CT Technologist, Cancer Center, 10k Sign-On Bonus

CT Technologist – Cancer Center Outpatient Building

10K Sign-on Bonus for Full-Time

Mon&Fri, 6:30AM-7PM; Tue, 10:30AM-7PM; Sat, 7:30AM-4PM

Why UT Southwestern?

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the #1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth for the sixth consecutive year, we invite you to continue your healthcare career with us at William P. Clements and Zale Lipshy University Hospitals. You’ll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and consistent opportunities for learning and advancement into leadership roles.

Experience and Education

American Registry of Radiologic Technologists – ARRT (CT) required. Licensed by Texas Medical Board (TMB) as a Medical Radiologic Technologist. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, course accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) by first day of employment is required. Associates degree in Radiologic Sciences or Graduate from AMA approved school; Bachelor’s degree preferred.  

Job Duties

• Review physician orders for accuracy, diagnosis, and applicability to selected CT protocol.  Screen patients for contrast allergies, contraindications, and appropriateness that would prohibit or modify the CT exam.  Communicate with Radiologists to discuss stat/urgent findings.  If modification of a CT protocol is necessary consult with radiologist to determine appropriate CT exam, and document changes as appropriate in electronic health record. Ensure other resources such as nursing, anesthesia, and scheduling are in order. 
• Interviews patient (two patient identifier), conducts patient screening and obtains medical history pertaining to procedure’s clinical criteria. Explains procedure and instructs patient on necessary requirements needed to provide diagnostic images. Answers questions, screening, and administration for oral and IV contrast for relevant exams.  Administers intravenous injections of contrast material as appropriate, while observing patients for adverse reactions.  Assists the physician as needed in performing procedures. Ensures that images and information are properly documented with patient identification data and appropriate labeling. Utilizes technical knowledge and skills to perform procedures accurately and in a timely manner in accordance with age specific criteria. Completes exam charges and image documentation in a timely manner. Performs CT exams ensuring that patient meets radiation safety requirements to ALARA principles.  Assist patient in dressing for exam and attends to patient’s physical well-being while transporting to and from exam room and positioning for exam. Instructs/communicates with patient and/or patient’s family (as appropriate) regarding the tests to be performed and evaluates the patient’s ability to tolerate.
• Quality Control ~ Performs QC testing and reports problems with CT system and workstations to the service engineer/biomed, with additional correspondence sent to the physicist and imaging leadership.
• Maintains various QA compliances including ACR requirements (ex. daily, monthly, yearly QC) and archives.  Participates in accreditation imaging requirements.  Must be able to lift 40-50lbs.
• Responds to inquiries/calls/emails in a timely and professional manner.  Utilizes the organizational culture behaviors to include PACT and AIDET.   Actively participates in codes and rapid responses.  Communicates shift hand off regarding workflow issues with equipment or pending exams with oncoming staff. Engages in equitable distribution of departmental workloads.
• Actively participates in providing orientation and training for new hires and students ensuring that procedures are performed according to set standards. 
• Functions in the department as a part of an interdisciplinary team, and collaborates in the care and service delivery process of patient care through effective communication with other service lines.
• Prioritizes exams with scheduling exams to ensure smooth workflow, minimize wait times and address stat requests.
• Adheres to hospital policies, procedures, competencies, regulatory compliance, infection control, hospital education, new yearly metrics/department goals, patient satisfaction, and fiscally responsible with regards to equipment, supplies scheduling, overtime, etc.
• Maintains patient confidentiality (HIPAA) and ensures that all processes and procedures are maintained to secure and protect all workstations in all work areas.
• Other Duties: Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Work requires ability to exercise modality expertise in applications, procedures, protocols, and training.
• Work requires ability to recognize artifacts/unusual or special problems unrelated to normal scanning routines.
• Work requires ability to respond to and interact with all stakeholders with the PACT standards.
• Work requires ability to devise creative alternatives and suggestions to workflow constraints.
• Work requires a change agent attitude that includes flexibility and adaptability to perform in a high volume facility.
• Work requires ability to build high functioning teams that work in tandem within interdepartmental modalities.

Working Conditions

Work is performed primarily in a hospital or hospital clinic environment.

Security

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information

To learn more about the benefits UT Southwestern offers visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/employees/hr-resources/

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status. To learn more, please visit: https://jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/why-work-here/diversity-inclusion/