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Fairview Health Services is seeking a CT Technologist to join their CT Scanner department at M Health Fairview Northland Hospital in Princeton, MN. This casual position requires 2 shifts a month, including the possibility of day, evening, or night shifts, with no weekend requirements. The role involves performing high-quality diagnostic imaging, providing quality patient care, and working collaboratively with the healthcare team. The technologist is responsible for adhering to professional practice standards, regulatory agency requirements, and maintaining work priorities to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Maintains and prioritizes work to achieve optimal patient outcomes
- Performs excellent patient care
- Performs examinations
- Identifies relevant data from images accurately
- Uses appropriate communication skills to meet patient/family, and other customer needs
- Communicates pertinent data clearly to the appropriate health care professional
- Participates in crafting a culture of patient safety
- Demonstrates knowledge of emergency preparedness
- Verify patient identification and documentation
- Connect with and educate patient regarding pertinent information during all aspects of exam
- Achieves quality diagnostic images through accurate patient positioning and use of technical factors according to protocol
- Applies established professional guidelines and standards to complex, routine, and non-routine diagnostic testing procedures
- Ensures patient data integrity
- Adheres to radiologic safety guidelines and diagnostic testing protocols/procedures
- Accurately documents in compliance with regulatory agency requirements, completes computer functions, edits, scheduling, and billing status changes
- Follows infection control guidelines
- Serves as a resource for other healthcare team members
- Responds appropriately to emergent situations
- Accurate image marking and digital image manipulation and archiving
- Assesses the validity of the test results to determine if consistent with changing physiological conditions or if due to possible interfering substances
- Acts as a resource for problem-solving resolution
- Completed all require continuing education to uphold their imaging licensure
- Participates as an active team member
- Participates in department/facility process/quality improvement initiatives
- Responsible for personal and professional development to ensure current knowledge required for position
- Cleans and maintains room and supplies
- Provides coordinated services with customers and care partners to ensure high quality care
- Contributes to a positive work environment
- Correctly operates equipment according to accepted standards and guidelines
- Identifies and responds to equipment problems to ensure equipment is working properly
- Maintains a high level of proficiency
- Accepts new technology as it's introduced into the facility
- Participates in Quality Assurance testing as required by regulatory agencies and/or manufacturer recommendations
Qualifications
Required
- Current Registration with American Registry Radiologic Technology (ARRT)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) - must be current before hire date and from American Heart Association or American Red Cross
Preferred
- 1 or more years of experience in a related role
- Additional certifications in Imaging
About Fairview Health Services
Fairview Health Services is a nonprofit health care system with a large workforce providing medical services through thousands of aligned physicians.
Full Job Description
**Overview**
**F** **airview Health Services is hiring a casual** **CT Technologist to join our CT Scanner department at our M Health Fairview Northland Hospital location in Princeton, MN.**
The CT Technologist functions independently based on the boundaries of professional practice in performing all major work responsibilities. The Technologist provides services to patients and physicians through the creation of high-quality diagnostic imaging, provides quality age-appropriate patient care according to established standards of practice, and works collaboratively with all members of the health care team. The technologist is responsible for performing the responsibilities in accordance with all policy, procedures, and regulatory agency requirements (ARRT).
**Schedule** **:** The CT casual position requires 2 shifts a month which could include days, evenings or night shifts. Weekend shifts are not required, but there is some flexibility if the casual employee chooses to pick up weekend shifts to fulfill the two shift/month requirement.
**About Fairview**
Fairview Health Services is an industry-leading, award-winning nonprofit that offers an entire network of healthcare services. Fairview is one part of M Health Fairview, a partnership between the University of Minnesota, M Physicians and Fairview Health Services. Together, we combine the University's deep history of clinical innovation and training with Fairview's extensive roots in community medicine. Our care portfolio includes community hospitals, academic hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, senior facilities, facilitated living centers, rehabilitation centers, home health care services, counseling, pharmacies, and benefit management services.
**Apply today to join our 34,000+ employees and 5,000+ system providers working to build lasting relationships with the people we serve: our patients, our communities, and each other.**
**Responsibilities Job Description**
Maintains and prioritizes work to achieve optimal patient outcomes
Performs excellent patient care
Performs examinations
Identifies relevant data from images accurately
Uses appropriate communication skills to meet patient/family, and other customer needs
Communicates pertinent data clearly to the appropriate health care professional
Participates in crafting a culture of patient safety
Demonstrates knowledge of emergency preparedness
Verify patient identification and documentation
Connect with and educate patient regarding pertinent information during all aspects of exam
Achieves quality diagnostic images through accurate patient positioning and use of technical factors according to protocol
Applies established professional guidelines and standards to complex, routine, and non-routine diagnostic testing procedures
Ensures patient data integrity
Adheres to radiologic safety guidelines and diagnostic testing protocols/procedures
Accurately documents in compliance with regulatory agency requirements, completes computer functions, edits, scheduling, and billing status changes
Follows infection control guidelines
Serves as a resource for other healthcare team members
Responds appropriately to emergent situations
Accurate image marking and digital image manipulation and archiving
Assesses the validity of the test results to determine if consistent with changing physiological conditions or if due to possible interfering substances
Acts as a resource for problem-solving resolution
Completed all require continuing education to uphold their imaging licensure
Participates as an active team member
Participates in department/facility process/quality improvement initiatives
Responsible for personal and professional development to ensure current knowledge required for position
Cleans and maintains room and supplies
Provides coordinated services with customers and care partners to ensure high quality care.
Contributes to a positive work environment.
Correctly operates equipment according to accepted standards and guidelines
Identifies and responds to equipment problems to ensure equipment is working properly
Maintains a high level of proficiency
Accepts new technology as it's introduced into the facility
Participates in Quality Assurance testing as required by regulatory agencies and/or manufacturer recommendations
**Qualifications**
**Required:**
Current Registration with American Registry Radiologic Technology (ARRT)
Basic Life Support (BLS) - must be current before hire date and from American Heart Association or American Red Cross
**Preferred:**
1 or more years of experience in a related role
Additional certifications in Imaging
Additional Requirements (must be acquired or completed within a period of time):
Understanding of current MN Dept of Health Regulations. Knowledge of quality control and safety standards. Previous ambulatory care experience preferred. Strong interpersonal skills. Due to differences in scope of care, practice or services across settings, the specific experience required for this position may vary.
**EEO Statement**
EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status