MRI Technologist
Employer not yet confirmed · Riverhead, Suffolk, United States
Shifts vary
Job Description
Operates Magnetic Resonance Imaging equipment. Prepares patient for exam, ensures enough information has been obtained for the physician to make a diagnosis, assists in the management of patient flow and presents images mounted for physician diagnosis.
Job Responsibility
- * Prepares patient for examination.
- Explains procedure in layman terms to relieve patient of anxiety.
- Sets-up equipment to administer proper procedure in a timely fashion.
- Ensures patient is screened according to protocol, and assures consent for the procedure has been obtained, when necessary.
- * Performs MRI procedures to include: abdominal, thoracic, neurological exams, extremities, sub-periosteal implant planning, radiation therapy treatment planning.
- Places patient on the exam table and positions within the gantry.
- Keys in patient history data and other pertinent information obtained from a requisition completed by the referring physician who includes anatomical area of interest, slice thickness and pulse sequences.
- Calculates the number of scans to be obtained based on patient size, and operates the CT/MRI ensuring the required images were obtained as ordered by the Radiologist.
- Contacts Radiologist to review and ascertain whether additional scanning is required.
- Operates equipment for the transfer of computed images to PACS and the archival to disc memory.
- Assists the Radiologist with administration of I.V. contrast.
- * Monitors patient condition and directly observes patient during examination.
- Recognizes and promptly reports to the radiologist, changes in the patient's condition and/or motor abnormality complaints by the patient including: fainting, discoloration, etc.
- * Performs minor repairs and frequent calibration checks and adjusts equipment, when necessary.
- Troubleshoots mechanical problems of the equipment by performing minor repairs as necessary.
- Recognizes and reports major problems to management to ensure prompt resolution.
- * Assists in patient flow including scheduling exams; assuring patients are sent for in advance of scheduled exam; assuring premedication has been administered on the unit; and completing exams.
- Performs related duties, as required.
*ADA Essential Functions
Job Qualification
- Graduate of an accredited Radiologic Technology Program, required.
- New York State Department of Health licensure as a Radiologic Technologist, required.
- New York State certification in IV Contrast Administration, required within six (6) months of position entry date.
- American Registry of Radiologic Technologists Registered Technologist (R.T.(R)(ARRT)), required.
- ARRT registration in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (R.T.(R)(MR)(ARRT)) required within eighteen (18) months of entry date.
- Minimum of six (6) months experience as a Radiology Technologist, required. Previous MRI experience, preferred.
- Hospital experience, preferred.
- Per diem role - variable.
*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).