CT Technologist
Nashville, Tennessee
2804-TN St Thomas Midtown Hospital

CT Technologist

Location: Nashville, Tennessee Shift: 18:45 - 07:15 Contract Length: 13 weeks

Role Overview

The CT Technologist (CT Tech) performs diagnostic CT examinations for inpatient, outpatient, emergency department, and trauma patients across varying acuity levels. The role covers patient positioning, protocol selection, contrast administration, radiation safety, and producing diagnostic-quality images for physician interpretation.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform routine, advanced, contrast-enhanced, and non-contrast CT examinations, including CT angiography (CTA), according to orders and protocols.
• Perform trauma and emergency CT efficiently while maintaining image quality and patient safety.
• Establish or assess IV access, administer IV contrast, and monitor for and respond to contrast reactions.
• Verify patient identity, orders, clinical history, allergies, and screening before exams.
• Apply radiation dose-reduction techniques and ALARA principles.
• Perform post-processing, multiplanar reconstructions, and other advanced imaging techniques as required.
• Review studies for technical quality before releasing images.
• Communicate with radiologists, nurses, emergency department staff, physicians, and the interdisciplinary team.
• Document in the electronic medical record, PACS, and radiology information systems.
• Maintain CT equipment and report equipment or safety concerns.
• Follow infection-prevention, patient-identification, radiation-safety, and contrast-administration standards.

Required Qualifications

• At least 1 year of experience as a CT Technologist, with CT Technologist experience within the last year.
• Current BLS certification issued by the American Heart Association.
• Current ARRT (R) certification.
• Valid driver's license.
• Experience with IV contrast injection.

Preferred Experience

• Recent acute-care hospital CT experience.
• Emergency department and trauma CT experience.
• CT angiography (CTA) experience.
• Stroke and trauma protocol experience.
• Portable or procedural CT experience, when applicable.
• Advanced post-processing and 3D reconstruction experience.
• Experience with high-acuity and critically ill patients.
• Familiarity with PACS, RIS, and electronic medical record systems.

Onboarding Requirements

• Licensure and verification: Current license with primary source verification completed within 30 days before the assignment start. Disciplinary actions require a completed questionnaire uploaded with license documents.
• BLS: Must be AHA-certified at onboarding.
• Core competencies: HIPAA, Joint Commission, NPSG, and OSHA topics, completed within the past year and renewed every 3 years. Minimum score of 80% or the national benchmark, with a maximum of 2 attempts.
• Skills checklist: Clinical skills checklist completed within one year of start and updated annually.
• Medical imaging onboarding: Six-hour pre-hire education, with the attestation signed by the traveler and uploaded by the agency.
• Immunizations and health:

  • MMR: two documented doses or a positive IgG titer. No declinations accepted. If titer is negative, two doses four weeks apart are required.
  • Varicella: two documented doses, serological immunity, or verified history of varicella or herpes zoster. No declinations accepted.
  • Hepatitis B: completed vaccine series (3 doses) or a signed and dated declination.
  • Tdap: valid 10 years from administration. No declinations or attestations accepted.
  • Influenza: exemptions and declinations accepted, but the candidate must wear a mask at all times. Flu season runs October 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027.
  • TB: 2-step PPD or IGRA, with the TB questionnaire updated annually. A positive result requires a chest X-ray within the past year.
  • Health statement or physical exam before the first assignment, updated annually.
  • Fit test required for all travelers, preferably before start. Can be completed onsite; PAPR fit tests are not done onsite.
• Background and screening:

  • Criminal background check (SSN trace, OIG, National Sex Offender, and other searches) completed within 90 days of first assignment and updated yearly.
  • Exclusion list (EPLS) check run within 90 days of start.
  • 11-panel drug screen within 30 days before the first assignment and updated annually.
  • Third-party employment verification for the past seven years, updated yearly.
  • Education verification completed within 90 days of start. Diplomas are not accepted.
• Documents:

  • Resume or profile.
  • Two professional references.
  • Driver's license or state ID, not expired, showing front and back, with an address matching records.
  • Badge photo: forward-facing headshot on a white or blue background, with no filters.
  • Confirmation of assignment on agency letterhead, provided at initial assignment and each extension.