An employee in this class performs radiographic procedures at a technical level not requiring constant supervision of technical detail. The employee receives a written or oral order designating the area to be x-rayed, but the technologist usually decides on positioning the patient and the number of films to be taken. The employee may confer with a physician in unusual cases. Supervision may be exercises over other X-ray Technicians.
Direction is received from the laboratory director or the medical staff.
Takes x-rays of the chest, skull, mastoid, sinus, spine, pelvis, gastrointestinal tract and gall bladder, stomach, extremities and other areas. Takes planigrams, angiograms, pneumonencephlograms, stratigrams and performs other special procedures. Takes x-rays during surgery. Provides protection in accordance with prescribed safety standards. Arranges patients for photographs.