Registered CT Technologist

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Pasadena (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

401(k) Plan with company match

Tuition assistance and education支持

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast in Pasadena, TX is hiring a Registered CT Technologist. The role involves assisting physicians during CT procedures, ensuring patient safety, and operating CT equipment with proper exposure factors.

You will explain procedures to patients to ease anxiety and maintain high turnaround times, while upholding compliance and safety standards. Requires ARRT Radiography/CT credentials with CT certification within 6 months and at least 2 years of experience in radiologic

Qualifications

• ARRT-R Radiography certification or eligibility.
• RT Radiologic Technologist/Radiographer credential.
• ARRT-CT certification must be obtained within 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Assist in invasive CT procedures with physicians.
• Explain procedures to patients to reduce anxiety.
• Operate CT equipment and ensure radiation safety.
• Meet performance metrics and maintain exposure factors.
• Monitor patient status and report changes to the team.
• Complete competency tests annually.

Skills

Radiography

Computed Tomography

Patient care

Education

ARRT-R Radiography

RT Radiologic Technologist/Radiographer

ARRT-CT CT Certification

Job description

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a(an) Registered CT Technologist today with HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast.

Job Summary and Qualifications

This position requires the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) during various task/activities. PPE includes, but is not limited to gloves, masks, safety glasses and gowns.

What you will do in this role:

• Assist in other areas that are within the training and experience of the CT Technologist.
• Assists physicians with invasive procedures.
• Assists the Physician in diagn
• Expectations Ethics and Compliance: All employees will be held accountable for behaviors displayed relative to the values articulated in the Mission and Values Statement. "Will act with absolute honest, integrity and fairness in the way we conduct our business and the way we live our lives." All employees will be held accountable for attending training regarding the Code of Conduct program at least annually.
• Explains procedures to patient to reduce anxieties and obtain patient cooperation.
• Meet 80% TAT goals.
• Monitors the equipment for mechanical safety.
• Moves equipment into specified position and adjusts equipment controls to set exposure factors such as time and distance.
• Operates mobile equipment in operating room, emergency room, or at patients bedside.
• Positions patient on examining table and adjusts immobilization devices to obtain optimum views of specified area of body requested by Physician.
• Practice AITET daily.
• Practices radiation protection techniques to minimize radiation to patient and staff.
• Provides safe environment for administration of contrast material.
• Reports changes in patient status to appropriate person.
• Successfully completes competency test annually.

What qualifications you will need:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• (ARRT-R) Radiography
• (RT) Radiologic Technologist/Radiographer
• (ARRT-CT) Computed Tomography must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date

2 years experience Required Years of Experience

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from workprograms 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 supportthrough tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor 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

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast is a full-service 340+ bed acute care hospital in Pasadena, Texas. We have been a leader of medical care in Pasadena for more than 50 years. With board-certified physicians, registered nurses and expert technicians, the community has come to rely on us for top-quality, comprehensive and compassionate healthcare. HCA Houston Southeast is the only hospital in Pasadena with both Chest Pain Center Accreditation with Primary PCI and Resuscitation by the American College of Cardiology and full accreditation by The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated 3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patients family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual.
- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Registered CT Technologist opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.