Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist- Advanced

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Not present. Responsibilities? Duties. Requirements? Qualifications. Skills? Not explicit. Benefits? Not present. Pay? Not present. Schedule? Work Schedule present. So we need sections for Responsibilities (duties), Qualifications (basic requirements, certification, education, etc.), maybe also a section for Physical Requirements? Could be part of Qualifications or separate? The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can choose appropriate headings based on content. We have duties, qualifications (including basic requirements, certification, education, English proficiency, loss of credential, grandfathering, creditable experience, grade determinations, demonstrated KSAs, preferred experience, physical requirements). Also work schedule. We should not repeat job title. No metadata like Job ID. Remove boilerplate like EEO, etc. Also remove navigation, cookie, legal, etc. The text includes some like "VA Careers - Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist: https://youtube.com/embed/I-4ku5UMvWM" which is a link; we should remove application instructions? It's not exactly instruction but maybe considered a link; we can drop it as it's not substantive? It's a link to a video; maybe considered not needed. We'll drop it. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include all details from qualifications, duties, physical requirements, work schedule. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /. Use

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  for prose. We need to decide structure: maybe sections: Responsibilities (duties), Qualifications (including basic requirements, certification, education, English proficiency, loss of credential, grandfathering, creditable experience, grade determinations, demonstrated KSAs, preferred experience, physical requirements), Schedule (work schedule). Could also split Qualifications into sub-sections but not required; we can just have one Qualifications section with nested lists. We must not invent headings like About the role if no content. So we will have Responsibilities, Qualifications, Schedule. Now extract duties: The duties paragraph after "Duties This is an Open Continuous Announcement..." includes many bullet-like sentences separated by spaces. We need to turn them into list items. Let's parse: "Performs all routine and emergent diagnostic radiographic and CT procedures such as but not limited to: Fluoroscopy examinations - cervical - lumbar - thoracic - extremity - facial/headwork radiography - cholangiograms - hysterosalpingography - cystograms - RUGs - barium studies and CT Scanning of the abdomen - thorax - head and extremities and bone densitometry" "Maintains sterile environment in OR cases and follows OR specific department policies and procedures as required" "Adjusts protocol/standardized views to accommodate patient's inability to position due to illness - injury or medical/mental status" "Any additional information - pertinent to the patient's exam is annotated/documented by the technologist" "Responsible for maximizing daily utilization of fluoroscopic/radiographic/bone densitometry room/CT exam rooms" "Identifies scheduled procedures for the day - plans and coordinates activities around scheduled exams - walk-in exams as well as physician availability for specialized radiographic exams in order to maximize room effectiveness" "Prepares the exam room ensuring adequate aseptic and/or sterile supplies - contrast materials - catheters - safety equipment - positioning devices - linen and other required equipment are present" "Ensures and maintains exam room and equipment in a clean and neat arrangement" "Prepares and administers contrast material orally - rectally - or intravenously under close control of an authorized provider/radiologist and monitors the patient's vital signs and response to the examination" "Performs all studies as dictated by the department's standardized protocol list" "Notifies the ordering provider of significant changes in patient's medical/mental status" "Electronically processes exposed radiographs produced via DR and CR plate readers" "Able to trouble shoot minor malfunctions and will bring any issues to the attention of the lead technologist or supervisor" "Performs digital/technical manipulation of images - ensures proper exam markers are present - patient identification is accurate - proper positioning utilized in order to provide adequate and proper processing/ storing and transmission of images into PAC We need to keep all. Now Qualifications: Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship... etc. Certification: All applicants must be certified in general radiologic technology by ARRT (R). Advanced ARRT certification required for assignments that include CT - MRI - [or Mammography (M) duties performed independently - as applicable] Advanced certification indicates that the incumbent [can operate independently] and has demonstrated specific clinical competency in the appropriate specialty and taken and passed the designated examination[In modalities that require advanced certification - to support their continued development - technologists who do not possess an advanced certification may be provided on the job training with oversight from a certified radiologic technologist.] Education: Completion of a full-time training course of at least 24 months in duration (or the 2 equivalent) in a post-high school diagnostic radiologic technology program - evidenced by a certificate or an associate degree - accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) or from [other accrediting agencies as recognized by the Department of Education (DOE).] English Language Proficiency: DRTs must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) - and 7407(d) Loss of Credential: An employee in this occupation who fails to maintain the required certification must be removed from the occupation - which may also result in termination of employment May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria) Creditable Experience Knowledge of Current Radiologic Technology Practice... etc. We need to preserve all that. We can break into sub-lists: Basic Requirements, Certification, Education, English Language Proficiency, Loss of Credential, Grandfathering Provision, Creditable Experience (with subpoints Knowledge of Current Radiologic Technology Practice, Quality of Experience, Computed Tomography (CT), Bone Densitometry (BD)), Grade Determinations, Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (KSAs), Preferred Experience, Physical Requirements. We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler. All content is substantive. Now Schedule: Work Schedule: Intermittent/as needed There is no regularly scheduled tour of duty The work is irregular and cannot be reliably scheduled in advance We'll put that in a

