Are you ready to bring your clinical competencies to a world-class Medical Group known for the very highest clinical standards? Do you have a passion for the highest quality and patient satisfaction? Then please respond to this dynamic opportunity available with one of the best places to work in Southern California! We would be happy to hear from you.
The Cedars-Sinai Medical Network is committed to helping primary care and specialist physicians deliver care to all their patients, who benefit from convenient access to Physicians and coordination of care between them. As a part of Cedars-Sinai, our physicians and staff are partners in quality health care from a medical center that is consistently recognized as one of the finest hospitals in the country. For the 8th consecutive year, we have been named one of the top 20 Physician Groups in Southern California by Integrated Healthcare Associates (IHA).
What you will be doing in this role
The Multi-Modality Technologist provides the essential service of generating images of the body for diagnostic purposes with diagnostic imaging equipment as directed by Radiologists, in accordance with the company policies and procedure manuals utilizing two or more of the following modalities: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Computed Tomography (CT), Fluoroscopy, General Ultrasound, Vascular Ultrasound, Mammography and/or Echocardiography.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Prepares and checks patients prior to Imaging procedure. Properly screens all patients and personnel prior to performance of the examination.
Acquires patient questionnaire, chart, data/requisition and reviews all to determine contraindication of having Imaging examination.
Verifies and validates patient screening safety form including allergies. Performs Imaging procedures required per protocol, daily QA/QC and calibration.
Performs venipunctures, draws specimens and maintains competencies.
Educates patients regarding Imaging procedures, equipment and exam.
Ensures patients' comfort and safety during and after the exam.
May assist with scheduling of patients as needed.
Prepares and administers appropriate contrast media for imaging exam as required.
Acquires, archives, transmits and prints images via PACS. When applicable, completes after hours transmission of images and appropriate paperwork.
Immediately reports any malfunctions; observes potential equipment dysfunctions and reports problems or calls for service.
Maintains available equipment up-time. Applies knowledge of radiation physics and safety regulations to limit radiation exposure of the public, patients, fellow workers and self to as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA).
Responsible for continuing professional development and learning new updates, technical information, and skills.
May be required to rotate through all imaging modalities, sites, and/or locations
Qualifications
Job qualifications
Education
Assoc. Degree in Radioloigic Technology required
Work Experience
2 years Minimum two years experience as an imaging technologist required
1 year Minimum one year experience in each relevant modality required
2 years Experience in both MRI and CT imaging modalities preferred preferred
2 years GE 1.5HDX experience with a strong musculoskeletal background preferred
Licenses and Certifications
Imaging Registered Rad Tech (ARRT, ARMRIT, ARDMS) required
Certified Radiologic Technologist (CRT) in the state of California required
Providing healthcare for more than 100 years, Cedars-Sinai has evolved into one of the most dynamic and highly renowned medical centers in the world. Along with caring for patients, Cedars-Sinai is a hub for biomedical research and a training center for future physicians and other healthcare professionals. This attracts exceptional talent to Cedars-Sinai, including world-renowned physician-scientists who seek a place where they can both conduct research and see patients--the ideal formula for discovery and its translation into cures. Our patients benefit from access to doctors at the top of their fields, and our researchers have an ideal community in which to study the impact of healthcare challenges, and reflect that knowledge in their research. The greater Los Angeles area in which Cedars-Sinai resides possesses unparalleled cultural and ethnic diversity which offers outstanding opportunities for translational and clinical research and a dynamic environment for medical education.Although community based, Cedars-Sinai is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Cedars-Sinai has highly competi...tive graduate medical education programs in more than 50 specialty and subspecialty areas, a graduate program in biomedical sciences and translational medicine, a clinical scholars program directed towards junior physicians with aspirations to become clinical scientists, and post graduate training opportunities.There are more than 250 full-time faculty members at Cedars-Sinai. The voluntary medical staff, comprised of more than 2,200 specialty board-certified or board-qualified physicians, represent all of the specialties and subspecialties and collaborate with full-time medical staff in the teaching responsibilities of the graduate medical education programs.
