Job Description

• Receiving referrals from Medical Practitioners to perform medical imaging and radiation treatment of patients
• Determining the appropriate equipment to use, such as X-ray equipment, radiation scanners, fluoroscopes, ultrasound equipment, nuclear instrumentation, angiography equipment and computed tomography (CT) equipment, and selecting the appropriate equipment settings to provide the diagnostic information requested by Medical Practitioners
• Calculating details of procedures such as length and intensity of exposure to radiation, size and strength of dosage of isotopes, and settings of recording equipment
• Explaining procedures to patients and answering patients' inquiries about processes
• Ensuring patients' welfare during procedures
• Positioning patients, screens and equipment preparatory to procedures
• Viewing the screen and deciding if images are satisfactory for diagnostic purposes, and selecting images to show Medical Practitioners
• Conveying findings of procedures to Medical Practitioners