Cardiac CT Specialist

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Flexible spending accounts

Stock purchase plan

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Employee discounts

Job summary

HCA Healthcare in Nashville is seeking a CT Cardiac Specialist to serve as the subject matter expert for cardiac CT protocols, develop new protocols, and educate CT technologists on their application.

In collaboration with the CT Lead Technologist, you will ensure quality protocol implementation, train staff on cardiac imaging techniques, and collaborate with Cardiologists to optimize imaging and dose management in a fast-paced hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Graduate of accredited school of radiologic technology.
• Current ARRT certification in Radiography and MRI or ARMRIT certification.
• Minimum of 1 year MRI experience is required.
• Completion of specialty training in Cardiac MRI with established competency.
• BLS Certification Required.
• Expert level knowledge of general and cardiovascular anatomy, disease processes and functions.
• Experience teaching procedures to other technologists.

Responsibilities

• The CT Specialist must meet all requirements of a CT Technologist as described in the CT job description.
• Primary cardiac technologist performing cardiac CT studies.
• Communicate with specialty physicians to develop and adapt protocols.
• Leads collaboration with Cardiologists on day-to-day technical operation of CT scanners for cardiac imaging techniques.
• Expert level utilization of Siemens equipment.
• Responsible for training and educating technologists in specialty protocols and anatomy.
• Primary resource for policies, procedures, and imaging related to cardiac CT techniques.
• Evaluate advanced imaging studies for technical quality and participate in QA and workflow improvement.
• Address identified skill deficiencies with the Lead Tech when necessary.
• Communicate with research coordinators to implement research protocols requiring cardiac CT.
• Monitor dose impact and report dose outliers to physicians for protocol optimization.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

MRI experience

Cardiac MRI competency

Teach technologists

Anatomy knowledge

Cardiac imaging protocols

Education

Radiologic technology degree

ARRT Radiography & MRI or ARMRIT certification

BLS Certification

Cardiac MRI specialty training

Job description

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The CT Cardiac Specialist is a registered CT Technologist who will be the subject matter expert for all cardiac CT Protocols. They will help develop protocols and educate staff level CT technologist on these protocols. They will, in collaboration with the CT Lead Technologist, provide quality overview of the specialty protocols.

What You'll Do in This Role:

• The CT Specialist must meet all requirements of a CT Technologist as described in the CT job description

• Primary cardiac technologist performing cardiac CT studies

• Responsible for communicating with specialty physicians to develop and adapt protocols

• Leads professional collaboration with Cardiologists on the day-to-day technical operation of the CT scanners as it relates to the cardiac imaging techniques

• Expert level utilization of Siemens equipment

• Responsible for training and educating all identified technologists in specialty protocols, anatomy and disease processes as they relate to the studies

• Will be the primary resource for technologist and staff regarding policies, procedures, and imaging related to cardiac CT techniques

• In cooperation with the lead Tech, evaluates advanced imaging studies for technical quality and participates in ongoing quality assurance and workflow improvement related to cardiac, CT imaging techniques

• Will work with the Lead Tech to address identified skill deficiencies when necessary

• Responsible for communicating with research coordinators to implement research protocols requiring cardiac CT and meet all expectations of the research study sponsor.

• Responsible for monitoring the dose impact of specialty protocols and communicating dose outliers to physicians for protocol optimization

• Other duties as assigned

What qualifications you will need:

• Graduate of accredited school of radiologic technology

• Current ARRT certification in Radiography and MRI or ARMRIT certification

• Minimum of 1 year MRI experience is required

• Completion of specialty training in Cardiac MRI with established competency in this specialty

• BLS Certification Required

• Expert level knowledge of general and cardiovascular anatomy, disease processes and functions

• Experience teaching procedures to other technologists

Benefits

TriStar Centennial Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services

• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence

• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling

• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing

• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

TriStar Centennial Medical Center is a 740+ bed comprehensive facility. We offer medical and surgical programs. These include behavioral health and 24-hour emergency. These also include heart and vascular and imaging. These also include neurosciences, oncology, orthopedics, pediatrics, rehabilitation, sleep disorder, and women's services. We are an affiliate of TriStar Health. TriStar Centennial Medical Center is a 43-acre campus. We are home to TriStar Centennial Heart & Vascular Center. We are home to TriStar Centennial Women's Hospital. Our campus includes The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial, Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at TriStar Centennial Medical Center, TriStar Centennial Advanced Joint Replacement Institute and TriStar Centennial Parthenon Pavilion.

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