Limited Scope Radiographer

Job Description:

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Posting Specifics

Shift Details :
Full-time (40 hours)

Unit/

Location:

Lafayette Front Range Spine Center

Additional Details: Please review Minimum Qualifications listed below before applying.

Are you interested in advancing your career while helping people live the healthiest lives possible? As a Limited Scope Radiographer at Intermountain Health, you will play a vital role in supporting our clinical team, ensuring our patients receive the best care. At Intermountain, you will be part of a team that values career advancement, innovation and collaboration, where your skills are valued, and your contributions make a lasting impact.

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As a Limited Scope Radiographer at Intermountain Health, you will play a vital role in supporting our clinical team, ensuring our patients receive the best care by:

• Ensures proper patient identification, order verification, and prepares the patient for the exam.
• Is sensitive to the patients' needs throughout the procedure.
• Sufficiently explains to the patient and family the procedure about to be performed in order to facilitate cooperation and alleviate patient anxiety.
• Addresses any patient concerns.
• Performs radiologic exams that produce quality images and ensures patient and staff safety.
• Accomplishes this by following proper protocols, correct patient positioning, appropriate and effective use of equipment, and adherence to radiation protection and guidelines
• Recognizes emergent patient situations and responds quickly and appropriately.
• Thoroughly and accurately completes all required documentation, including time stamps and image storage.
• Coordinates patient care and communicate pertinent information to other patient care providers following procedure.
• Maintains a clean, neat, and safe environment for patients and staff. Ensures that supplies and equipment are stored in an organized and efficient manner.
• Pursues individual education and career development opportunities, emphasizing those for new procedures and equipment.

Skills

• Anatomy knowledge

• Image evaluation

• Equipment operation

• Contrast protocols

• Emergency response

• Independent work

• Teamwork

• Effective communication

• Electronic imaging

• Task prioritization

• Clean environment

Minimum Qualifications

• Licensure as a Practical Radiologic Technologist/Limited Scope Operator in state of practice or American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) Board Registry Eligible per state requirements.
• Basic Life Support certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.
• Competency in at least one of the following areas:
  Chest, Extremities, Spine, Skull, Podiatry, Bone Densitometry (DEXA).

Preferred Qualifications

• One year of experience in an ambulatory outpatient clinic environment

Physical Requirements:

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and…