Radiology Technician PRN
Company: UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital
Location: Sacramento
Posted on: September 15, 2023
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Job Description:
Description
UC Davis Health Rehabilitation Hospital -is joint venture -between
Lifepoint Rehabilitation Services, an experienced post-acute care
provider, and UC Davis Health. With 58,000 square feet of space,
the hospital will have 52 patient beds. The new facility will
provide acute adult inpatient care and is the first free-standing
physical rehabilitation hospital in Sacramento. -
LIfepoint -operates 30+ -similar rehabilitation hospitals around
the nation - many of them award-winning and recognized for their
high quality of care. The new UC Davis hospital is expected to open
for its first patients in 2023. -Clinical services will include
physical and occupational therapies and speech pathology services.
Therapists, physicians and nurses will help patients regain
physical function and mobility, and the independent capabilities to
do everyday activities and work. -Officials also expect the UC
Davis Rehabilitation Hospital to become a location that offers new,
currently unavailable, treatments to patients, as well as research
opportunities for new treatments led by physician-researchers from
the UC Davis School of Medicine. -
The hospital is located at the corner of Broadway and 49th -Street
in Sacramento. It will cost $60 million to build. Lifepoint will
develop the project, which is expected to create up to 200 new
health care jobs, as well as hundreds of prevailing wage
construction jobs. It will enable rehabilitation care for twice as
many patients as currently can be treated for conditions resulting
from stroke, brain trauma and spinal cord injuries at UC Davis
Medical Center. -
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JOB SUMMARY:
This position oversees the revenue cycle (gross charges, patient
insurance, collections, and adjustments), accounts payable and
monitoring of operational efficiencies.
Essential funtions-
Receives, relays and documents verbal, facsimile, electronic and/or
telephone orders in the patient's chart as permitted by State and
Institutional policies
Follows prescribed techniques in administering general and specific
X-rays. (Adjusts equipment; determines proper voltage, current and
desired exposure time; arranges immobilization and support devices
to obtain position of patient; adjusts lead shield; and selects
proper film).
Determines technique for ionizing radiation during radiologic
exams.
Prepares barium preparation and other chemical mixtures for
X-rays.
Observes patient and machine during procedure and reports unusual
occurrences and records patient's condition.
Develops film in accordance with photographic techniques.
Cleans and disinfects X-ray room and equipment.
Inspects arriving shipments, signs invoices/receipts of
shipment
Qualifications
Graduate from an approved two year program in radiology
preferred.
The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)
registration.
Current BLS certification.
State certifications/licensure as required by the state in which
employed.
One year experience in diagnostic imaging
Salary: $45 - $55 / hour
We would expect those hired into this job would be paid within this
hourly rate, however, certain circumstances may allow us to pay
outside of this hourly rate.
Keywords: UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital, Sacramento , Radiology Technician PRN, Professions , Sacramento, California
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