Radiology Career Resources & Articles
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DEXA Scan Technologist: A Niche Certification With Growing Demand
Nobody talks about DEXA scanning.
Creating a Mentorship Program in Your Imaging Department
I want to tell you about the worst moment in my twenty years as an imaging department manager. It was 2012. I had a young rad tech—let's call her Sarah—who'd been with us for about eight months. Solid tech. Good attitude. Had just gotten her CT certification and was really coming into her own.
Why Your Rad Tech Job Posting Isn't Getting Applications (And How to Fix It)
I remember sitting in my office at Regional Medical Center, staring at my inbox with nothing but tumbleweeds rolling through. We'd posted a rad tech position six weeks earlier—six weeks!—and had exactly two applications. Both were from candidates who weren't quite qualified. Meanwhile, my team was d
The Impact of Value-Based Care on Radiology Staffing
When I was managing an imaging department in 2016, our financial model was straightforward: more scans meant more revenue. If we doubled our CT volume, we doubled our income. The more studies we did, the better we performed financially.
How Outpatient Imaging Centers Can Compete With Hospital Pay
How Outpatient Imaging Centers Can Compete With Hospital Pay
When to Fire a Rad Tech: A Difficult Conversation Most Managers Avoid
I'm going to say something that most imaging directors won't: sometimes firing a rad tech is the best thing you can do for your team.
PRN Rad Tech Work: Is Per Diem the Best Kept Secret in Radiology?
Look, I'm going to level with you. When I started working PRN shifts between my travel assignments back in 2015, I thought I'd found the holy grail of radiology tech work. Flexible schedule? Check. Choose which shifts I wanted? Check. No commute three days a week? Double check. But here's what I did
Signing Bonuses for Rad Techs: Are They Worth It? A Manager's Honest Assessment
When I first became an imaging department manager at a 350-bed hospital in the Midwest, I thought signing bonuses were the cure-all for our staffing crisis. We were hemorrhaging experienced radiologic technologists to larger cities, losing candidates to competitors offering flashier benefits, and st
PET/CT Technologist: The Dual-Modality Specialist
I've been doing nuclear medicine imaging for twelve years, and I've watched the demand for PET/CT technologists go from "good career option" to "where do we even find these people?" In the last few years, I've fielded calls from facilities asking if I know any qualified PET/CT techs willing to reloc
Why Veterans Make Excellent Radiology Technologists
I spent five years as an Army medic before I ever touched an MRI machine. That military background shaped my entire radiology career, and honestly, I think veterans are one of the most underutilized resources in healthcare recruiting right now.
The Future of Mobile Imaging: Opportunities for Rad Techs
The Future of Mobile Imaging: Opportunities for Rad Techs
Rad Tech Salary by State: Where the Money Is in 2026
One of the most common questions I get from the techs I coach is: "Where should I move to make the most money?" And the honest answer is more complicated than the raw salary numbers suggest. I've been helping rad techs evaluate job offers for five years now, and I've learned that chasing the highest
Interventional Radiology Tech: The Most Exciting Role in Medical Imaging
If you've spent your radiology career positioning patients and hitting the button, you might think you know what medical imaging looks like. But if you've never stepped into an interventional radiology suite, you've missed the most dynamic, hands-on, and genuinely thrilling specialty in imaging.
How Hospital Reputation Affects Your Ability to Recruit Rad Techs
I've managed the imaging department at three hospitals in my career, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that reputation is the single biggest factor in whether you can attract talented radiologic technologists. Not salary. Not benefits. Reputation.
Staff vs. Travel Rad Techs: The Math Behind the Decision
Staff vs. Travel Rad Techs: The Math Behind the Decision
Rad Tech Scope of Practice: What's Expanding
I was training a new technologist last month who'd just moved to Colorado from California, and we hit a wall. She was credentialed and ready to inject contrast media for CT studies. Problem was, Colorado law didn't allow it at our hospital. California absolutely does. Same tech. Same training. Diffe
Comparing Health Systems: How Rad Techs Should Evaluate Employers
I still remember sitting in my apartment in 2010, staring at two offer letters. One paid $3,000 a year more. The other was from a hospital that had just installed a brand-new 3T MRI. I chose the 3T—and it was the best career decision I made in my twenties.
The Imaging Director's Guide to Budget Season
The Imaging Director's Guide to Budget Season: Making the Case for New Hires
Managing Equipment Transitions: When New Tech Scares Your Best Techs
I'm going to tell you something that nobody wants to admit in those shiny equipment vendor presentations: when you bring a new imaging system into your department, your best, most experienced technologists will be the first ones to panic.
How to Write a Job Description That Actually Attracts Radiology Technologists
How to Write a Job Description That Actually Attracts Radiology Technologists