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Job Description

Take x rays and CAT scans or administer nonradioactive materials into patient's blood stream for diagnostic purposes. Includes technologists who specialize in other scanning modalities.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2034.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 59,260.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 28.00
Currently, there are 200,650 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Radiologic Technologists”.

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Tasks for “Staff Technologist”

Prepare and administer oral or injected contrast media to patients.
Use radiation safety measures and protection devices to comply with government regulations and to ensure safety of patients and staff.
Key commands and data into computer to document and specify scan sequences, adjust transmitters and receivers, or photograph certain images.
Position and immobilize patient on examining table.
Coordinate work with clerical personnel or other technologists.
Explain procedures and observe patients to ensure safety and comfort during scan.
Take thorough and accurate patient medical histories.
Demonstrate new equipment, procedures, or techniques to staff and provide technical assistance.
Perform administrative duties, such as developing departmental operating budget, coordinating purchases of supplies or equipment, or preparing work schedules.
Operate fluoroscope to aid physician to view and guide wire or catheter through blood vessels to area of interest.
Review and evaluate developed x-rays, video tape, or computer-generated information to determine if images are satisfactory for diagnostic purposes.
Monitor patients' conditions and reactions, reporting abnormal signs to physician.
Assign duties to radiologic staff to maintain patient flows and achieve production goals.
Perform scheduled maintenance or minor emergency repairs on radiographic equipment.
Position imaging equipment and adjust controls to set exposure time and distance, according to specification of examination.
Operate or oversee operation of radiologic or magnetic imaging equipment to produce images of the body for diagnostic purposes.
Provide assistance in dressing or changing seriously ill, injured, or disabled patients.
Remove and process film.
Measure thickness of section to be radiographed, using instruments similar to measuring tapes.
Record, process, and maintain patient data or treatment records and prepare reports.
Collaborate with other medical team members, such as physicians or nurses, to conduct angiography or special vascular procedures.
Monitor video display of area being scanned and adjust density or contrast to improve picture quality.
Set up examination rooms, ensuring that all necessary equipment is ready.

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X ray imaging charge-coupled device CCD cameras
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Patient immobilizing devices
Intravenous IV tubing
Diaphragms
Fluoroscopes
Film processing equipment
Vacutainer tubes
Cones
Portable ultrasound scanners
Grids
Electrocardiography EKG units
Automated defibrillators
Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
Film cassettes
Portable densitometers
Personal computers
Syringes
Desktop computers
Radiation measurement badges
Magnetic tape recorders
Enema equipment
Mercury blood pressure units
Picture archiving and communication systems PACS
Scan converters
Sandbags
Intravenous IV syringes
Image capturing and transmission systems
Compression bands
Hypodermic needles
Oxygen equipment
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Tabletop film processors
X ray image intensifier television systems
Cushions
Image storage systems
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Tourniquets
Notebook computers
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Cylinders
Rapid film changers
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X ray calipers
Power injectors
Intensifying screens
Positron emission tomography/computed tomography PET/CT scanners
Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM system equipment
Mobile image amplifier C-arms
Filters
Collimators
Straps
Intravenous IV locks
Electronic blood pressure units
X ray bone densitometers
Intramuscular needles
Computed tomography CT scanners

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