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Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 9 days ago
On-site Asheville, NC $49K – $87K Apply by Jun 30, 2026 Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist ISTJ Healthcare
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The DRT(R) technologist operates general radiography and fluoroscopy equipment to acquire diagnostic radiographs of patients and support fluoroscopic exams and procedures to enable the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Exam requests are screened for appropriateness and reviewed with a radiologist as needed.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties: Receive patients, confirm patient identification, obtain patient history, provide patient education, provide reassurance, and ensure patient comfort.
- →Perform fall risk assessment and mobilize appropriate assistive lifting and transfer devices as needed.
- →Apply strategies to reduce risk of falls - remove obstacles and tripping hazards.
- →Continually assess the condition and needs of patients to ensure patient safety, comfort, privacy, and dignity.
- →Coordinate care to provide service timely to the clinical need.
- →Review exam requests for appropriateness before performing exams.
- →Use appropriateness criteria, the clinical history provided on the request, patient interview, chart review or contact with the ordering clinician to clarify as needed.
- →Apply radiation safety practices, including the concepts of time, distance and shielding, and the ALARA principle of keeping radiation exposure to As Low as Reasonably Achievable.
- →Perform general maintenance operations on equipment such as warm-up and shutdown sequences, calibration, QC and basic troubleshooting.
- →Maintain logs to document equipment performance history and malfunctions.
- →Identify deviations from equipment specifications and initiate service or other corrective action.
- →Provide assistance to service engineers, OI&T staff, and service support with basic troubleshooting on imaging devices, computer systems and PACS to help resolve issues.
- →Demonstrate knowledge of PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems), including fundamental knowledge of network interfaces, routing of images to electronic archives, quality control, and basic troubleshooting.
- →Ensure completed exams are properly archived both in PACS and VISTA Imaging.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
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