Job Description
Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider—we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community.
Interventional Spine Radiology Technologists are entrusted to apply their education in the art of imaging, with the intent of providing excellent diagnostic images for the treatment of injury and disease.
Required Behaviors :
As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization. Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.Required Qualifications :
Completion of formal Radiologic Technology ProgramAART (American Registry of Radiologic Technologists) RegisteredNM State Certification for Radiologic TechnologyBasic Life Support (BLS) CertificationPreferred Qualifications :
Experience operating a C-armKnowledge of normal and abnormal vital signsAdvanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) CertificationContinuous cardiac monitoring experience including identification of normal or abnormal cardiac rhythmsInvasive procedural experience involving moderate sedationDuties and Responsibilities :
Provides care during interventional spine procedures utilizing industry standardsAscertains DNV / ISO standards and specialty recommendations met for departmentUnderstands the transfer and viewing of images via the imaging storage and viewing softwareUnderstand the ordering systemCoordinate care with attending Physicians and other caregivers as neededMaintain, clean, and re-stock procedure rooms after each procedure and as neededComprehensive understanding of the medication management systemMay assist with and demonstrates understanding of setting up and maintaining a sterile fieldIn-office transportation of patients as needed pre and post procedureAssumes responsibility for own personal continuing education and developmental needs. Attends meetings,workshops, and conventions to increase clinical skills.Provide professional communication with providers, caregivers and patientsConducts self in a professional mannerEach caregiver is responsible for implementing SJRMC’s Service Standards into their daily work : Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and StewardshipOther duties as assignedPhysical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions :
Accepts the risk of exposure to job related illness and injury which may cause long term health problemsMust be able to see with corrective eyewear, hear clearly with assistance and when required differentiate colors accuratelyMust be able to sit and walk frequently or for long periods of time; must be able to stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel and twist routinelyFrequent use of the computer and keyboardMust be able to lift greater than fifty (50) pounds and push up to three hundred (300) pounds frequentlySpecial Demands
Sets limits when dealing with angry, hostile or sometimes verbally or physically abusive patients and families in an attempt to ensure a safe, respectful environment that will support the delivery of careEffectively copes and strives for balance when caring for acutely ill patients and familiesExposure of radiation hazards through radiology procedures