Radiology Technologist - Generalist

Texas Children's Hospital; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands is seeking a Radiology Generalist to join our fast-paced imaging team. You will integrate scientific knowledge with technical skills, patient interaction, and compassionate care to produce diagnostic information and recognize conditions essential for successful procedures.

The role requires a technical radiology diploma and ARRT (R-AART), CMRT, and BLS certifications.

Qualifications

• Must have a technical diploma in diagnostic radiology.
• ARRT certification (R-AART) required.
• CMRT certification by Texas Medical Board required.
• BLS certification from the American Heart Association required.

Responsibilities

• Confirms patient identity with approved identifiers.
• Assesses factors that may contraindicate the procedure (medications, patient risk, history, labs, prep, artifacts).
• Provides information to patients, healthcare providers, students and the public about roles and responsibilities in the profession.
• Performs routine, portable, STAT, urgent, on-call and intraoperative radiographic and fluoroscopy cases with accurate anatomy/pathology display.
• Documents fluoroscopic time and radiation exposure.
• Data entry and image management in EPIC, PACS, etc. with accurate records.
• Applies patient safety principles during radiographic procedures and assists/ transports patients.
• Reports equipment issues to Bio-Med and follows up within one hour.

Education

Technical diploma from a formal diagnostic Radiology program

R-AART certification from the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists

CMRT certification from the Texas Medical Board

BLS certification from the American Heart Association

Job description

Job Description

We are searching for a Radiology Generalist -- someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will integrate scientific knowledge, technical skills, patient interaction and compassionate care resulting in diagnostic information, and recognizes patient conditions essential for successful completion of the procedure. The Generalist must demonstrate an understanding of human anatomy, physiology, pathology, and medical terminology. Radiographers must maintain a high degree of accuracy in radiographic positioning and exposure technique.

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Qualifications

• Technical diploma from a formal diagnostic Radiology program required
• R-AART certification from the American Registry of Radiology Technologists required
• CMRT certification from the Texas Medical Board required
• BLS certification from the American Heart Association required

Responsibilities

• Confirms patient identity with approved identifiers
• Assesses factors that may contraindicate the procedure such as medication contraindications, patient risk for reaction to medications, patient history, laboratory results, insufficient patient preparation or artifacts
• Provides information to patients, health care providers, students and the public concerning the role and responsibilities of individuals in the profession
• Performs routine, portable, STAT, urgent, on-call and intraoperative diagnostic radiographic and fluoroscopy cases while accurately demonstrating anatomy and pathology through proper diagnostic scanning
• Documents fluoroscopic time and radiation exposure
• Responsible for precise, complete, and accurate data entry and image management in appropriate technology infrastructure: EPIC, PACS, etc.
• Applies patient safety principles during all aspects of radiographic procedures, including assisting and transporting patients
• Reports all equipment issues to Bio-Med as issues are observed and follows up with manager or designee within one hour

About Us

Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands is north Houston’s first true, free-standing pediatric hospital designed, equipped and staffed exclusively to provide care in more than 25 areas of specialty care for children and adolescents. Hospital facilities include 24 emergency center rooms, outpatient exam rooms, radiology rooms, operating rooms and acute care beds, as well as a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).

To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.