Registered CT Technologist

HCA Healthcare; Pearland (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Tuition assistance

401(k) plan with employer match

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland is seeking a CT Technologist to prepare patients, explain procedures, position for scans and operate CT equipment to produce diagnostic images.

Role requires familiarity with IV procedures, contrast media, radiation safety, patient monitoring and image quality principles.

An associate degree and CT certification (ARRT-CT) are required or in progress; Basic Life Support within 30 days of start; two years of experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent required.
• ARRT-CT certification preferred or in progress.
• BLS within 30 days of employment start date.

Responsibilities

• Prepare patients and explain procedures.
• Position patients to obtain optimal CT images.
• Operate CT equipment to create cross-sectional images.
• Demonstrate knowledge of IV procedures, contrast agents, and dose optimization.
• Maintain radiation safety and monitor patient condition during scans.

Skills

Patient care

Communication

Safety awareness

Education

Associate Degree or Vocational School Graduate

CT/ARRT-CT Certification

Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days

Tools

CT equipment operation

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!

Job Summary and Qualifications

CT Technologist prepare patients for diagnostic procedures by explaining the process and positioning patients to correctly capture the images requested by a physician. Techs operate CT equipment, which produces cross-sectional images of patients’ bones, organs and tissue that are used to diagnose medical conditions.

What you will do in this role:

• Demonstrates competency in patient preparation including consent, scheduling and screening, patient education, boarding pass, and immobilization.

• Demonstrates knowledge of patient assessment including history, monitoring, vital signs, oximetry, heart rhythm and cardiac cycle.

• Demonstrates knowledge of laboratory values including renal function (e.g. BUN, Creatinine clearance, GFR, PT, PTT, platelet, INR).

• Demonstrates knowledge of IV procedures, venipuncture, site selection, aseptic and sterile technique.

• Demonstrates knowledge of contrast agents, ionic, non-ionic, hyper-osmolar, iso-osmolar, barium sulfate, water soluble (iodinated) air and water soluble (iodinated) air and water.

• Demonstrates knowledge of administration route (IV, oral, rectal, intrathecal, catheters, intra-articular) and calculations.

• Demonstrates knowledge of technical factors affecting patient does; KVp, MAs, pitch, collimation MA modulation techniques, mutidetector configuration, gataing.

• Demonstrates knowledge of radiation protection and dose measurement, CT dose index (CTDI), multiple scan average dose (MSAD), and dose length product (DLP)

• Demonstrates knowledge of image display, Pixel, Voxel, matrix, image magnification, field of view (scan reconstruction) and display, attenuation coefficient.

• Demonstrates knowledge of image quality, spatial resolution, contrast resolution, temporal resolution, noise and uniformity, and quality assurance.

What qualifications you will need:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

• (RT) Radiologic Technologist/Radiographer

• (ARRT-R) Radiography, or (ARRT-N) Nuclear Medicine Technology

• Associate Degree, or Vocational School Graduate

• (CT) Computed Tomography, or (ARRT-CT) Computed Tomography

No Travel Required

2 years experience Required Years of Experience

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland, 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.

As the first hospital in Pearland, Texas, HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/hca-houston-healthcare-pearland) is proud to provide healthcare resources to the south Houston communities. Our 50+ bed hospital isn\'t just a neighborhood hospital, but we are an exceptional full-service hospital that happens to be in your neighborhood. Our hospital provides expert emergency care, breast cancer screening, and cardiology services. Our emergency department provides fast and effective care, our women\'s diagnostic imaging center provides full-service mammogram procedures, including diagnostic and 3D mammograms, for effective breast cancer screening, and our cardiology team is home to some of the top Houston cardiologists. HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland aspires to connect with each one of our patients to build a network of caring individuals. 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.

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HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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