and set priorities
• Ability work independently or as a team member in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and documentation skills with the ability to work well with patients, families, all levels of staff and the community
• Ability to work well independently and to exercise sound judgement
• Demonstrated commitment to our core values of Inclusion, Compassion, Innovation, Teamwork and Joy
• Must have a satisfactory performance record
• Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to Lakeridge Health's comprehensive safety programs and practices including staff, patient and environmental safety and participation in regular in-service education in this area

• Preparing patients for studies (including answering patient questions, changing patients, reviewing preliminary patient history/screening)
• Insertion and preparation of intravenous access lines (where trained and competent) under direction of technologist/radiologist
• Changing MRI coils, if required
• Receive patients from transport team, conduct basic Transfer of Accountability and communicate to the DI clinical technologist team
• Perform and Positive Patient Identification as per organizational policy
• Assist the technologist in patient transfers and patient positioning
• Assist in clinical documentation in RIS/PACS
• Work in collaboration with regulated and unregulated health care professionals in their assigned clinical area to monitor patient queues and ensure timely flow through scanning rooms
• Verify exam protocols and exam priorities
• Communicate with hospital units on patient procedure preparation and notify Technologists of patient schedules
• Review orders and supporting documents (e.g. bloodwork from HIS/Connecting Ontario) and report any concerns to the Technologist
• In discussions with the Radiologist and Technologist, schedule patients while collaborating with the in-patient unit or Emergency Department
• Handling of imaging equipment within scope of practice and competency
• Answer the phones in the assigned modality area and provide appropriate responses
• Accountable sure scan rooms are prepared for patient scan including but not limited to
• Ensuring the room has linen…