Kress Lochridge
Chicago,IL
Summary
I am an organized, motivated, goal oriented healthcare professional seeking employment as a Radiology Technologist or CT Technologist in a diagnostic imaging department. I am licensed in Illinois and in Texas. I am looking for employment within a hospital or a clinic setting. I enjoy building rapport with my fellow team members, patients, and providers to give the best quality patient care.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Radiologic Technologist
Weiss Memorial Hospital
07.2025 - 08.2025
- Complied with departmental protocols alongside state and federal regulations while performing various radiographic exams.
- Assisted the radiologist while they performed the procedure.
- Worked alongside other members of the surgical team in various operations to ensure a smooth workflow.
- Instructed students on equipment usage, best practices for different exams, department policies, exam protocols, and impart patient care feedback.
- Monitor and coach student exam competency, and sign off on successful demonstration of exam skills.
- Assist lead technologist with QC of standing X-ray machines and portable machines in order to maintain efficiency of department.
- Worked with GE Portable X-ray machines, GE 9900 C-Arm, and GE Elite series C-arm.
Radiologic Technologist
Christus Children’s Multispecialty Clinic
05.2025 - 06.2025
- Complied with departmental protocols alongside state and federal regulations while performing various radiographic exams.
- Assisted the radiologist while they performed the procedure.
- Worked alongside other members of the department to ensure good workflow with regards to patient care.
- Interacted with providers to verify the protocols in order to achieve the best images.
- Work alongside fellow team members and other technologists in other departments to enable high quality patient care.
- Assist lead technologist with QC of standing X-ray machines and portable machines in order to maintain efficiency of department.
Multiskilled Radiology Technologist
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital
09.2021 - 05.2025
- Complied with departmental protocols alongside state and federal regulations while performing various radiographic exams.
- Assisted the radiologist while they performed the procedure.
- Worked alongside other members of the surgical team in various operations to ensure a smooth workflow.
- Instructed students on equipment usage, best practices for different exams, department policies, exam protocols, and impart patient care feedback.
- Monitor and coach student exam competency, and sign off on successful demonstration of exam skills.
- Assist lead technologist with QC of standing X-ray machines and portable machines in order to maintain efficiency of department.
- Worked with GE Portable X-ray machines, GE 9900 C-Arm, and GE Elite series C-arm.
- Performed routine and emergent CT exams as directed by the orders of the prescribing physician.
- Performed exams with and without contrast.
- Assisted a radiologist with various biopsies, tube placement, and drain placement.
- Performed QC of the CT scanners daily. In addition,
- Modified the CT protocols to comply with the needs of the radiologists in order to achieve optimal diagnosis.
- Documented and assisted in solving any issues involving the scanner's performance.
- Assisted with and reported on any issues with the PACS system alongside PACS administrators.
- Worked with both the Phillips Brilliance 64 slice and Phillips Incisive 128 slice CT scanners.
- Facilitated training of students and fellow team members on equipment usage, best practices for different exams, department policies, exam protocols, and impart patient care feedback.
- Plan daily schedule for outpatients, inpatients, and ER patients to enable the best workflow. the outpatient to the ER. This allowed the CT exams to proceed smoothly.
- Troubleshoot any problems that occurred during scans.
- Advise fellow team members of protocols for department.
- Assist team members with questions regarding issues with CT machine performance to optimize image quality
Radiologic Technologist
St David's South Austin Medical Center
11.2021 - 09.2024
- Complied with departmental protocols alongside state and federal regulations while performing various radiographic exams.
- Assisted the radiologist while they performed the procedure.
- Worked alongside other members of the surgical team in various operations to ensure a smooth workflow.
- Instructed students on equipment usage, best practices for different exams, department policies, exam protocols, and impart patient care feedback.
- Monitor and coach student exam competency, and sign off on successful demonstration of exam skills.
- Assist lead technologist with QC of standing X-ray machines and portable machines in order to maintain efficiency of department.
- Worked with GE Portable X-ray machines, GE 9900 C-Arm, GE Elite series C-arm, Siemens CIOS C-arm, Ziehm 3D C-arm, and Medtronix O-Arm
Education
Associate Applied Science - Radiology
Austin Community College
Austin, TX08.2021
B.A - History
Midwestern State University
Wichita Falls, TX05.1998
HS Diploma - undefined
Burkburnett High School
Burkburnett, TX05.1992
Skills
- Patient safety
- Direct patient care
- Portable radiography
- Trauma imaging
- PACS system proficiency
- Orthopedic imaging
- Fluoroscopic procedures
- Pediatric imaging
- Radiologic imaging
- Patient confidentiality
- Patient positioning
- Contrast administration
- Patient assessments
- HIPAA
- Radiologic technology
- Surgical radiography
- X-rays
- EMR / EHR
- Patient shielding techniques
- Quality control
- Venipuncture
- Medical terminology
- Emergency response
- Patient education
- Equipment maintenance
- Cross-sectional anatomy
- Staff education and training
- Public health
- Records management
- Patient advocacy
- Urologic imaging
- Neurological imaging
- Health education
- Cardiac imaging
- Staff training
- Indirect patient care
- Interventional radiology
- Staff education
- Angiographic imaging
- Procedure support
- Empathy and patience
- Patient assessment
- Computed tomography
- Radiographic equipment operation
- X-ray machine operation
- Imaging archiving
- Infection control practices
- ALARA adherence
- Needle localization
- Exposure factor analysis
- PACS operation
- Radiation safety
Certification
- Licensed [Radiologic Technologist] - [8/09/2021-current]
- Licensed [CT Technologist] - [2/21/2025-current]
- [BLS] Training - [1/9/2025-1/31/2027]
Timeline
Radiologic Technologist
Weiss Memorial Hospital
07.2025 - 08.2025
Radiologic Technologist
Christus Children’s Multispecialty Clinic
05.2025 - 06.2025
Radiologic Technologist
St David's South Austin Medical Center
11.2021 - 09.2024
Multiskilled Radiology Technologist
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital
09.2021 - 05.2025
B.A - History
Midwestern State University
HS Diploma - undefined
Burkburnett High School
Associate Applied Science - Radiology
Austin Community College
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