CT/MRI Tech

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Paducah (KY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Assistance reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Maternity and Paternity Leave

Bereavement Leave

Employee Assistance Program

Retirement plans with company match

Job summary

Baptist Health in Kentucky seeks a CT/MRI Technologist for a full-time, Monday–Friday schedule (8:30am–5pm). The role rotates between CT and MRI, with no current on-call or holiday duties.

Responsibilities include acquiring diagnostic images, assisting radiologists, and ensuring patient safety and comfort during exams. ARRT registries and Kentucky licensure are required or in process.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or higher from ARRT-accredited program.
• ARRT Radiography Registry (R) required.
• KY license required.
• Must obtain ARRT CT and/or MRI registry within 1 year of hire.
• Military training from a JRCERT-accredited program may substitute for the degree.
• Preferred: CT/MRI technologist experience in a hospital or medical imaging facility.

Responsibilities

• Operate CT and MRI equipment to acquire high-quality diagnostic images according to protocols and physician orders.
• Perform image processing techniques to enhance visualization of anatomical structures.
• Assist radiologists and physicians in image interpretation.
• Position patients and provide instructions to minimize motion artifacts during exams.

Skills

BLS Certification

CT/MRI technologist experience

Education

Associate degree or higher in Radiologic Technology

ARRT Radiography Registry (R)

ARRT CT/MRI registry to obtain within 1 year

KY Medical Imaging & Radiation Therapy License

Military training from JRCERT-accredited program substitute for degree

Job description

Summary Job Description: CT/MRI Tech Full-Time, M-F 8:30am-5pm No call currently (subject to change) No Holidays currently (subject to change) Performing both CT and MRI on a rotation daily Operate Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)/Computed Tomography (CT) equipment to obtain high-quality diagnostic images of patients for medical interpretation.

Job Duties

• Operate CT and MRI equipment to acquire high-quality diagnostic images of the body according to established protocols and physician orders.
• Perform basic image processing techniques such as windowing, reconstruction, and multiplanar reformatting to enhance visualization of anatomical structures and abnormalities.
• Assist radiologists and physicians in image interpretation.
• Position patients appropriately on the table and provide instructions for maintaining stillness during the examination to minimize motion artifacts.

Requirements

• Associate degree or higher from an institution accredited by an agency recognized by (ARRT) American Registry of Radiologic Technologist.
• Military training graduate of JRCERT-accredited program can substitute for Associate degree requirement.
• ARRT registry in Radiography (R).
• Must obtain ARRT registry in CT and/or MRI within one year of hire date.
• Current license with Kentucky Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy.
• Basic Life Support.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience working as a CT and/or MRI Technologist in a hospital or medical imaging facility.

Benefits

• Tuition Assistance reimbursement program.
• Paid Time Off available for use upon hire.
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave.
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets).
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Retirement plans with company match.

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 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. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

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