Employment Type - Permanent Part Time
Hours per fortnight - 48
Job Category - Other Professionals - Medical Imaging
Req Id - 5192

The Grade 2 Radiographer/MIT in liaison with the Grade 3 and 4 Colac Area Health site supervisor shares the responsibility for the provision and coordination of the medical imaging service.

Duties of the Grade 2 Radiographer/MIT include

• Undertake additional responsiiblities to a Grade 1 Radiographer/MIT including being available for reasonable overtime, working night shift and on call as part of the Colac Area Health on call roster and BMI 24/7 ‘ABC roster’.
• Independently operate all diagnostic imaging equipment including information communication systems.
• Produce high quality medical images using valid request forms following the principles of ALARA.
• Correct identification of patients using 4 step model consisting of: (i) verification of patient information, (ii) matching information against request form, (iii) timeout, (iv) post procedure confirmation of an acceptable image including correct positioning and presentation (side markers, orientation).
• Escalating faults or issues with medical imaging equipment to the Grade 3 CT or Grade 4 Colac Area Health site supervisor, Chief Radiographer, and/or logging faults with vendors.
• Utilise specialist knowledge/experience in any of the specialist modalities or areas of additional responsibilities such as CT, digital subtraction radiography (DSA), mammography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), radiology information system (RIS) or quality assurance activities
• Supervise other medical imaging staff including clinical supervision of Grade 1 radiographer/MITs.
• Supervise and train medical imaging students
• Provide high quality safe care to consumers and implement the Barwon Health values in daily duties.