RAD TECH I - OP
Santa Maria, CAJob$46.36–54.7/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Radiologic Technologist performs diagnostic imaging examinations and fluoroscopy while supporting a positive patient experience. The role includes patient history and consent, imaging procedures, film processing, radiopaque material administration and monitoring, HIS order management, and assessment of life-threatening conditions. Candidates need one year of certified radiologic technologist experience, though new graduates with clinical experience through an approved ARRT program may be considered individually.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Radiologic Technologist (Rad Tech), you will be pivotal in producing diagnostic images that enable Radiologists to accurately diagnose and manage patient conditions.
Each day, you will perform a variety of imaging examinations, including X-rays, ultrasound, diagnostic fluoroscopy, CT/CAT scans, and MRIs, while actively contributing to a positive patient experience through direct interaction.
To excel, you must deeply understand diagnostic imaging's critical importance, encompassing expertise in workflow, patient positioning, and capturing precise results essential for timely and accurate diagnoses.
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Interviews patients for pertinent medical history and obtains consents on patients prior to performing studies as required.
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Performs routine diagnostic imaging and fluoroscopy/minor procedures in accordance with department standards and in keeping with the orders of the referring physician.
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Demonstrates competence in film-processing procedures.
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Demonstrates appropriate administering and monitoring of radiopaque material per Marian Medical Center standards.
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Places orders in the HIS system, making all additions, corrections, and cancellations as necessary.
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Identifies and initiates accurate assessment of life-threatening conditions.
Job Requirements
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One year experience as a certified Radiologic Technologist.
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New graduates, with clinical experience through approved ARRT Radiologic Technology program, will be considered on an individual basis.
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Registered Technologist Radiography ARRT (RTR)
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Medical Radiographer: CA (MRAD:CA)
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American Heart Association BLS-CPR
Where You'll Work
Founded in 1940, Dignity Health - Marian Regional Medical Center is a 191-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Santa Maria, California. Serving over 250,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, cancer care, orthopedics, and stroke care. Additionally, Marian Regional Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and the only healthcare facility on the Central Coast to offer ECMO.
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Pay Range
$46.36 - $54.70 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 5,133 open Radiologic Technologist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$46.36–54.7/hr
- California median$59–76/hr247 hourly ranges
- US median$34–49/hr2,256 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $50.53/hr, is 25% below the California median midpoint ($68/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Radiologic Technologist hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 386 open Radiologic Technologist jobs in California and 5,133 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Sutter Health97 open
- Kaiser Permanente87 open
- Dignity Health (this employer)49 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Radiologic Technologist postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (1,728 postings).
- Education
- 41 of the 5,133 open Radiologic Technologist jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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