Maintain and use equipment and supplies necessary to demonstrate portions of the human body on x-ray film or fluoroscopic screen for diagnostic purposes.
<ul><li>Position x-ray equipment and adjust controls to set exposure factors, such as time and distance.</li><li>Use beam-restrictive devices and patient-shielding techniques to minimize radiation exposure to patient and staff.</li><li>Position patient on examining table and set up and adjust equipment to obtain optimum view of specific body area as requested by physician.</li><li>Process exposed radiographs using film processors or computer generated methods.</li><li>Explain procedures to patients to reduce anxieties and obtain cooperation.</li><li>Determine patients' x-ray needs by reading requests or instructions from physicians.</li><li>Make exposures necessary for the requested procedures, rejecting and repeating work that does not meet established standards.</li><li>Prepare and set up x-ray room for patient.</li><li>Operate digital picture archiving communications systems.</li><li>Provide assistance to physicians or other technologists in the performance of more complex procedures.</li><li>Transport patients to or from exam rooms.</li><li>Operate mobile x-ray equipment in operating room, emergency room, or at patient's bedside.</li><li>Perform procedures, such as linear tomography, mammography, sonograms, joint and cyst aspirations, routine contrast studies, routine fluoroscopy, or examinations of the head, trunk, or extremities under supervision of physician.</li><li>Collect and maintain records of patients examined, examinations performed, patient medical histories, views taken, or technical factors used.</li><li>Coordinate work of other technicians or technologists when procedures require more than one person.</li><li>Assure that sterile or non-sterile supplies, such as contrast materials, catheters, films, chemicals, or other required equipment, are present and in working order or requisition materials.</li><li>Complete quality control activities, monitor equipment operation, and report malfunctioning equipment to supervisor.</li><li>Maintain a current file of examination protocols.</li><li>Provide students or other technicians with suggestions of additional views, alternate positioning, or improved techniques to ensure the images produced are of the highest quality.</li><li>Perform general administrative tasks, such as answering phones, scheduling patient appointments, or pulling and filing films.</li><li>Assist with on-the-job training of new employees or students or provide input to supervisors regarding training performance.</li></ul>