What are the responsibilities and job description for the X-Ray Technician position at Prime Occupational Medicine?
PRIME Occupational Medicine's Mission
PRIME's mission is to provide employers worldwide with the best tools to optimize the efficiency necessary to maximize improvement in each worker's health and safety.
Objectives Of This Role
The X-Ray technician's role is to provide optimal care in a patient-centered environment and to provide subspecialty expertise. Provide top-quality imaging and therapeutic procedures. Assist in the role as a medical assistant when X-ray technician duties are slow.
Responsibilities
Mental Requirements: Learn new tasks, remember processes, maintain focus, complete tasks independently, make timely decisions in the context of a workflow, ability to communicate with employees and visitors, ability to complete tasks in situations that have a speed or productivity quota. Position Unit: Various PRIME locations - Non-Exempt: Hourly
PRIME's mission is to provide employers worldwide with the best tools to optimize the efficiency necessary to maximize improvement in each worker's health and safety.
Objectives Of This Role
The X-Ray technician's role is to provide optimal care in a patient-centered environment and to provide subspecialty expertise. Provide top-quality imaging and therapeutic procedures. Assist in the role as a medical assistant when X-ray technician duties are slow.
Responsibilities
- Verifying client identity and reviewing medical staff's orders before beginning x-ray procedures.
- Provide verbal and/or written instruction
- Correctly position the client in positioning body parts to be radiographed, which may include lifting and moving patients with limited mobility.
- Adjust the imaging equipment to the specified position.
- Ensuring that the x-rays taken are of sound quality to prevent repeat procedures.
- Explain procedures and observe patients to ensure patient care, safety, and comfort during scan.
- Prevent unnecessary radiation exposure both to themselves and to the client
- Follow correct techniques and procedures such as client shielding
- Maintain radiology supplies inventory by checking stock, anticipating future needs, and placing orders or informing Clinic Manager.
- Promptly notifying management of damaged or malfunctioning x-ray equipment.
- Maintaining an accurate record of completed x-ray procedures.
- Adhere to ethical standards of conduct as well as applicable state and federal laws.
- Login into the appropriate radiology site. Label exams accordingly.
- Match any completed reports with the appropriate chart and place in the appropriate
- At the end of each day, compare logs with Synapse to ensure all x-rays have been sent and highlighted.
- Wipe down all x-ray equipment and clean films.
- May be required to work at other PRIME clinics and on-site locations.
- Preparing Patients for Examinations
- Document Medical Histories
- Assist the Physician During Examinations
- Explaining Medical Testing to Patients
- Sterilize Medical Instruments
- Maintaining patient medical records
- Updating patient files
- Phones/messages
- Assist in injury care
- Drug & Alcohol screenings
- Pulmonary Function Test
- Respirator Fit Test
- Phlebotomy
- Audiograms
- Injections
- EKGs
- Must have the ability to take a 1 week call on rotating basis
- May be required to work overtime and holidays
- Dependable transportation
- Other duties as assigned
- Required city, state, or federal license and/or certification.
- Proven experience as an X-ray technician
- Taking x-rays of various body parts
- Ability to move or lift patients
- Ability to stand for extended periods
- Excellence communication skills
- Maintaining client and staff confidentiality
- Reliability
- Patients and compassion
- Punctuality
- Stress Management
- Teamwork
- Working independently
- Working quickly and accurately
- Maintain confidentiality per OSHA and HIPPAA
Mental Requirements: Learn new tasks, remember processes, maintain focus, complete tasks independently, make timely decisions in the context of a workflow, ability to communicate with employees and visitors, ability to complete tasks in situations that have a speed or productivity quota. Position Unit: Various PRIME locations - Non-Exempt: Hourly