Internship - Radiologist Assistant
Invision Sally Jobe / Radiology Imaging Associates
Location
Denver, Colorado
Quick overview
Interns will take a leading role in patient management, including verifying orders, obtaining consent, acting as a liaison, and organizing daily schedules across multiple sites. Responsibilities also include performing hospital fluoroscopy examinations and procedures under supervision, maintaining sterile technique, and evaluating image quality.
Requirements summary
Applicants must have 3-5 years of hospital-based diagnostic radiology experience as an ARRT registered technologist and must be accepted into an ARRT-approved Registered Radiologist Assistant Master’s program. Candidates need reliable transportation, Colorado residency, current BLS certification, and a commitment to four clinical days per week.
Job description
Radiologist Assistant Internship | Northern Colorado and Denver Metro Area
- Radiology Imaging Associates (RIA) is comprised of over 100 radiologists.
- All with exceptional skill and expertise, most are fellowship-trained in their field of specialty for additional certification.
- We are dedicated to accurate and efficient patient diagnosis not matter what their condition.
- Our interventional radiologists perform some of the most leading-edge treatments available today.
- We partner with primary care physicians and hospitals across Colorado, Kansas, , and Hawaii to provide a resource for both patients and physicians.
RIA is looking to provide preceptorship for 2 Registered Radiologist Assistant students. The current RPA/RRA team covers more than 20 clinical sites and performs more than 40 different clinical exams including: All fluoroscopy exams in diagnostic radiology, outpatient and inpatient barium and water soluble studies of the GI tract, contrast visualization of the urinary tract, joint injections/aspirations, tube placements, lumbar punctures, and hysterosalpingograms.
Requirements
- Reliable transportation and willingness to move between multiple clinical sites
- 3-5 years of hospital based diagnostic radiology experience as a registered technologist with ARRT
- Colorado resident
- Current BLS
- Acceptance to ARRT approved Registered Radiologist Assistant Master’s program
- Reliable and professional technologist
- Strong clinical background
- Commit to 4 clinical days a week (including school breaks during holidays)
- Exception for approved personal time off and class
Primary Responsibilities
- Take a leading role in patient management and assessment:
- Verifies order for appropriateness
- Obtains consent
- Acts as liaison between radiologist and ordering provider
- Practices ALARA and advocates for patient safety
- Organizes daily patient schedule (with multiple sites when necessary)
- Performs hospital fluoroscopy examinations and procedures under the supervision of a radiologist
- Maintains sterile technique during invasive procedures
- Demonstrates critical thinking skills i.e.: emergency situations, critical patients
- Knowledge of extensive protocol (adult and pediatric)
- Follows medication guidelines and protocols
- Assess and evaluate the physiologic and psychological responsiveness of each patient
- Responsible for evaluating image quality, making initial image observations, and communicating those observations to the supervising radiologist
This internship is unpaid in satisfaction of educational requirements and does not offer a housing stipend.
A formal interview process will be conducted with qualified applicants.