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CT Technologist

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center

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Quick overview

The nurse assesses, plans, and implements nursing care, ensuring patient comfort while anticipating and responding to the informational and emotional needs of patients and families. This role also involves guiding other healthcare personnel and maintaining knowledge of necessary medical equipment setup and use.

Requirements summary

Candidates must have a minimum of two years of experience as a Med/Surg acute registered nurse, holding an ADN or Nursing Diploma, and possessing an unencumbered RN license for the practicing state(s) or a compact license. Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the AHA is mandatory, with specialty certifications being preferred.

associate degreebachelor degreePatient AssessmentPatient ComfortPatient EducationNursing CareAcute CarePatient HygieneCardiopulmonary ResuscitationStaff GuidanceMonitoring Equipment UseIV Pump OperationDrainage Device Management

Job description

Where You’ll Work Baylor St.
Luke’s Medical Center is an 1,045 bed facility located in the Texas medical center.
A joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor St.
Luke’s is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more.
The hospital is home to the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, a nationally-accredited and NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center.
Our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience—modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians.
The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, research, and education.
Job Summary and Responsibilities As our CT Technologist, you will utilize your expertise to capture precise diagnostic images, enabling our Radiologists to accurately diagnose and/or rule out diverse medical conditions.Every day, you will adeptly create detailed cross-sectional images of the skeleton, tissues, and internal organs.
Your compassionate interaction and skill in patient care will be crucial, as you play a significant role in fostering a positive and comforting patient experience throughout the imaging process.To be successful in this role, you will deeply understand the critical importance of diagnostic imaging.
This includes a comprehensive knowledge of general imaging workflow, various patient positioning techniques, and the ability to consistently capture clear results essential for timely and accurate diagnoses that guide effective patient care.
Performs CT exams on patients according to the specific departmental procedure protocols under the direction of the Medical Director.
Prepares equipment ensuring that equipment is operational, safe and functioning according to diagnostic standards Problem-solves equipment failure and imaging quality and contacts service representative or CES regarding equipment problems Ensures that daily equipment and room maintenance are performed during/ after each procedure, and that special precautions and measures are performed to ensure infection control standards.
Completes all quality checks and Ensures that equipment logs are maintained Completes all clinical supply inventories, ensuring that each diagnostic room is complete with the necessary supplies required to perform the procedure Actively Participates with patient testing, performing routine, non-routine, urgent, and emergent patient requests Reviews the physician orders to verify the type of diagnostic test requested and that the indication for the procedure is consistent Communicates with Radiologist to obtain proper exam protocol/test design.

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