Job Description
Encompass Healthcare Staffing is seeking a travel CT Technologist for a travel job in Redding, California.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: CT Technologist
- Discipline: Allied Health Professional
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Title: CT Technologist
Shift: 12-Hour Shifts (Days/Nights/Weekends)
Status: Full-Time / Part-Time / Travel
Job Summary
The Computed Tomography (CT) Technologist is a highly skilled professional responsible for using specialized computerized X-ray equipment to produce detailed cross-sectional images of human anatomy. These images are essential for radiologists and physicians to diagnose a wide variety of diseases, disorders, and trauma.
Key Responsibilities
- Patient Care & Safety: Confirm patient identification, explain procedures to reduce anxiety, and monitor patients for comfort and potential adverse reactions to contrast agents.
- Imaging Procedures: Operate CT scanners to capture high-quality diagnostic images of internal organs and tissues according to established protocols.
- Contrast Administration: Prepare and administer intravenous (IV) or oral radiocontrast agents as required for heightened image clarity.
- Radiation Safety: Adhere strictly to ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) principles and radiation safety protocols to protect both patients and staff.
- Equipment Maintenance: Perform daily warm-up sequences, calibrate equipment, and report malfunctions to ensure optimal scanner performance.
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Documentation: Maintain accurate patient records and successfully transfer images to the Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).
Qualifications
- Education: Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Radiologic Technology from an accredited program.
- Licensure: Active state license as a Radiologic Technologist (where applicable).
- Certification:
- ARRT(R) certification required.
- ARRT(CT) post-primary certification preferred or required within 6 months of hire.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
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Experience: Minimum of 1 year of CT experience in a hospital or clinical setting preferred.
About Encompass Healthcare Staffing
Encompass Healthcare Staffing matches elite clinicians with the facilities that need them most—nationwide—while championing each clinician with transparent, concierge-level support. Our years of experience make every assignment seamless so you can focus on patient first exceptional levels of care.
Benefits
- Employee assistance programs
- Vision benefits
- 401k retirement plan
- Weekly pay
- Guaranteed Hours
- Sick pay
- Medical benefits
- Wellness and fitness programs
- Referral bonus
- Dental benefits