Chief Radiologic Technologist jobs in Lorain, OH

 Position Highlights:

• Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America”. You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.
• Work/life: You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career.
• Employee-centric: 401(k), health and wellness offerings, monthly employee events, and more.

About Firelands Health:

Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region.

Firelands Health is the area’s largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are “big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you”. We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.

Our Core ACE Values:  Attitude: We choose to be positive and inclusive every day. Commitment: We are committed to exceed the expectations of those we serve. Enthusiasm: We will work passionately to make a difference.

What You Will Do: 

• Pleasantly greets patients, introduce yourself, and confirming their identification.
• Prepares patient for x-ray by having patient gown appropriately as needed.
• Able to utilize the hospital computer systems (HIS/RIS/PACS) to retrieve information, export images, review images, verify data, perform order entry to produce a requisition, and complete exam record in RIS following completion of exam
• Receives order request checking for special instructions, consults with Radiologists as needed.
• Prepares room, equipment, and imaging materials as needed for patients.
• Assists patient at end of procedures, appropriately ending encounter by making sure patient is taken to room, ED, or other unit. If an outpatient, he or she is shown out of imaging and/or to other testing locations.
• Explains procedures to the patient.
• Transfers patient to the imaging table if required.
• Positions patient for all needed views. Ability to adapt positioning and views per patient encounter when patient is unable to cooperate or comply with routine positions.
• Selects and operates equipment as directed. Follows prescribed techniques in administering x-rays. Adjusts equipment settings; determines proper exposure parameters, selecting proper technical factors on an individual patient basis.
• Observes patient and machine during procedure and reports unusual occurrences.
• Performs a patient assessment, as appropriate for the imaging procedure to assist Radiologist during interpretation.
• Knowledge of the needs of patients according to their age group and the ability to modify care according to patient’s age. Technologist will most frequently care for adults and geriatric patients; and, on occasion, adolescents, children, infants, and neonates.
• Lifts, moves, and transports patients via wheelchair or cart. Transports patient from patient room, Surgery Center, ESD, and other patient care areas. Returns patient to room or other patient care area.
• Assists with clerical and front office duties and responsibilities as needed. Clerical functions may include answering and routing phone calls, release of information, burning CD’s, and other related tasks.
• Identifies problems and communicates appropriately to immediate supervisor, offers solutions as appropriate.
• Cleans and disinfects x-ray room and equipment.
• Maintains stock supplies for assigned room or work area.
• Uses lead shield to protect unaffected parts of patient’s body from exposure to X-ray.
• Wears film badge at collar level at all times. Uses time, distance, and shielding to minimize exposure to radiation.

What You Will Need: 

• High School graduate, or equivalent.
• Must be a student in final year (or graduate) in a formal radiologic technology training program.
• Must have current General X-ray Machine Operator license with Ohio Dept of Health
• Must be currently certified in CPR, and be recertified bi-annually.
• Ability to work in an environment that is fast-paced and requires multi-tasking.
• Uses proper body mechanics. Ability to push, pull and/or lift patient from carts, wheelchairs, or other transport devices onto imaging table/couch.