X-Ray Technician (Early/Mid-Career) - Recurrent

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Generous vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*
• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Extraordinary co-workers

Are you passionate about your work? Do you want to join a dynamic team that solves challenging issues for our nation's security? If so, Organization 03731, Occupational Medicine, is currently seeking an X-Ray Technician to deliver care to Sandia National Laboratories employees through the Clinical Services Organization!

On any given day, one may be called upon to:

• Use radiation in producing images of patients’ body parts, bones, and internal organs, in which they are then used by doctors to diagnose and treat conditions
• Explain x-ray procedures to patients, set up equipment, position patients properly to produce quality images, and operate x-ray machines
• Perform quality assurance activities and other clinical administrative duties
• Works directly with patients and maintain records of patients
• Provide routine diagnostic x-ray examinations and pulmonary function testing
• Follow safety procedures by using protective gear, such as a radiation shield, to avoid dangerous radiation that both the patients and the medical staff may be exposed to

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

This is a recurrent employee position, meaning the position is required to hold a specific certification and license. Recurrent employees are part-time employees reporting to meet minimum force requirements in special operational areas.

• The ability to acquire and maintain a Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• A Current American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) Certification
• A current certification or the ability to become certified to perform Pulmonary Function Tests
• The ability to acquire and maintain a DOE L-level security clearance
• An active NM Radiography License

• Safety, environment, and infection control
• Performing diagnostic x-rays and pulmonary function tests
• The ability to work autonomously
• The ability to model behaviors that reflect Sandia's core values
• Have flexibility in current schedule
• A Strong customer focus with the ability to interact with a large cross section of colleagues, customers, and partners
• Knowledge and experience with the following:
  • Performing diagnostic x-rays and pulmonary function tests
  • Safety, environment, and infection control
  • Effective communication techniques
• Effective communication techniques

Employee Health Services is a multi-disciplinary health care clinic serving the 15,000+ SNL employees on site with health and wellness services.

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE L-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by the DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.