CT Technologist
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
UNC Medical Center

CT Technologist

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina Employment Type: Clinical-Allied Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 10 hours per day, 40 hours per week

Role Summary

• Performs CT procedures and tests to acquire and analyze patient diagnostic data.
• Verifies patient identification, obtains patient history, and documents pregnancy status for patients of childbearing age.
• Obtains and manipulates CT images per protocol, including multi-planar and 3D reconstruction, and selects window and level settings based on anatomy.
• Administers oral contrast to adult and pediatric patients, establishes IV lines, administers IV contrast, and checks lab values before injection per protocol.
• Transmits, verifies, and segments images, manages orders and charge accuracy, and ensures demographic information is correct on PACS images.
• Runs the schedule, produces quality diagnostic images, reviews charts and reports for correlation, and documents incidents as improvement opportunities.
• Precepts new employees and students.

Required Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited educational program in Radiological Science.
• Prior education, training, and experience that provides the ability to perform the assigned tasks.
• 1 year of experience as a CT Technologist, with CT Technologist experience within the last year.
• Registered with the American Registry of Radiological Sciences, or registry eligible. Registry-eligible candidates must provide a copy of their diploma from an accredited program.
• Advanced Certification in CT.
• Must become registered within one year of employment and maintain registry status and continuing education requirements annually.
• Current competency in HCP BLS.
• Experience with 3D imaging, including multi-planar and 3D reconstruction.
• Experience with CT algorithms.
• Experience with window and level settings.

Preferred Skills

• Patient identification, patient history, and patient safety
• CT scans, multi-planar and 3D reconstruction, CT algorithms, and window and level settings
• Oral contrast administration, IV lines, IV contrast administration, and contrast eligibility
• PACS, image transmission, order management, and diagnostic images
• Chart review, incident documentation, and CT equipment operation