Vascular X-Ray Technician

LCMC Health

We are a New Orleans-based, non-profit health system on a mission: to provide the best possible care for every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond, and to put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. And that means we do things a little differently around here.

Treating people like family is the LCMC Health way, and it always has been. Founded by Louisiana's first freestanding children's hospital, we have grown into a healthcare system that is built to serve the unique needs of our communities and families.

Today, we offer six hospital locations: Children's Hospital New Orleans, East Jefferson General Hospital, New Orleans East Hospital, Touro, University Medical Center New Orleans, and West Jefferson Medical Center. We also offer a network of urgent care centers across the greater New Orleans area. With over 2,800 physicians specializing in everything from head to toe, our community can count on us to provide the right care, right where they need it.

Touro

Touro has been serving the New Orleans community since 1852, and today we are the city's only community-based, non-profit, faith-based hospital. We offer comprehensive healthcare services at every stage of life, from delivering generations of New Orleans babies to providing advanced senior care including heart, cancer, orthopedic, and rehabilitation services. Touro's footprint extends throughout New Orleans and the surrounding areas with numerous clinics, home health services, and retirement community, Woldenberg Village. New Orleans is a city that values tradition and history and prides itself on the strength and vibrancy of our local community. No institution embodies this enduring New Orleans spirit more than Touro. Our patients and the community can count on our ongoing commitment to their health and well-being for generations to come.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Why a Great Place to Work:

You're more than your job. Everyone is. And that's what makes you great at your job-all the little extras you bring to work every day, the things that make you you. At LCMC Health we value those things about you, because we know that all those little extras add up to extraordinary. And we've built a culture that supports and celebrates the extraordinary. You'll see it when you come to work here, in the spirit of our places and the faces of our people. And every patient we heal, every family we comfort, every life we improve is the outcome of countless little extras adding up to an extraordinary result. Join LCMC Health, and you'll find that our everyday makes it easy to live your extraordinary.

Essential Functions:

The Vascular Xray Technologist Associate provides patient care in the course of x-ray diagnostic and therapeutic angiography procedures. Responsible to operate the support equipment, computers, and x-ray emitting devices to ensure technical success of the procedures. These x-ray emitting devices are operated in accordance with policies and procedures and delineated by the Radiation Safety Officer. Works closely with medical doctors, nurses, and O.R. technologists under the direction of the Medical Chief of Cardiology. This position requires independent judgment, with ingenuity and initiative essential to the satisfaction of the physician.

Demonstrates proficiency and quality in procedures according to departmental policy and procedure in technical performance of x-ray and angiography:

• Assigned duties are required to be accepted and performed according to departmental protocols.

• Selects appropriate techniques, labels and marks digital films correctly. Applies knowledge of the principle of scrubbing circulating, X-ray and hemodynamic monitoring techniques. Demonstrates a thorough knowledge of all cath lab / specials equipment. Operates the Medrad injector and Radiology equipment.

Demonstrates safety and job knowledge by maintaining radiation exposure ALARA and operates x-ray devices with and according to safety protocols:

• X-ray badges are maintained according to policy and employees are aware of results badges.

• Maintains good radiation safety and in services are provided by Cardiovascular/X-ray Tech as needed.

• Is accurate with x-ray dosage and time of exposure.

• Ensures that radiation equipment is tested at the appropriate intervals so that exposure to patients and coworkers is kept to the lowest levels.

Professional Development:

• Maintains current license with LSRT and be ARRT eligible.

• Maintains current Certificate for Basic Life Support.

Customer Service:

• Coordinates work schedule with Departmental Director and/or scheduling desk to assure workload coverage.

• Assumes responsibility for the safety, mental and physical comfort of patients while they are in the Cardiology department.

• Maintains a daily log of patients seen / completes exam billing forms.

• Maintains equipment and work area and maintains adequate supplies.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications:

Required:

• 2 years x-ray, Cath Lab or Radiology Special Procedures training.

• Two-year certification program in Radiologic Technology or equivalent (including training from United States Armed Forces )

• Knowledge of: general and cardiovascular anatomy and physiology; general medical terminology; electro-physiology and cardiovascular hemodynamics; radiation properties of x-ray and fluoroscopy equipment; and, state laws regarding licensure.

• State Lic. Radiology Techs

• On call / Holiday --able to respond in 30 minutes.

• Ability to: properly place monitoring devices on patients; use manual dexterity to properly position camera head; administer basic life support; properly position patients on tables; and, utilize basic computer and data entry skills.

• Basic Life Support/CPR

Preferred:

• Associates degree from an accredited institution

• Natl. Cert. Radiology Techs

• RCIS or RVT

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

WORK SHIFT:

Days (United States of America)

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Application for Employment

It is the policy of all member hospitals and facilities of the LCMC Health System (Louisiana Children's Medical Center, Children's Hospital of New Orleans, Touro Infirmary, University Medical Center New Orleans, New Orleans East Hospital, and West Jefferson Medical Center as well as its centers of health care and physician services, East Jefferson General Hospital, Woldenberg Village, Crescent City Physician Inc., and New Orleans Physician Services) to provide equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, marital status, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, physical or mental disability, or any other protected status in regard to any position for which the employee or applicant may qualify.

Instructions to Applicant

1.You must fully and accurately complete the Application for employment. Incomplete applications will not be considered. LCMC Health and its members may use the information given in the application to investigate the applicant's previous employment and background.

2.The Application for Employment will be considered inactive after 180 days. If you wish to be considered after that time, you must complete a new Application for Employment.

3.If you are hired, proof of citizenship or immigration status will be required to verify your lawful right to work in the United States.