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Антон Литвинов
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Published: 25.09.2026 Updated: 25.09.2026

A radiologic technologist resume is screened on modalities first and everything else second. An imaging manager filling a night shift is looking for the letters after your name, because ARRT registration in R, CT, MR or M is what tells her which scanner she can put you on and whether you can cover a rotation alone. After the registry comes volume and setting: a level I trauma centre at 2am is a different job from a scheduled outpatient imaging centre, and the exams per shift figure says which one you are used to. Positioning quality, repeat rate and radiation safety practice are the parts that keep you employed once you are hired, and they are exactly what most rad tech resumes leave out. Below is a full US sample, plus the cross-training path that turns a general X-ray job into a CT or MR career.

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  • A formula for writing exam volume and repeat rate
  • 6 mistakes that keep rad techs off the shortlist
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Radiologic technologist resume sample

The structure an imaging manager reads while she is trying to fill a schedule: registry and modalities first, setting and exam volume second, equipment and safety record third.

ARRT credentials written in full

R.T.(R)(CT)(ARRT) is the format the registry uses, and a manager reads the modality letters before your name. Add the state licence where your state issues one, because several do and it is a separate requirement.

Modalities and equipment by name

Radiography, CT, MRI, mammography, fluoroscopy and interventional are separate jobs. Name the vendor and the system you have scanned on - Siemens, GE, Philips, Canon - because a department buying time on retraining will notice.

Exam volume and setting

Exams per shift, trauma versus scheduled, call coverage. A level I trauma centre wants someone who can portable a chest in a resuscitation bay; an outpatient centre wants throughput and image quality on a full schedule.

ATS friendly

Hospital systems parse through Workday, iCIMS or Taleo before anyone reads. Single column, standard headings, no photo, no tables, and the registry credentials written as plain text in more than one place so the parser catches them.

Sample resume text

Use it as a reference: keep the structure and wording, put in your own facts and numbers.

Andre Whitfield

Radiologic Technologist, R.T.(R)(CT)(ARRT)
Chicago, IL
andre.whitfield.rt@example.com
(312) 555-0194
linkedin.com/in/example

Profile

R.T.(R)(CT)(ARRT) with 6 years in a level I trauma centre. Runs 35-45 exams per shift across general radiography, portables, operating room C-arm and trauma, plus CT on Siemens SOMATOM including stroke protocol and CT angiography. Repeat rate held under 3% against a 5% department target, ALARA and paediatric dose protocols applied consistently. Works in Epic Radiant with Sectra PACS, covers nights and call independently, precepts students.

Experience

Radiologic Technologist, CT and Radiography2022 - present

Lakeshore University Medical Center (level I trauma centre), Chicago, IL

  • Run 35-45 exams per shift across radiography, portables and trauma, plus overnight CT including stroke protocol and pan-scan on Siemens SOMATOM
  • Hold a repeat rate under 3% against a 5% department target, verified in quarterly repeat and reject analysis
  • Rebuilt the paediatric chest and abdomen technique chart with the lead technologist and the medical physicist, reducing average paediatric exposure indicators without a rise in repeats
  • Cover nights and weekend call independently as the sole technologist for CT and radiography; precept 3-4 students a year
Radiologic Technologist2020 - 2022

West Loop Imaging Center (outpatient), Chicago, IL

  • Completed 40-50 scheduled outpatient exams per shift including extremity, spine and chest radiography with same-day image transfer to referring practices
  • Cut average patient wait time by about 12 minutes by reworking the room turnover and pre-screening sequence with the front desk
  • Kept the room compliant through an accreditation survey with no deficiencies cited on image quality or documentation
Radiography Student, Clinical Rotations2018 - 2020

Affiliated hospital and clinic sites, Chicago metro area

  • Completed clinical competencies across routine, trauma, portable, surgical and paediatric radiography under supervision
  • Rotated through CT and MRI, completing observational and assisted scanning hours in both modalities

Education

City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago, IL2018 - 2020

Associate of Applied Science, Radiography (JRCERT-accredited programme)

Skills

General radiography and trauma positioningPortable and operating room C-arm fluoroscopyCT: stroke protocol, CTA, trauma pan-scanContrast administration and power injectorRadiation safety, ALARA, paediatric dose protocolsRepeat and reject analysisSiemens SOMATOM, GE and Philips systemsEpic Radiant, Sectra PACS, DICOM workflowMRI safety screening and zone controlStudent precepting

Registry and licensure

  • ARRT certification and registration, Radiography R.T.(R) - 2020, current
  • ARRT post-primary certification, Computed Tomography (CT) - 2022, current
  • Illinois Emergency Management Agency accredited radiographer licence - current
  • BLS for Healthcare Providers, American Heart Association - current
  • MRI safety training (Level 2 personnel) - employer programme, 2023

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Profile

Radiologic technologist profile summary

Three or four lines: years registered, your ARRT modalities, the setting, the equipment, and one number that shows volume or quality. An imaging manager is deciding whether you can work her hardest shift without supervision.

