Medical radiology technician - Career description, activities, functions and salary

How much does an Medical radiology technician earn

A Medical radiology technician earns between $1.707 and $4.405 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.332 and a median salary of $2.129 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 14.096 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Professional job categories

• Middle level technicians
• • middle-level technicians in the biological, biochemical, health sciences
• • • technicians in operation of diagnostic equipment and instruments
• • • • technologists and technicians in diagnostic and therapeutic methods

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Main workplaces

Technologists and technicians in diagnostic and therapeutic methods they perform their duties in medical, dental and ophthalmic clinics, outpatient clinics, hospitals and specialized laboratories. They are salaried employees, with a formal contract, but some can work as self-employed. They work in a team, supervised by doctors, permanently and/or occasionally. They work in shifts, indoors and most subject to radiation and toxic material.

What does it take to work in the field of Technologists and technicians in diagnostic and therapeutic methods

The exercise of these occupations requires higher education in technology in the operation of medical, dental and ophthalmic equipment and high school technical training, except for the spirometry technician, whose requirement is high school, plus a specific course, offered by professional training institutions, technical schools and training institutions in higher technology courses. Professional experience is not required for the technological level for the technical level, it occurs after experience of less than one year in the area, noting that for the spirometry technician, the full performance of the activities occurs after the performance and analysis of at least 200 exams. Professional apprenticeship may be required for Positions listed in this occupational family.

Functions and activities of Medical radiology technician

Technologists and technicians in diagnostic and therapeutic methods must:

Activities

check understanding of orientation;
edit images;
place electrodes on patient;
package radioactive materials for transport or disposal;
monitor the patient's behavioral reactions;
check availability of exam material;
receive request for exams and/or patient record;
collect material from the ocular surface;
educate technical staff;
isolate workspace for exam;
clear doubts;
perform trichotomy;
demonstrate understanding for the patient;
perform preventive and corrective maintenance of ophthalmic equipment;
monitor the exam's image record;
work as a team;
check the anatomical area demarcated for examination and/or treatment;
manage human, financial and material resources;
sanitize the patient;
remove movable prostheses and patient adornments;
check equipment;
perform preselection of the best accepted graphic;
perform antisepsis;
put protective devices on the patient;
use personal protective equipment;
organize work team;
record performed exams;
assemble emergency medicine cart;
calibrate equipment;
organize darkroom and lightroom;
instrument eye surgery;
educate patient on exam preparation;
request equipment maintenance;
request the presence of other professionals involved in the exam;
explain procedures and routines;
adjust equipment and accessories to the patient and the type of exam and/ or treatment;
check availability of radiation protection devices;
administer pharmacological and/or radioactive substances;
adapt technical protocols to the exam;
prepare the operating table;
advise the patient about the procedures before and after eye surgery;
receive request for exams and/or patient's chart;
discuss the case with the work team;
advise the patient and/or companion and assistants on the procedures during the exam;
adapt agenda for priority patient care;
request material replacement;
monitor work area contamination;
demonstrate leadership ability;
perform a radiometric survey;
organizing work team;
transmit security;
move portable equipment;
monitor radioactive waste for disposal;
handle contrast media;
instruct patient on exam preparation;
advise patient about care after the exam;
elaborate tables of exposure to radiographic technique;
demonstrate analytical reasoning ability;
analyze processed image rejects;
demonstrate understanding towards the patient;
patient scheduling plan;
elaborate graphics devices;
provide cleaning and asepsis of the room and equipment;
demonstrate verbal communication skills;
replace expired medicines and materials;
distribute tasks;
demonstrate ability to maintain confidentiality;
demonstrate proactivity;
adjust equipment;
handle radioactive substances;
monitor the patient's reactions to contrasts and/or medications;
monitor the team's dosimetric report;
initialize equipment;
apply administrative procedures;
immobilize the patient;
select material for exam;
demonstrate organization;
applying administrative procedures;
providing cleaning and asepsis of the room and equipment;
document exams;
perform searches;
submit to periodic examinations;
analyze exam request and/or patient record;
wearing;
get patient information;
work under pressure;
demonstrate adaptability;
packaging sharp materials for disposal;
assist in radiotherapy treatment planning;
assist the patient to put on and take off the equipment;
perform manual or computerized cephalometric tracing;
containing radioactive materials for transport or disposal;
measure the patient's height and weight;
process film in the darkroom;
monitor work area contamination;
confirm patient identity;
adjust the patient's position to the exam;
provide additional patient preparation;
interact with entities and other professionals;
implement actions to promote and prevent eye health;
interview patient;
order the sequence of exams;
check technical conditions of equipment and accessories;
remove patient from the equipment;
delimit the image acquisition area;
schedule preventive maintenance of equipment;
report;
stimulate the patient to reach the acceptance and reproducibility criteria (guidelines from sbpt);
operate equipment;
provide advice;
analyze graphic records;
evaluate extrinsic ocular motility;
minimize the time of exposure to radiation;
making molds and models;
make exam results available;
delimit the field to be irradiated;
describe the patient's conditions and reactions during the examination;
initialize image acquisition, processing, distribution and storage systems ;
isolate workspace for examination;
perform breast support;
identify exam;
check physical and psychological conditions and patient preparation;
demonstrate focused attention;
measure functions of the visual apparatus;
participate in area events;
advise the patient in the care of contact lenses;
eliminate interference from other devices;
administer contrast agents and/or medications under medical supervision;
install equipment;
demonstrate fine motor skills;
develop programs to promote and prevent eye health;
monitor the tracing record (graphic) of the exam;
manipulate digital images;
provide additional patient preparations;
empower technical staff;
log data;
monitor the patient through equipment;
submit the examination to medical examination;
supervise technical staff;
demonstrate negotiation skills;
complementary examination;
develop new technologies;
advise the patient about care after the exam;
analyze technical quality of exams;
use dosimeter (measurement of radiation received);
give lectures and courses;
train the patient in the handling of optical and non-optical resources;
offering protection resources to other professionals and companions present;
remove mobile prostheses and patient adornments;
determine the removal of persons not involved in the exam;
demonstrate procedures and techniques;
demonstrate proactiveness;

Sectors that hire Medical radiology technician the most in the job market

• hospital care activities
• diagnostic imaging services using ionizing radiation
• service activities in emergency room and hospital units for emergency care
• tomography services
• health management support activities
• complementary diagnostic and therapeutic services activities
• temporary labor lease
• clinical laboratories
• outpatient medical activity with resources for performing complementary exams
• activities of associations for the defense of social rights