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A tech submits a review
A technologist who worked at a facility fills out the Facility Review Submission form — scanners, workflow, staffing, watch-outs, and whether they’d go back. Submit a review →
Early Access • Travel CT & Radiology
Behind the Lead Walls
Real facility feedback, from the techs behind the lead walls — CT, X-ray, MRI, ultrasound, and every imaging modality. Travel CT and radiology technologists often accept contracts without real insight into the facility they are walking into. This database was built to change that.
Real entries, right up front
See all facilities →Tech-written feedback on work sites, including:
- ✓Facility size, type, and trauma level
- ✓Scanners and equipment — what you’ll actually be working on
- ✓Workflow and patient volume, by shift — day vs. night matters
- ✓Staffing, including traveler-specific requirements
- ✓Pros, watch-outs, and whether techs would return
Current coverage
Early entries include facilities in Brooklyn, NY, with nationwide coverage expanding as technologists contribute.
4Facilities listed
4Tech reviews
NYStarting coverage
~2 minTo submit a review
Built for technologists deciding if a contract is worth taking — before they sign, not after they arrive.
Premium — Interest Check
Core reviews stay free. Premium would add more.
Behind the Lead Walls stays free for the core stuff, always. Premium is an idea we’re checking interest in — not something you can buy yet.
Free, always
- Search facilities
- Read full reviews
- Submit a review
What Premium would add
- Alerts for new reviews — for facilities, states, or modalities you’re watching
- Side-by-side facility comparison
- Saved facilities — keep a personal watchlist
- Advanced filters — narrow results beyond basic search
This is just an interest check — not a payment or signup. Opens a short Google Form in a new tab; nothing is submitted from this page.
How It Works
How it works
Three steps, in order — a tech shares what a facility was really like, it gets checked, and only then does it go into the database.
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Muse checks it
Every submission is checked by the creator’s assistant, Muse, before anything is added — the facility, the dates, and the details have to hold up.
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It gets added
Checked reviews are added to the database for the next tech to read. No auto-publish — nothing appears the moment it’s submitted — and no paid reviews, ever. Browse example facilities →
Contact: contact@behindtheleadwalls.com
Facilities
Example facilities
Real early entries from the database. Search by facility name or scanner — for example, “Siemens Flash” or “Wyckoff” — then tap a card to open its full review.
Showing the 4 early-access entries currently in the database.
Maimonides Hospital
Brooklyn, NY • CT
4 scanners: Siemens Flash ×2, Siemens Xcite, GE Revolution
Would return: 0% said yes — the 1 review says maybe, for the right pay
Scanners & equipment
- 2 × Siemens Flash
- 1 × Siemens Xcite
- 1 × GE Revolution
4 scanners total
Workflow & volume
Busy, especially evening to overnight. Averaging 30–50 patients a night. Monday nights are the worst.
Staffing
Staffing is better on day shift than on night shift.
Watch-outs
- No eating or drinking in the work area during the day
- Management may say something if they see you on the phone
Would the tech return?
Maybe — for the right pay
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY • CT • Currently working there
2 scanners: Siemens Flash, GE Revolution Ascend
Would return: 100% said yes (1 of 1 review)
Scanners & equipment
- 1 × Siemens Flash
- 1 × GE Revolution Ascend
2 scanners total • Shifts covered: day and overnight 9–7
Workflow & volume
Can be busy at times, averaging 15–25 patients a shift during the day — can be busier with outpatients. Overnight and evening are super chilled.
Staffing
Currently understaffed, but hiring new people. Staff techs have to place IVs — unclear if that is required as a traveler.
Watch-out
- Assistant director is a bit extra
Would the tech return?
Yes — would return
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY • X-ray
X-ray • 2015–2019
Would return: Maybe — for the right pay
Address
585 Schenectady Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203
Facility note
Inpatient beds closed Nov 2023; now outpatient / emergency / nursing home only.
Trauma level
Not provided in this review — no trauma designation is listed for Kingsbrook.
Scanners & equipment
Not provided in this review.
Workflow & volume
Not provided in this review.
Staffing
Not provided in this review.
Pros & watch-outs
Not provided in this review.
Would the tech return?
Maybe — for the right pay
South Shore University Hospital
Bay Shore, NY • CT
CT • 2011
Would return: 100% said yes (1 of 1 review)
Address
301 East Main Street, Bay Shore, NY 11706
Scanners & equipment
Siemens
Workflow & volume
Extremely busy.
Staffing
Mixed.
Wish he had known
The scanners are far from each other.
Amenities
- Food / cafeteria discount
- Fridge / microwave
- Break room
- Free parking
Pros & watch-outs
Not provided in this review.
Would the tech return?
Yes — would return
No matching facility in the current early-access entries. Coverage is expanding as technologists contribute.
Trust
Trust and verification
Every review is checked before it is added. Here is exactly what that check covers — and what this database will never do.
What we check
- Real facility — the hospital exists and the profile details (beds, trauma level, location) match public records.
- Real dates — when the tech says they worked there lines up with the review.
- No invented scanners — equipment named in a review has to be equipment the facility actually runs.
What we don’t do
- No paid reviews — nobody is paid to write a review, and reviews are not paid for.
- No auto-publish — a submitted review never appears automatically; it is checked first.
- No selling reviewer data — who submitted a review is never sold.
Reviews are labeled by how they were sourced — self-reported, ARRT Verified, or Verified Assignment — so you always know what stands behind a review. Reviews are not paid for, and reviewer data is not sold.
Submit a Review
Submit your review
Worked a facility other techs should know about? It takes about two minutes on the Facility Review Submission form — and it’s what makes the next tech’s decision easier.
Submit a review
Opens the Tally form in a new tab — nothing is submitted from this page.
Having trouble? Open the form directly: https://tally.so/r/QoMxzY
After submitting, you will see a Tally confirmation, but your review will not appear on the site until Muse has checked and added it.
What to include
- The facility — name, city, and state
- When you worked there — and your modality and role
- Scanners — the equipment you actually worked on
- Workflow — volume and pace, by shift if it differs
- Watch-outs — staffing, traveler requirements, and what you wish you had known
- Your call — a rating out of 5, and whether you would return
What happens after you submit
- Your review goes to Muse for review — it is checked before anything is added.
- Checked reviews are added to Behind the Lead Walls — no review is published automatically, no paid reviews, and no invented facilities.
- Nationwide coverage grows one facility at a time — early entries are currently in Brooklyn, NY.