A new graduate writes the same paragraph from clinicals. Programmes accredited by JRCERT put students through thousands of supervised exams across rotations, so name the sites, the modalities you rotated through, and the competencies you completed. That is a record, not a course list.

WeakReliable radiologic technologist with strong attention to detail and a commitment to patient safety. Seeking a position in a hospital or clinic where I can use my skills and continue to develop professionally.
StrongR.T.(R)(CT)(ARRT) with 6 years in a level I trauma centre, Chicago IL. Runs 35-45 exams per shift across general radiography, portables and trauma, plus CT on Siemens SOMATOM including stroke protocol and CT angiography. Holds repeat rate under 3%, applies ALARA and dose reduction on paediatric protocols, and works in Epic Radiant with PACS and dictation on Sectra. Covers nights and call independently.
Tip
Write the credential the way the ARRT does: R.T.(R) for radiography, with additional modalities in their own parentheses such as (CT), (MR) or (M). A manager scanning forty resumes is reading those letters and nothing else on the first pass.
Skills

Radiologic technologist skills for a resume

What you can scan, how well you position, and how carefully you handle dose. Every line should be something an imaging manager could schedule you for this week.

Hard skills

  • General radiography: routine and trauma positioning, portables, operating room and C-arm fluoroscopy
  • CT: head, chest, abdomen and pelvis, CT angiography, stroke protocol, trauma pan-scan, contrast timing
  • MRI: patient screening and zone control, coil selection, sequence knowledge, ferrous safety enforcement
  • Contrast administration: IV access, power injector operation, contrast reaction recognition and response
  • Radiation safety and ALARA: collimation, shielding practice, paediatric dose protocols, dose monitoring
  • Image quality control: exposure indicators, repeat and reject analysis, artifact troubleshooting
  • PACS and RIS workflow, DICOM handling, exam ordering and protocol verification
  • Electronic health records and imaging modules: Epic Radiant, Cerner, Merge, Sectra
  • Equipment by vendor: Siemens, GE, Philips and Canon scanners, portable and fixed radiographic rooms
  • Sterile technique and patient monitoring in interventional and surgical imaging

Soft skills

  • Getting a usable image from a patient who cannot hold position or follow instructions
  • Working a trauma bay without getting in the way of the resuscitation team
  • Enforcing MRI safety screening against a physician who is in a hurry
  • Explaining an exam to a frightened or claustrophobic patient so it can actually be completed
  • Keeping throughput on a full outpatient schedule when a scanner goes down
  • Escalating a critical finding through the radiologist promptly and correctly
  • Handling an add-on portable during a shift that is already behind
  • Precepting students without letting image quality slip
  • Communicating with nursing and transport so patients arrive prepared
  • Staying calm and accurate on a solo night shift with no second technologist
Experience

How to write radiologic technologist experience

Formula: setting plus modality plus volume plus quality. 'Performed diagnostic imaging exams' is the licence, not the job. Say which exams, on which equipment, how many a shift, and what your repeat rate or dose practice looked like.

Quality numbers are the rarest and most persuasive thing on a rad tech resume. Repeat and reject rate, contrast reaction response, protocol improvements, zero MRI safety incidents, an accreditation survey passed. Imaging managers live with those measures, so a candidate who already speaks in them stands out immediately.

Weak- Performed X-rays and CT scans on patients, followed safety procedures and maintained imaging equipment.
Strong- Ran 35-45 exams per shift across general radiography, portables and trauma in a level I trauma centre, plus overnight CT including stroke protocol and pan-scan; held a repeat rate under 3% against a departmental target of 5%.
What to include
Setting and trauma level - modalities and vendors - exams per shift - repeat rate - contrast and protocol work - call and night coverage - students precepted.
Education

Education, registry and licensure

The usual route is an associate degree from a JRCERT-accredited radiography programme, then the ARRT certification exam in radiography. Several states also require their own licence or permit to operate radiographic equipment, and that is separate from the registry, so list both.

  • Radiography programme: school, city, degree and graduation year, JRCERT accredited
  • ARRT certification and registration with the modality letters and the year, kept current through CE
  • State licence or permit where required, named as the state names it, with the expiration
  • Post-primary ARRT modalities earned by structured education and clinical experience, such as CT, MR or mammography
  • NMTCB credentials if you cross into nuclear medicine, which is a separate registry
  • BLS for Healthcare Providers, and ACLS where trauma or interventional work requires it
  • Continuing education completed toward the ARRT biennium, including any structured education for a new modality
Careful
ARRT registration is renewed annually and continuing education is on a biennium cycle. Write your credentials as current with the year, because a lapsed registration is a hard stop in credentialing and the department will check.
New graduates

Radiologic technologist resume for a new graduate

New graduates from an accredited programme have completed hundreds of supervised exams and a defined competency list, but most write two lines about school and stop. The competency record is your experience, so put it on the page: rotations, sites, modalities, exam types and how many you completed.

