Travel CT Tech - $2,314 per week in Hillsborough, NC

Job Title: CT Technologist Job Specialty: Computed Tomography Job Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Variable 3x12 Hr Guaranteed Hours: 36.00 Experience: Prior education, training, and experience that provides the ability to perform the assigned tasks. License: Must be registered with the American Registry of Radiological Sciences or registry eligible. Certifications: Requires advanced certification in CT. All imaging specialists are required to maintain current competency in HCP BLS. Must-Have: Completion of an accredited educational program in Radiological Science. Job Description: - Conducts procedures and tests using Computerized Tomography (CT) equipment to acquire and analyze patient diagnostic data. - Utilizes professional methods for patient identification, verifies patient identity, obtains patient history, assists patients and family members that require extra attention, ensures patient understanding whenever possible, and ensures patient safety. Verifies patient identification, asks and documents pregnancy status on patients of childbearing age. - Obtains images per protocols, manipulates images according to protocols, performs multi-planar and 3D reconstruction of image data, demonstrates a thorough knowledge of CT algorithms, and selects appropriate window and level setting according to anatomy. - Administers oral contrast to adult and pediatric patients according to protocols, establishes intravenous lines, administers IV contrast following safe and proper injection procedures, follows correct procedure to determine contrast eligibility, checks appropriate lab values before contrast injection per protocol. - Maintains a thorough understanding of PACS, and transmits images for quality control and electronic medical records, verifies and segments images at the quality control station, accesses service tools to verify image transmission, completes, modifies, and/or cancels orders in an appropriate and timely manner, cancels duplicate orders to avoid duplicate billing. Ensures all charge information is accurate. Verifies patient identification in accordance with policy, ensures all appropriate demographic information is accurate on the PACS images. - Performs tasks in a timely manner, runs the schedule creating a consistent workflow, volunteers to work on challenging tasks, difficult procedures, and new research, produces quality diagnostic images, reviews patient's chart and reports for correlation, maintains a clean and orderly work environment, creates and keeps documentation of incidents as improvement opportunities for employees and the department. Precepts new employees and students.

Location: Hillsborough, NC, US

Posted Date: 3/14/2025