Travel Radiology Technician - $2,533 per week

Company: Virginia Mason Medical Center
Location: Seattle
Posted on: November 7, 2024

Job Description:

• Certification Details
• - ARRT, BLS
• - ARRT certification and Washington state license.
  • Job Details
  • - General Certification Requirements: BLS
  • - Certs/ARRT & other specialty certification requirements: ARRT certification and Washington state license.
  • - How many scanners/rooms does this department have?: total of 10 xray rooms spread throughout the medical center and 34 OR rooms.
  • - Common types of imaging & Job Duties: General, fluoroscopy, OR, and portables.
  • - EMR &/or PACS: Cerner Power Chart, RIS (Radiology Information System) GE Centricity, PACS- Philips Intellispace.
  • - Department Specific Equipment: All x-ray rooms are Philips- mostly DR (direct radiography). Portables- there are 7 machines and all are GE DR. OR- Ziehm and GE/OEC C-arms and a Siemens O-arms.
    • Job Requirements
    • - Must provide traveler Radiation Badge - facility will not provide.
    • - Experience: Expectation is for travelers to be able to cover ALL areas. Fluoroscopy and OR (knowing how to operate O-arm and C-arm) important. 1 year of experience. ER experience is preferred.
    • - Average # of scans/studies per day: OR-average with just C-arm about 6-7 per day. Fluoro-about 10 exams per day. Average general x-rays per day around 73.
      • Schedule Information
      • - Shifts & Scheduling: Shifts vary: start at 7AM and cascade from there to 9AM. Regular staff work 8 hour shifts, however have been making exceptions for 10 hour shifts- 7:30a-6p.
      • - Weekend Requirements: Weekends as needed
      • - Holiday Requirements: If there is a need the travelers may be asked to work.
      • - Call or Standby requirement?: Call as needed
        • Unit Specific Information
        • - Department: Radiology (Rad Tech)
        • - Will they have to float/cover any other areas?: Will cover in addition to General Radiology (x-ray) an outpatient clinic, Inpatient and Outpatient Fluoroscopy, Outpatient Ortho Clinic, ER, fluoro/xray room in CCU, and OR-34 rooms. Techs will be scheduled in one area and rotate areas on a weekly basis- may need to move areas to cover.
        • - Radiology Supervisor or Lead Tech: Leads
        • - Do they use RRAs: No
        • - Radiologist in-house?: Yes
          • Additional Details
          • - The Manager WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT LOCAL TRAVELERS FOR THIS UNIT!!
          • - Scrub Color/Dress Code: Are scrubs provided?: Navy, gray, or a mix of navy and gray. Scrubs will be provided when working in the OR- please wear casual clothes (no loungewear) when coming to work and needing to change.
          • - Department specific orientation: First day would be organizational specific orientation with modules will then get set up in a daily rotation of the different areas-generally 1 week.

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