Travel X-Ray Tech

Travel X-Ray Tech in Birmingham, AL

This travel X-Ray Tech job in Birmingham, AL with Advantis Medical is a 13-week travel X-Ray Tech contract at UAB Hospital. This role pays $2,346 per week and follows a Nights shift with a 5x8 schedule. In this travel X-Ray Tech job, you will support patient care through specialty-specific clinical services, perform assessments and treatments within your scope of practice, document patient progress, operate relevant medical equipment, and collaborate with physicians and the broader care team to help deliver quality patient outcomes.

Job Details

Facility: UAB Hospital

Location: Birmingham, AL 35233

Contract Length: 13 Weeks

Shift: Nights (5x8)

EMR System: Cerner

Responsibilities

• Perform ordered diagnostic X-ray exams across the assigned caseload
• Position patients and operate radiographic equipment, adjusting technique and collimation for each study
• Apply radiation-safety practices, including exposure optimization and ALARA principles
• Critique images for positioning and exposure quality, minimizing repeat exposures, and provide completed studies to radiologists

Travel X-Ray Tech Requirements:

• 2+ years of recent X-Ray Tech experience.
• Must hold all required certifications and licenses as mandated by Alabama and national regulatory bodies.

UAB Hospital — Birmingham, AL

Birmingham, AL

UAB Hospital is the 1,207-bed academic medical center of UAB Medicine in Birmingham and one of the largest hospitals in the U.S., a tertiary and quaternary referral center for Alabama.

• One of the nation's highest-volume academic robotic-surgery programs (more than 20,000 cases across 15 specialties since 2004)
• Comprehensive Transplant Institute performing kidney, liver, pancreas, and islet-cell transplants
• Cardiothoracic surgery with TAVR, mechanical circulatory support, robotic cardiac surgery, and ECMO, with critical-care support
• Alabama's only ACS-verified Level I adult Trauma Center (re-verified 2025; about a third of the state's trauma), with burn care and neurosurgery
• O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCI-designated) with radiation oncology; MBSAQIP-accredited bariatric surgery; interventional radiology

Benefits

• Day One Benefits, Medical, Dental, Vision & 401(k)
• Relocation and Travel Reimbursement
• Dedicated team to help with state licensing & renewals
• Weekly Direct Deposit
• $1,000 Referral Bonus + $250 Bonus for Your Referral

Explore Birmingham, AL

Birmingham is easy to get around: a predictable street grid and central interstates keep cross-town trips short, and the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport makes flying in and out simple. That accessibility puts clinicians within reach of steady openings in outpatient surgery centers and therapy centers across the city. For close-in housing, travelers often look to Hoover, Homewood, or Vestavia Hills, all a short drive from the core. Days off come with quick access to the Civil Rights District and Railroad Park, along with neighborhood trails, food halls, and hilltop overlooks for low-effort ways to unwind. An easy commute paired with well-established healthcare demand makes the city a practical place to plan a day around during a contract.

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