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re: Any rad techs?
Posted on 7/12/20 at 10:11 pm to jennBN
Posted on 7/12/20 at 10:11 pm to jennBN
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Are you out here as well? You are quite familiar with the area. Although I don't think Sutter runs this place much anymore. Mercy Gen has hearts on lock, Kaiser South Sac and UCD control trauma, Mercy San Juan and KP Sac are the stroke centers...Sutter kinda fell behind.
Used to live in Auburn, CA
This post was edited on 7/13/20 at 9:06 am
Posted on 7/12/20 at 10:15 pm to jennBN
My wife was a rad tech for Northside in Atl and was making 24/hr two yrs ago. She passed her MRI shortly after and has been making 32/hr ever since
Posted on 7/12/20 at 10:26 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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y Mingo Was His NameO
You seem like a dumb frick.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 10:32 pm to Sheftie
A job I think I would have liked is Echo Tech.All those radiology jobs seem to be boring as hell except maybe Interventional.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 10:46 pm to LSUA 75
Neuro Interventional and Cath Lab are fun too.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 10:48 pm to NPComb
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Used to live in Auburn but California is still a current territory for sales. I used to travel to Cali about once a month prior to Covid.
Auburn is a really pretty area but too far out for me. The convergence is beautiful. We moved here from Oakland a few years back and that is by far my favorite part of the sac area.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 10:48 pm to jennBN
Isn't the Cath Lab a whole different deal?
Posted on 7/12/20 at 10:49 pm to Tunasntigers92
Rad Techs pan the table and scrub for all of those. Some get RCIS too which increases their pay.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 10:49 pm to Tunasntigers92
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Isn't the Cath Lab a whole different deal?
Cath lab is a team. Usually one of the members is an RT.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 10:52 pm to NPComb
Cath lab is my favorite! But I am doing brains now still fun but not as much instant gratification.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 10:53 pm to Tunasntigers92
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What about scrub techs?
Unfortunately in California CVTs (scrub techs) are becoming a thing of the past. They want whoever scrubs to be RN or RT. That way the members of the team can be interchangeable. eg. 2 RNS and 2 RTs or 3RNs and 1 RT. Plus the fluoro license has to be held by both the doc and the person panning.
This post was edited on 7/12/20 at 10:55 pm
Posted on 7/12/20 at 10:56 pm to jennBN
Do ER nurses up there make what you make?
Posted on 7/12/20 at 10:59 pm to Tunasntigers92
I make a lot on call. ED RNs would still make $80+ an hour but they wouldn't get all the stand by (call) pay. The OT is great here. 1.5x for hours over 8 and 2x hours over 12. They would ge all of that and free healthcare, pension etc. I only work 20 hours a week and do very well. I would guess ED RNs make around $130-$150K ish?
Posted on 7/12/20 at 11:01 pm to Tunasntigers92
Seriously, I love my job. Even in the middle of all this Covid shite I still love what I do and the pay checks just ice the cake.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 11:01 pm to LurkingNoMore
MBA holding Rad Tech here. 20+ years in the industry. Published journal author and industry representative. Before leaving the industry I managed 200+ employees at a nationally ranked healthcare system.
Pros - You’ll be hard pressed to find a job that pays as well with only two years of education at a community college.
Cons - you can’t stop at two years, gotta specialize and get that BS if you truly wanna move up or have advancement opportunities.
On-Call pays well; but, only if you are in a sleepy town where call backs are infrequent. Otherwise it’s a living hell. The top end of the spectrum is $80-100K. Maybe more in high cost of living cities in the Northeast or West Coast. Wanna travel to cover maternity leave or live on a compound in Qatar? That pays well too.
Pros - You’ll be hard pressed to find a job that pays as well with only two years of education at a community college.
Cons - you can’t stop at two years, gotta specialize and get that BS if you truly wanna move up or have advancement opportunities.
On-Call pays well; but, only if you are in a sleepy town where call backs are infrequent. Otherwise it’s a living hell. The top end of the spectrum is $80-100K. Maybe more in high cost of living cities in the Northeast or West Coast. Wanna travel to cover maternity leave or live on a compound in Qatar? That pays well too.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 11:02 pm to jennBN
So you're north of wine country
Posted on 7/12/20 at 11:05 pm to Tunasntigers92
No I am east in Sacramento. I am 2 hours from the city and 1.5 hours from South Lake Tahoe. Its hot as hell here and boring compared to the Bay Area but it has good schools and is a nice place to raise my daughters. My husband and I would have stayed in Oakland forever but not once we had kids.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 11:06 pm to jennBN
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Its hot as hell here
Y'all ain't got shite on NOLA
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