Imaging Technologist - Per Diem

Kittitas Valley Healthcare; Ellensburg (WA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15% premium in lieu of benefits

Job summary

Kittitas Valley Healthcare (KVH) Imaging Services seeks a Radiologic Technologist to review requests, verify orders, and perform procedures while maintaining safety and quality. The successful candidate will produce diagnostic images for interpretation by radiologists.

Eligibility includes JRCERT-accredited program graduation, ARRT certification or registry-eligibility within 6 months, WA DOH certification, and BLS.

Qualifications

• Required: Graduation from a Radiology education program (JRCERT).
• ARRT registration or registry-eligible with certification within 6 months of hire.
• Current Washington State DOH Radiologic Technologist Certification.
• Current American Heart Association BLS.

Responsibilities

• Review radiologic requests for appropriateness and verify physician orders.
• Perform radiologic procedures safely, with care and timeliness.
• Produce high-quality images for radiologist interpretation and reporting.

Skills

ARRT registration

Joint Review Committee on Education in

Heart Association BLS

Education

JRCERT-accredited radiology program

ARRT certification or registry eligible

Washington State DOH Radiologic Technologist Certification

American Heart Association BLS

Job description

KVH is an integrated healthcare delivery system that includes 24-hour emergency care, inpatient, and outpatient hospital services through KVH Hospital. Clinics and services provided include family medicine, internal medicine, a geriatric nurse practitioner program, home health and hospice, physical therapy,orthopedics, general surgery, pediatrics, women’s health, and urgent care.

Kittitas Valley Healthcare expects all employees to uphold our Vision & Mission. The KVH Vision, Mission & Guiding Principles can be found at http://www.kvhealthcare.org/mission-and-vision.

KVH puts‘employee care’high on the priority list, with health benefits likelow cost medical, dental, and vision insuranceand a robust employee wellness program. KVH offers company contribution toward your choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including coverage available for spouses/ domestic partners, and dependent children.KVH believes that continuing education is critical to our mission and vision. We have implemented many educational programs such as the Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program and certification pay to encourage continuing education.We want our employees to know they are valued. One of the ways we show this is by quickly vesting employees, making them pension eligible after just one year ofpart-time status. To view more details about the comprehensive benefits package we offer to eligible employees visit our website -

The global responsibility of this position and all positions within the department of Imaging Services is to provide quality diagnostic images, comfort, and care for patients and employees at KVH. As a part of this, all employees are responsible for seeking ways to provide input to continuously improve our operation and procedures. The radiologic technologist is responsible for reviewing radiologic requests for appropriateness, verification of physician orders, and performance of the procedure in a safe, caring and timely manner. In addition, the radiologic technologist must consistently produce quality images for the radiologist to interpret and report to the requesting physician. He/she must maintain a high level of professional expertise and assumes the responsibility for professional growth and development. The art and practice of diagnostic imaging requires in depth knowledge of human growth, human anatomy and physiology, proper anatomical positioning, normal and abnormal pathology and physiological responses, disabilities, manifestations of diseases and trauma.

Qualifications

What is required...

• Graduation from a Radiology education program under the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT)
• ARRT registration as Radiologic Technologist or registry eligible with successful completion of certification within 6 mos of hire.
• Current Washington State DOH Radiologic Technologist Certification
• Current American Heart Association BLS

What is preferred...

• Previous experience as a Radiologic Technologist in a clinical or hospital setting
• Registered Orthopedic Technologist (ROT) from The American Society of Orthopedic Professionals
• ARRT Bone Density (BD) endorsement

Additional Information

Wage: Wage range currentlystarts at $36.39/hour andgoes up to $55.15/hour. Actual wage will be based on years' of applicable experience. This position may also be eligible to receive an additional 15% premium in lieu of benefits.

Benefits: This position is not benefits eligible

Union Status: This is a non-union covered position