Registry timing decides your start date, so state it clearly. Exam scheduled, passed with the date, state licence applied for. Add anything that shows you can work a hospital shift: transport, patient care technician, phlebotomy, ED registration. Departments hiring entry level are buying reliability and teachability, so evidence both.

  • Clinical rotations as entries: site, weeks, modalities, exam types, approximate volume
  • ARRT exam passed or scheduled, with the date, and the state licence status
  • Competencies completed, including trauma, portables, surgical and paediatric if you have them
  • Any modality exposure beyond radiography, even observational, named honestly
  • BLS current, plus prior hospital or patient-facing work with volume attached

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Mistakes

Common mistakes

Modalities not spelled out

Writing 'ARRT certified' without the letters forces the manager to guess whether you can run CT. Put R, CT, MR or M in the header exactly as the registry writes them, and repeat them in the certifications block.

No exam volume

Exams per shift is how imaging managers compare candidates, because it says whether you can survive their pace. A resume with no volume reads as a quiet outpatient room, which is fine if that is the job and fatal if it is not.

Nothing about repeat rate or dose

Repeat and reject analysis, ALARA practice, paediatric dose protocols and shielding practice are the professional core of the job. Almost no resume mentions them, so one bullet here genuinely differentiates.

Equipment left generic

'Operated imaging equipment' matches nothing. Siemens, GE, Philips and Canon by system, plus portables and C-arm, are searchable and they tell the manager how short your ramp-up will be.

Shift availability hidden

Nights, weekends and call are how imaging departments are actually staffed, and willingness to cover them is a hiring advantage. If you take call independently, say so; it is worth more than a line of adjectives.

A decorative template with a photo

No photo on a US healthcare resume, and no sidebars or icon grids. Applicant tracking systems drop them, and the one string you cannot afford to lose in a parse is your ARRT credential.

Takeaways

Takeaways

Remember

  • ARRT credentials with modality letters, in the header
  • State licence where your state requires one
  • Exams per shift and setting acuity
  • Repeat rate and dose practice named
  • Equipment by vendor and PACS by product
  • Call and night availability stated plainly
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Exactly as the registry writes them, next to your name: R.T.(R)(ARRT) for radiography, with post-primary modalities added in their own parentheses, such as R.T.(R)(CT)(ARRT). Then repeat them in a certifications block with the year and current status. Imaging managers read those letters before anything else, and recruiters search on both the abbreviations and the words 'radiologic technologist', so use both.
In many states, yes. ARRT certification and registration is a national credential; a number of states additionally license or permit individuals to operate radiographic equipment, and the requirements are not identical. Write the state credential separately with its expiration, and if you are applying across state lines, say what you hold and what you would need to obtain. Do not assume the registry alone answers the question.
Through the ARRT post-primary pathway, which combines structured education with documented clinical experience in the new modality, then a certification exam. In practice most technologists cross-train inside their department: ask to be scheduled on the scanner, log clinical experience, complete the structured education, then sit the exam. On the resume, write the cross-training in progress honestly with the hours logged and the planned exam date - hospitals hire for it deliberately, because it is cheaper than recruiting.
They select for different strengths. Hospitals, especially trauma centres, want speed under pressure, portables, surgical and trauma positioning, call coverage and cross-modality flexibility, and they usually offer clearer paths into CT, MR and interventional. Outpatient imaging centres run scheduled volume with better predictability of hours and heavier throughput expectations on a narrower exam mix. Early in a career the hospital typically gives more modality exposure, which is the asset that compounds.
Yes, if you know it and it is good. Repeat and reject analysis is a standard departmental quality measure, and a candidate who quotes hers against a target sounds like someone who has been audited and passed. If you do not have the figure, write the practice instead: how you check exposure indicators, how you reduce paediatric dose, how you handle artifact troubleshooting before repeating.
Leave them off entirely and discuss pay with the recruiter. What raises the rate is consistent: additional ARRT modalities, especially CT, MR and interventional, trauma centre experience, night, weekend and call coverage, travel and per diem assignments, and hard-to-staff geographies. Check current postings in your metro area and for your modality mix, since imaging pay varies widely by setting and by shift differential.
One page for under ten years, which fits most applications in this field. Keep the current role detailed with modalities, volume and quality figures, and compress earlier roles to two bullets. If you hold four modalities and a long equipment list, the answer is still one page - put the modality letters in the header and prune the duty descriptions instead.
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