Profession: CT Tech
Specialty: CT Tech - Acute Care - must have large hospital/500-bed hospital experience
Location: Charlotte, NC
Facility: 650 bed Level II Trauma Hospital
Job Type: Contract/Travel
Hourly Rate: $62, locals may have rate adjustment
Shift:Night 4x10-Hour (21:00 - 07:00)
Duration: 13 weeks
Experience: 2 years of 500+bed acute care experience
License:ARRT CT, ARRT R
Certifications: BLS
First-timers accepted: Yes
Weekend Req: No
On Call Req: No
Float Req: No
Charting Req: Epic Required
Equipment Required: GE & Siemens Scanner FORCE Use is a MUST
Skills Required:
Abdomen and Pelvis
Abdomen without and/or with contrast
Colorectal studies (rectal contrast)
Enterography study
Intravenous pyelogram
Pelvis without and/or with contrast
Work Settings
Adult Acute Care
Adult Outpatient*
Emergency Department
ICU
Special Procedures
Aspirations
Biopsies
Brain perfusion
Coronary CTA
Drainage
Vascular CTA
Head and Neck
Carotid
Head without and/or with contrast
Sinuses
Soft tissue neck
Trauma head
Spine and Musculoskeletal
Cervical
Lumbar
Musculoskeletal trauma
Thoracic
Chest
Chest without and/or with contrast
Heart (e.g., calcium scoring, coronary angiography)
Vascular chest (e.g., pulmonary embolism, CTA, aorta)
Equipment
GE
PACS
Siemens
Professional Knowledge and Skills
Isolation Precautions/PPE
Preparation and/or administration of contrast media
Radiation Safety
Starting Peripheral IV’s
Venipuncture
Image Display and Post Processing
Multiplanar reconstruction (MRP)
Region of interest measurement (ROI)
SPECIAL PROCEDURES / UNIT DETAILS: This is in the emergency department on a Siemen's scanner doing routine ED patients, also Code Stroke and some trauma patients. ***VERY FAST PACED*** On first shift we typically have 4-5 techs. Second shift after 5pm there are typically 2-3 techs. Third shift there is 2 techs. Weekends we have 3 techs. Typical case load for one tech in an 8-hour shift is anywhere from 8-12 patients.