Description

Company Overview

Urology of Virginia (UVA) has a long history of providing comprehensive and quality care to the entire Hampton Roads region, including northeastern North Carolina. Our clinical care team consists of board-certified urologists most of whom are fellowship trained, nationally recognized, awarded and published. Working in a team-based environment, our mission is to help patients optimize their urological health. 

Job Overview

We are seeking a professional and experienced Radiological Technologist/ X-ray Technician, who will provide mobile services to various hospitals and surgery centers, under supervision of a treating Urologist. 

General Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains good business relationships with various physicians and hospital staff

• Practices good customer service using cooperativeness and courteousness and maintains ethical and confidential relationships with physicians and hospital staff 

• Ensures safety of the patient before, during and after the procedure 

• Interfaces regularly with the scheduling departments at each facility to ensure smooth case load schedules

• Demonstrates competence in assisting the Urologist in the identification of calculi and accurately positioning each individual patient and selecting proper technical factors of each during the lithotripsy procedure 

• Responsible for optimum radiographic equipment function and keeping patient exposures to a minimum without interfering with optimal treatment 

• Assists other hospital, physician or related ancillary staff as required during procedure 

• Confirms patient information entered into unit logs is complete and accurate and ensures all procedures performed are properly charged and recorded prior to being sent to the billing office 

• Submits Daily Treatment Records on a weekly basis 

• Regularly checks equipment to maintain it is in proper working condition and promptly reports any problems to the Operations Manager

• Assists in the scheduling of equipment and vehicle maintenance as required 

• Follows all company related policies in relation to set-up/breakdown of equipment at the beginning and end of each day 

• Loads, unloads, and transfers the Lithotripter, corresponding components, and any necessary supplies from the transport vehicle to and from the designated procedure area 

• Fully understands and adheres to hospital emergency, safety, infection control and other hospital policies and procedures

• Ability to collaborate with internal and external resources and be able to meet schedule and/or deadlines 

Requirements

• Minimum of a high school graduate or equivalent 

• Minimum of 2 years of post-graduate experience in Diagnostic Radiology; experience with a C-Arm is mandatory 

• Moderate computer skills 

• Knowledge in positioning, technical factors, and radiation protection

• Completion of an AMA approved school of radiologic technology 

• Registered and in good standing with the ARRT 

• Obtain VA state RT license as required by law and operational needs 

• Maintain and provide evidence of current CPR certification 

• Annual TB screening required 

• Maintain and complete current HIPAA training and requirements 

• Complete and maintaining current company regulatory courses 

• Must provide evidence of a safe driving record 

• Extensive travel required, covering a large territory in Virginia