Description
Job Description
Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai!
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has been named to the Honor Roll in U.S. News & World Report???s ???Best Hospitals 2024-2025??? rankings . When you join our team, you???ll gain access to our groundbreaking biomedical research facilities and sophisticated medical education programs. We offer learning programs, tuition reimbursement and performance-improvement projects so you can achieve certifications and degrees while gaining the knowledge and experience needed to advance your career.
We take pride in hiring the best, most hard-working employees. Our dedicated doctors, nurses and staff reflect the culturally and ethnically diverse community we serve. They are proof of our dedication to creating a dynamic, inclusive environment that fuels innovation and the gold standard of patient care we strive for.
What will you be doing:
The X-Ray Technician Limited Permit supports patient care by performing x-rays as ordered by provider for diagnostic purposes. As a member of the patient care team, this role performs routine administrative and clinical tasks to maintain workflows and efficiency in the clinical offices.
- Demonstrates clinical proficiency and technical skills as a limited license X-Ray Technician, based on scope of practice.
- Performs diagnostic radiographic procedures, positions patients on the exam table and adjusts equipment to acquire efficient views of specific body area as ordered by provider.
- Performs procedures based on established technique chart using independent judgment to support the radiological orders.
- Exhibits solid understanding and relationships with other departments as it relates to radiological services.
- Demonstrates accurate equipment usage, uses appropriate technique charts, follows appropriate exposure index ranges and assures markers are set appropriately.
- Reviews dosimeter reports monthly in observance of radiation safety best practices.
- Provides assistance in QA measures including recording QC testing on designated equipment.
- Explains policies, procedures, or services to patients using clinical or administrative knowledge, based on scope of practice.
- Sets up exam room/procedure rooms appropriately based on patient visit needs.
- Addresses patient, physician, and staff concerns and escalates accordingly and follows up for satisfactory resolution.
- Adheres to all infection prevention standards, department policies and guidelines.
- Manages patient care flow and assists with monitoring CS-Link message pools and standard work.
- Performs patient intakes including appropriate vital signs, reviews medication list, reviews medical/surgical history, and documents in the electronic medical record (EMR).
Qualifications
Experience Requirements:
One (1) plus years working as an X-Ray Technician in an outpatient clinical/medical office setting, preferred.
Education Requirements:
High School Diploma/GED.
Graduate of an accredited X-Ray program.??
Licenses Requirements:
Imaging CA Radiologic Tech (X-Ray Permit with Digital Certification).
Basic Life Support (BLS) from American Heart Association.
Medical Assistant Certification or equivalent from an accredited educational program/Medical Board approved organization, preferred.
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Req ID : 7024
Working Title : X-Ray Tech, Ltd Permit (Torrance) – Onsite 8-Hour, Day Shift
Department : Ortho – Coastal
Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation
Job Category : Imaging
Job Specialty : Diagnostic Imaging
Overtime Status : NONEXEMPT
Primary Shift : Day
Shift Duration : 8 hour
Base Pay : $27.98 – $43.37