CT Technologist - Specialist

About the role

Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus is Houston’s first community hospital designed, built and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city’s most rapidly growing communities in the area from Sugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas.

Responsibilities

• Checks room daily for adequate stock necessary to facilitate continuous exam flow.
• Maintains appropriate inventory as indicated by posted par levels and updates supply lists when items are needed.
• Provides clear and detailed information regarding the procedure to the patient, family, and others.
• Working independently performs routine, STAT, urgent, on-call and intraoperative CT cases, while accurately demonstrating anatomy and pathology through proper diagnostic scanning.
• Performs high quality imaging procedures, determines technical exposure factors, identifies, and removes artifact producing objects, and utilizes shielding devices to protect the patient, self and others.
• Follows procedure protocol including performance of venipuncture, administration of prescribed medications, and use of pre-exposure radiopaque markers for anatomical and procedural references.
• Documents radiation exposure parameters, medications, use of shielding devices and radiation safety practices as required.
• Applies patient safety principles during all aspects of CT procedures, including assisting and transporting.

Requirements

• Graduate of a formal diagnostic Radiology program required
• CMRT certification from the Texas Medical Board required
• CT-NMTCB certification from the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board or CT-AART certification from the American Registry of Radiology Technologists required
• R-AART certification from the American Registry of Radiology Technologists preferred
• 3 years Radiology experience (any/all modalities required)

Qualifications

• CMRT certification from the Texas Medical Board required
• CT-NMTCB certification from the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board or CT-AART certification from the American Registry of Radiology Technologists required
• R-AART certification from the American Registry of Radiology Technologists preferred
• 3 years Radiology experience (any/all modalities required)

Skills

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Attention to detail
• Knowledge of radiation safety practices

Benefits

Join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members at Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus. Visit texaschildrenspeople.org/careers for career opportunities.

Pay

Competitive salary commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Variable schedule to accommodate the needs of the department and patients.