| The medical field is advancing quickly, and some | | | | great deal of respect for those with radiology |
| hospitals are feeling the pull. With a shortage of | | | | travel jobs. The fact is that the traveling techs |
| technicians hitting many health care facilities, the | | | | need to be more adaptive to their surroundings, |
| need for those with a background in radiology is | | | | and they need to know their job well enough to |
| increasing. That's why the idea of traveling | | | | handle it under various- sometimes hectic- |
| radiology jobs is becoming more popular. With | | | | conditions. The traveling techs also have the |
| fewer technicians onsite that know how to handle | | | | advantage of being exposed to various ways of |
| aspects of radiology care, hospitals are asking the | | | | doing things, and may have access to more |
| techs to come to them. And the demand for | | | | current methods and information than those techs |
| these trained individuals is growing every day. | | | | employed at just one hospital. |
| If you're interested in a radiology job, chances are | | | | If you ask a hospital staff, they'll tell you that |
| good you may be asked to travel. Many | | | | they will avoid using traveling radiology techs |
| radiologists love the idea of going where they are | | | | whenever possible, just because of the problems |
| most needed, and the chance to see the country | | | | that can arise. If the tech is delayed, for example, |
| while performing their jobs is a great benefit. | | | | patients might be forced to miss a crucial X-ray |
| While the idea of radiology jobs based on travel | | | | or treatment. It's a lot to gamble on. Eventually, |
| certainly isn't an ideal solution, it is a quick and | | | | most hospitals hope to hire their own in-house |
| efficient way to make sure everyone gets the | | | | techs, and at that time the demand for those |
| care they need regardless of where they're | | | | willing to do radiology travel jobs will probably |
| located. | | | | decrease. |
| So how does it work? Typically, a technologist | | | | In the meantime, however, there is a rising |
| who is willing to travel will be employed by an | | | | demand for this type of technician. If you're |
| agency. The agency will put the tech in contact | | | | interested in a radiology travel job, now may be |
| with various facilities, and the tech will sign a | | | | the best time to get involved. |
| temporary contract with a hospital or clinic. The | | | | As a traveling radiology tech, you will receive full |
| usual length of a contract with a radiologist on a | | | | health insurance and benefits, and be considered a |
| travel basis is three months. The employee will be | | | | full-time employee by the agency that handles |
| bussed or driven to the hospital location. All | | | | your dispatches. The agency will set up contacts |
| expenses for the tech are generally paid for by | | | | with hospitals in the areas where you are willing to |
| the hospital, and equipment is supplied on the | | | | travel. Often the agency and various hospitals will |
| premises. | | | | have connections, so that the same techs may |
| For a radiology job involving travel, the tech may | | | | return to the same hospitals time and again. Over |
| have to adjust to several factors all working at | | | | time, relationships develop between the travel |
| once to create a constantly changing work | | | | techs and the clinics they visit, and both learn to |
| environment. Often, hospitals will have varying | | | | count on each other to perform their jobs |
| procedures and different types of equipment, so | | | | correctly. |
| there's little knowing what to expect until the | | | | At this time, there are about 900 radiology travel |
| tenure at the temporary location actually begins. | | | | job agencies in the United States. |
| Physicians and other technologists tend to have a | | | | |