MRI Technologist

Pay Rate: $75 per hour - $79 per hour
Shift: Tuesday through Friday 11am - 7pm, Saturday 8am - 4pm

Responsibilities:

• Operate and prepare specialized equipment to perform magnetic imaging procedures.
• Apply technical judgment to obtain studies of acceptable diagnostic quality according to written protocols and patient needs.
• Perform MRI imaging procedures and position patients and associated coils for optimum study.
• Provide patient education relevant to specific imaging procedures.
• Review all patient safety questionnaires prior to introducing patients into the MRI scan room.
• Ensure all MRI images are appropriately labeled as specified by the department SOP.
• Evaluate images for technical acceptability and ensure images are transmitted to PACS in a timely manner.
• Ensure all studies performed are completed in IDX (Radiology Information System) in a timely fashion.
• Maintain radiology room and equipment cleanliness at the start and end of the shift.
• Scan patient-related documents and maintain necessary supplies and accessories in the radiographic room.
• Accurately record all required patient tracking information into IDX.
• Schedule exams into IDX as required.
• Inform supervisor or appropriate personnel of needed repairs to equipment or unsafe conditions.
• Assist physicians directly as required and call for in-patients as needed.
• Perform related clerical duties in the absence of support personnel.
• Maintain safety standards via strict adherence to safety guidelines to prevent the introduction of ferromagnetic material into the scan room.
• Protect self, patients, and employees by adhering to infection control policies and protocols.
• Attend in-services and other professional development meetings as required.
• Maintain licensure specific to the job, adhering to relevant public health codes.
• Perform other relevant duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Strong background in cross-sectional anatomy, physical sciences, and M.R. physics.
• Excellent technical skills and knowledge of cross-sectional anatomy and physiology.

Preferred Skills:

• Minimum two years' experience in MRI.