Atrium Health Union is a 182-bed hospital in Monroe, NC, providing comprehensive emergency services and specialty medical care. The campus offers a variety of medical services, including a day surgery center, cancer treatment center, long-term care facility, behavioral health center, specialty care clinics, a community wellness and outreach program, a women and children’s center, interventional heart program and physician practices. For more than 15 years this hospital has been serving the Monroe area, and we have worked to add new services and more specialized physicians and programs to meet the growing health care needs of our community. 

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Performs with minimal supervision radiographic examinations under the direction of the Radiologist. Coordinates daily activities including performing examinations and associated clerical duties.

Major Responsibilities  

• Escorts patients, guests, and visitors to points of destination using ambulatory, beds, cribs, stretchers, and wheelchairs.  

• Possesses knowledge and appropriate use of hospital paging system.  

• Uses hospital telephone system as it relates to transport tracking to accept transport orders, put jobs in progress and complete jobs.  

• Assists nursing and various clinical staff with the transferring of patients from bed to transport equipment.  

• Transports and provides room orientation for admissions.  

• Provides directional information to guests and visitors and patient location to patient's family members and guests.  

• Verifies registration of outpatients and transport to appropriate departments or clinics.  

• Retrieves, cleans, and stores all unused patient transport equipment.  

Minimum Job Requirements 

Education 

Graduate of an institution accredited by an agency that ARRT recognizes in Radiologic Technology.  

Certification / License 

Must be registry eligible with registry completion within 1 year of hire date. BLS required 

Work Experience 

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities 

Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development and demonstrates  

the skills and competency appropriate to the ages, culture, developmental stages, and special needs of the patient population served. 

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions 

Requires strenuous physical effort while assisting patients from wheelchairs and stretchers. Handles equipment and monitors supplies. Excellent oral and written communication skills to interact with patients and hospital staff required. May frequently be required to stretch, bend, twist, squat or kneel in operating radiographic equipment. Will be required to use hands for power gripping, speed work and precision during manipulation of radiographic equipment and in the case of injured or diseased patients. Vision and hearing for distances of up to 10 feet is necessary.