CT Technologist

Summary Job Description: Imaging - Computed Tomography Technologist - CT Technologist PART TIME - DAYS - HAMBURG While Radiology and Ultrasound are both imaging departments within the hospital, they utilize different technologies and serve distinct diagnostic purposes. The Radiology department encompasses a broad range of imaging techniques that use different forms of radiation or electromagnetic waves to visualize the internal structures of the body. X-Ray, CT Scan, MRI Job Description: Perform CAT scan examinations on patients in age from birth to death. Coordinates patient flow as well as other activities involving the CT scanner. Supervises the operation of the CT scan room as well as providing direction for other personnel assigned to that area. CT Technologist works under the direction of the Director as well as the Vice President of Ancillary Personnel. Performs and administers contrast material for examinations. Operates and prepares CT equipment in safe and correct manner. Must participate in CQI activities and provide input for improvement. Assists physicians with procedures. Assists patients during examinations and biopsies. Communicates with nurses and physicians regarding patient care, provides directions to staff and patients. Maintains good repose with staff, physicians and patients. Replenishes supplies in the CT area. Performs necessary record keeping for procedures, which includes but is not limited to backing up exams, obtaining history sheets, and charging exam. Cleans and maintains equipment. Will transport patients, when necessary, assures proper patient identification by utilizing 2 identifier method. Takes night and weekend call. Is familiar and utilizes all radiation reducing measures. This includes utilizing the pediatric technique supplied on the machine when applicable. Complies with the policies, principles, and activities established by the Code of Conduct and the Corporate Compliance Program. Must pass initial competency test and year competency testing thereafter. Essential Qualifications: Graduation from accredited school of Radiologic Technology. Registration or registry eligible with the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists. Must have current Radiation Operators Certification with the Kentucky Department of Human Resources. CT experience and CT registry preferred. BLS Required. Benefits: Part-Time 24 weekly hours (0.6 FTE) - 31.99 weekly hours (0.8FTE) Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave Bereavement Leave (includes pets) PTO Sell Back Program Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation) Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support Retirement with Company Match Identity Theft Protection 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call View phone number on click.appcast.io. For TDD to voice, call View phone number on click.appcast.io. 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