Radiologic Technologist are requiring some basic education. Let’s see the facts of Radiologic Technologist job details. To be specialized Radiologic Technologist, technicians have to complete special training program in Radiologic Technologist. These training programs provide acknowledgement about physics, anatomy, patient care and other necessary skills.
Radiologic Technologist are main job objective is to create images of internal organs of patients’ by operating Radiology machine. They can get work opportunities in different places like physician’s offices, hospitals or clinics. Radiology might require doing night shift or weekend shifts.
Radiology can be specializing in certain areas like obstetric, breasts, vascular or any other Radiology. People can get successful career as Radiologic Technologist by getting relevant associate’s or bachelor’s degree. The person who already has degree another area of healthcare sector is also eligible to be Radiologic Technologist by taking Radiology training by one-year certificate program.
| Mandatory Education | Associate's or bachelor's degree in Radiology; some healthcare workers can earn certificates |
| Other Requirements | Professional certification not mandatory but is preferred by most employers |
| Projected Job Growth (2018-2024)* | 24% for diagnostic medical Radiology |
| Median Salary (2019)* | $68,970 for diagnostic medical Radiology |
Duties:
Before starting Radiologic process, basically Radiologic technician explain the Radiologic process to the patients and adjust the scanner for the specific procedure. The Radiology will make a video recording of the Radiologic images and they will capture the other important sonograms images for the diagnostic purpose. The Radiologic Technologist are mostly do Radiology of obstetric and gynecologic process. The Radiologic Technologist are also specialist in other Radiology likes neurological (brain), breast, heart or abdominal Radiology.
Education and certification:
Based on the U.S. Bureau of Labor (BLS), Radiologic Technologist require formal training, basically an associate’s or bachelor’s degree in Radiology. The certificate programs of Radiology are available in www.bls.gov. These programs are cover subjects like anatomy, physics, physiology, patient care, ethics and instrumentation.
The BLS report also suggests that most employers prefer Radiologic Technologist that have achieved industry certification from reputed organization like the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Radiology (ARDMS). The ARDMS is conducting exam based on physical principles and instrumentation and Radiologic Technologist need to clear that exam. The pass out Radiologic Technologist will receive title of Registered Diagnostic Medical Radiology (RDMS).