CT Technologist
Auburn, New York
Auburn Community Hospital

CT Tech (Radiology / Cardiology)

Overview

• Location: Auburn, New York
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Start date: ASAP
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: 3x12-hour days, listed as both 8:00 to 20:30 and 18:30 to 07:00
• Hours: 12 per day, 36 per week

Required Qualifications

• Valid CT Technologist license in New York
• At least 1 year of CT Technologist experience, with experience within the last year
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association
• Certification from the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board (NMTCB) or the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)
• Nuclear Medicine Technologist experience
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Technologist experience

Pre-Start Compliance

Health

• Full physical with review of systems within 12 months of start, signed by a licensed provider stating the employee can perform job duties (physician statement or physical form alone is not accepted)
• Fit test within 12 months, updated annually, using an approved mask model (3M 1860, 3M 1860S, 3M Aura 1870+, Halyard Duckbill Small or Regular, or PAPR)
• Tdap within the last 10 years, or declination
• Negative TB test (PPD, T-Spot, or QuantiFERON) within 1 year, or a chest X-ray within 5 years if past positive, plus an annual TB questionnaire
• Measles, mumps, and rubella immunity: 2 MMR vaccines or serologic titers (mumps immunity recommended but not required; the facility needs to know mumps status)
• Hepatitis B series, titer, or signed declination
• Varicella: 2 vaccines, positive titer, physician-documented history, or negative titer with signed declination
• 9-panel drug screen within 30 days of start (instant/rapid accepted), not required annually
• Flu vaccine or declination; candidates who decline must wear a mask during flu season (9/1 to 5/1), and working clinicians must have documentation on file by 11/30
• COVID vaccine records or declination

Background and credentialing

• Background check within 1 year of start, covering all locations lived, worked, or attended school for the past 7 years, including nationwide, county, and national sex offender searches, updated annually
• EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks before facility start
• NYS Medicaid Exclusion List check
• NYS Nurse Aide Registry check, as required by the facility
• Primary source verification of state license before start and upon expiration
• National certification verification (ARRT CT) before start and upon expiration
• Unexpired government-issued photo ID

Education and competency

• Stroke education: 2 hours required annually for imaging departments
• Competency exam, as applicable to profession and specialty
• Skills checklist (required)
• Orientation safety manual acknowledgement (required)
• Two professional references within 3 years of hire

Facility documents (candidate must review and sign)

• Code of conduct
• Patient abuse reporting
• Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement
• Orientation packet, including the self-study orientation quiz and acknowledgments (pages 1, 2, 24, 34, 35, and 36 required)
• Annual TB screening questionnaire

Deadline

• All compliance items must be complete by Tuesday at noon the week before the start date. Incomplete compliance moves the start to the following week.