Radiologic Technologist- Orthopedics- Westchester, New York- Full Time- Day- OFFS - Yonkers, United States - Mount Sinai Hospital

Description

Job Description

The Radiologic Technologist assists the Radiologist in diagnosis and treatment of patients while maintaining excellent imaging quality.

Responsibilities

1. Radiologic technologists must follow physicians orders precisely and conform to regulations concerning the use of radiation to protect themselves, their patients, and their coworkers from unnecessary exposure.

2. Help patients transfer to the detector or exam table and ensuring adequate patient immobilization to perform exam.

3. Verify proper patient identification on the study and route it to the Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS). Send required information to Virtual Radiologic when indicated.

4. Place demographic information in the reading room for interpretation.

5. Maintains a daily log of patients seen.

6. Operate the equipment to acquire a variety of imaging results.

7. Obtains essential information from patients, medical records, and previous scans for clinical correlation.

8. Monitor patient reaction to treatment and changes in physical or mental status, reporting change to the appropriate person.

9. Prepare and assist patients for radiologic procedures as requested by a physician. Provide patient care with dignity and respect for the individual. Educate patients about the procedures to be performed. Obtain optimum quality images through employment of proper anatomical positioning, slice thickness, radiologic techniques and other required techniques in accordance with the protocols designed by the radiologists.

10. Ability to maintain a great knowledge in human anatomy and cross section anatomy, proper positioning skills, and appropriate utilization of protocols and scanning techniques.

11. Observe and follow safety procedures to include radiation protection and universal precautions.

12. Carry out quality control checks on equipment, reporting deficiencies to proper personnel for action.

13. Must be able to work independently and demonstrate flexibility in work assignments.

14. Demonstrate commitment of total quality management and the tenets of service excellence by acting in accordance with the organizational mission at all times.

15. Keep familiar with changes regarding technology and safety for self, patients, and visitors.

16. Process studies onto CD or Film format (when applicable) for patient study requests while maintaining proper HIPPA compliance.

17. Maintain cleanliness of equipment and working area.

18. Practice sterile technique and prevent cross contamination.

19. Maintain familiarity of the emergency drugs and equipment's location.

20. Maintain familiarity with the departments booking, scheduling, duplication, and PACS systems.

21. Maintain professional and technical knowledge through training and fulfillment of continuing education requirements.

22. Extensive knowledge of a variety of routine procedures and applications.

23. Ability to maintain continuing education credits and professional licenses required by the New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Environmental Protection and The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.

24. Promote and follow Mount Sinai policies, rules, and regulations.

25. Execution of related duties as necessary or as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School and a graduate from an accredited educational program that is approved by ARRT.
• 2 3 years of relevant experience in a radiology environment
• Name: New York State License and ARRT Certification(s)
• Name: Radiologic Technologist Issuing Agency: DOH / Office of Professions

About Us

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai's unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to professional advance. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.

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"About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time - discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report's "Best Children's Hospitals" ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country's best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek's "The World's Best Smart Hospitals" ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism."

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