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    for each major category. We need to be careful to not lose any detail. Let's list duties items precisely: 1. Performs all routine and emergent diagnostic radiographic and CT procedures such as but not limited to: Fluoroscopy examinations - cervical - lumbar - thoracic - extremity - facial/headwork radiography - cholangiograms - hysterosalpingography - cystograms - RUGs - barium studies and CT Scanning of the abdomen - thorax - head and extremities and bone densitometry 2. Maintains sterile environment in OR cases and follows OR specific department policies and procedures as required 3. Adjusts protocol/standardized views to accommodate patient's inability to position due to illness - injury or medical/mental status 4. Any additional information - pertinent to the patient's exam is annotated/documented by the technologist 5. Responsible for maximizing daily utilization of fluoroscopic/radiographic/bone densitometry room/CT exam rooms 6. Identifies scheduled procedures for the day - plans and coordinates activities around scheduled exams - walk-in exams as well as physician availability for specialized radiographic exams in order to maximize room effectiveness 7. Prepares the exam room ensuring adequate aseptic and/or sterile supplies - contrast materials - catheters - safety equipment - positioning devices - linen and other required equipment are present 8. Ensures and maintains exam room and equipment in a clean and neat arrangement 9. Prepares and administers contrast material orally - rectally - or intravenously under close control of an authorized provider/radiologist and monitors the patient's vital signs and response to the examination 10. Performs all studies as dictated by the department's standardized protocol list 11. Notifies the ordering provider of significant changes in patient's medical/mental status 12. Electronically processes exposed radiographs produced via DR and CR plate readers 13. Able to trouble shoot minor malfunctions and will bring any issues to the attention of the lead technologist or supervisor 14. Performs digital/technical manipulation of images - ensures proper exam markers are present - patient identification is accurate - proper positioning utilized in order to provide adequate and proper processing/ storing and transmission of images into PACS Now Qualifications: Basic Requirements: - United States Citizenship - Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy Certification: - All applicants must be certified in general radiologic technology by the American Registry of Radiologic Technology - Radiography (ARRT) (R) - Advanced ARRT certification is required for assignments that include computed tomography (CT) - magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - [or Mammography (M) duties performed independently - as applicable] - Advanced certification indicates that the incumbent [can operate independently] and has demonstrated specific clinical competency in the appropriate specialty and taken and passed the designated examination - In modalities that require advanced certification - to support their continued development - technologists who do not possess an advanced certification may be provided on the job training with oversight from a certified radiologic technologist. Education: - Completion of a full-time training course of at least 24 months in duration (or the 2 equivalent) in a post-high school diagnostic radiologic technology program - evidenced by a certificate or an associate degree - accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) or from [other accrediting agencies as recognized by the Department of Education (DOE).] English Language Proficiency: - DRTs must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) - and 7407(d) Loss of Credential: - An employee in this occupation who fails to maintain the required certification must be removed from the occupation - which may also result in termination of employment Grandfathering Provision: - May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria) Creditable Experience: - Knowledge of Current Radiologic Technology Practice - To be creditable - experience must have demonstrated possession of the knowledge - skills - abilities - and other characteristics (also referred to as clinical competencies) associated with current radiologic technology practice - This may have been evidenced by the equivalent of one year of active practice - which is paid or nonpaid employment as a DRT as defined by ARRT - Quality of Experience - Experience is only creditable if it was earned after completion of the basic certification requirements identified in paragraph 2b above - Experience as a graduate DRT is creditable provided the candidate functioned as a DRT and subsequently passed the certification examination - Computed Tomography (CT) - This specialty modality requires specific knowledge of cross sectional human anatomy and its application in spiral - and/or - multi-slice computer tomography - inclusive of 3-D reconstruction scans - including drainages - biopsies - and peripheral vascular examinations - The technologist requires specific knowledge and training in the location - appearance - and function of the various major and minor systems susceptible to radiological illumination - to interpret the examination request accurately - to understand the functioning and inter-relationship of the various organs - to use the methods and techniques which will identify organs appearing on