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Do Health Technologists, Such As Radiologic & Cardiovascular Tech Have To Work In A Hospital?

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Monday, September 14, 2009, 0:42
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I’m going to college for 2 years to go into either radiology or cardiovascular to be a tech. I was wondering if you HAVE to work in a hospital. Because I don’t want to work nights and weekends. Can you work in a private doctors office and just get regular hours like…monday through friday 8-5?

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2 Responses to “Do Health Technologists, Such As Radiologic & Cardiovascular Tech Have To Work In A Hospital?”

  1. Lissacal said on Monday, September 14, 2009, 5:16

    I am a RT(R), and I work in a free standing imaging center. My office is only open M-F, 8:00-5:00. Our office does general rad, fluoroscopy, mammograms, DEXA scans, CT scans, MRIs and ultrasound. I do all of these. No weekends, nights or call work. You are right, in a hospital, most imaging departments are staffed 24 hours a day. You could be scheduled to work nights, PM shifts, weekends, holidays….anytime really! With seniority, you might be able to have more say in your work schedule.
    If you want to do angiography, you will be in a hospital setting.

  2. Lisa V said on Monday, September 14, 2009, 7:31

    Not at all. Start networking with doctors who specialize in Cardiology or other fields of medicine you are interested in. When you graduate there may be jobs available to you in those doctors offices. Also I worked as an RN in a small hospital a few years back and there was a truck that came twice a week for special test like you describe. Seems like you’ve picked a great career for no weekends, nights, or holidays.

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