Position Focus: This position is responsible for independently performing a wide range of diagnostic imaging procedures utilizing ionizing radiation-producing equipment. Education: Associate\'s or Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree from an approved program recognized by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT). Excess work experience as described below in the experience requirement section or any other responsible professional work experience; which provided knowledge, skills, and abilities comparable to those acquired while completing a college or university curriculum leading to an associate or baccalaureate degree may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis. To be acceptable, the experience must have been of such scope, level and quality as to assure the possession of comparable knowledge, skills and abilities Experience: Six (6) months of progressively responsible professional imaging technologist/specialist experience which demonstrated a thorough knowledge of imaging procedures and/or techniques such as milligrams, disco grams arteriograms, etc., including the X-raying of such areas of the human anatomy as the chest, skull, gastro-intestinal tract, urinary tract, and vascular system. Licensure: A current State of Hawaii Radiologic Technologist license as a radiographer at the time of appointment. Certification: A current American Registry of Radiologic Technologist (ARRT) in Radiography at the time of appointment. Additionally, Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required within six (6) months of employment. Substitution of Experience for Education:

• Successful completion of an accredited program in Radiologic Technology with a certificate or associate degree and two (2) years of professional radiology experience may substitute for a bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree.
• Excess work experience as described under the Imaging or Specialized Experience Requirement which provided knowledge, skills and abilities comparable to those acquired in four (4) years of successful study while completing a college or university curriculum leading to a bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.

Substitution of Experience:

• Excess work experience as described under the Specialized Experience Requirement may be substituted for Imaging Experience on a year-for-year basis.

Company Description

As the Big Island\xe2\x80\x99s leading providers of inpatient and outpatient care, the East Hawaii Region of Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation (HHSC), consisting of Hilo Medical Center, Hale Ho\xe2\x80\xb2ola Hamakua, Ka\xe2\x80\xb2u Hospital, and the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home, delivers a full range of services and programs. Our three hospitals include 290 beds and over 1,700 employees. Our medical staff is comprised of 250 physicians, physician assistants and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, representing 33 specialties. East Hawaii Health is our network of clinics offering primary and specialty care. Hilo Medical Center functions as a Level III Trauma Center, which includes the second busiest emergency room in the state, providing 24-hour care and serving more than 50,000 patients annually. Hale Ho\xe2\x80\xb2ola Hamakua and Ka\xe2\x80\xb2u Hospital are designated as Critical Access Hospitals. To learn more about the East Hawaii Region, please watch our Video Yearbook or visit www.hilomedicalcenter.org, www.halehoolahamakua.org or www.kauhospital.org.

Medical Examination Requirement

Offers of employment will be contingent on successfully passing a pre-employment examination, which includes drug screen and other regulatory medical requirements such as, but not limited to, a tuberculosis (TB) screen. The cost for drug screening and blood draw for QuantiFERON and Titers, shall be borne by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

Pre-Employment Assessments for External Candidates

As part of the recruiting process for this position, external applicants (job applicants NOT employed by HHSC\xe2\x80\x99s East Hawaii Region) are required to complete pre-employment assessments shortly after application submission. If you are not an employee of the East Hawaii Region of HHSC, you will receive an email containing assessment instructions. We ask that you complete the assessments within two days of receipt of the request.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The East Hawaii Region of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (Hilo Medical Center, Hale Ho\xe2\x80\x99ola Hamakua and Ka\xe2\x80\x99u Hospital) is a drug free workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Shift Details

Must be available to work shifts, weekends and holidays as necessary based on hospital operations. Services are provided 24/7.

Shortage Differential

Compensation for this position includes a shortage differential.