Location: New York, NY
Job Summary:
This position performs MRI procedures ensuring patient safety, accurate imaging, and quality control. Responsibilities include patient screening, positioning, operating MRI equipment, maintaining a safe and clean environment, and documenting procedures in the EMR.
Job Responsibilities:
-Interviews patient prior to MRI procedure for MRI safety prior to performance of the procedure.
-Ensures patient safety, including correctly identifying every patient using approved two (2) patient identifiers at every point of contact in the MRI suite.
-Explains the MRI process and instructs patient on the procedure to obtain optimal imaging diagnostic results; answers all related questions and responds to patient’s needs or concerns, as required.
-Safely sets-up, operates, and adjusts, MRI equipment, selecting proper technical factors to obtain accurate MRI studies; selects software options and imaging parameters, when adjusting an MRI machine; returns equipment to its original location after each scan.
-Ensures safety for patients, operator and visitors within magnetic field zone four (4).
-Prepares patient for radiological procedure by safely positioning patient for MRI scans, adjusting immobilization devices, moving equipment into specified position and adjusting equipment controls to set exposure factors; monitors patient during scanning.
-Ensures that MRI rooms are clean, organized, and safe for MRI examinations; cleans MRI scanners after each patient use.
-Maintains proper-functioning imaging equipment and performs image quality and calibration tests on equipment, as necessary; reports any malfunction to appropriate staff.
-Maintains Imaging supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level and anticipating needed supplies.
-Evaluates images for technical quality and accuracy, ensuring proper identification of all images is recorded, and presents completed images to Radiologist.
-Effectively uses electronic medical records (EMR) to document patient encounters and access pertinent patient data and imaging results; keeps other detailed and accurate patient records and results.
-Keeps detailed and accurate patient records and results.
-Performs related work, as assigned.
Minimum Requirements:
- Current 1+ years of current MRI Tech experience
- Current NY MRI Tech License
- -Valid license as a Radiologic Technologist issued by NYSDOH.
- Advanced-Level Certification from American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) or the American Registry of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists (ARMRIT)
- AHA BLS may be obtained during onboarding
- Drivers License
- EMR Experience (Include years of experience, and systems used)
- Final RTO or any scheduling requests
- Two Supervisory References from the past two years of employment
Shift: Interviews: In-person preferred 7am to 8pm (Sun/Thu/Fri) 7pm to 8am (Sun/Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat) The manager will discuss a definite schedule during an interview if requested Weekends/ Holidays required
Local Hourly Pay: $25.00
Local Weekly Package: $1600.00
Travel Hourly Pay: $2600.00
Travel Stipend: $56.00
Travel Weekly Package: $2240.00
Fidé is a Woman-Owned Business that focuses on providing top-notch candidates to healthcare facilities in rapid time. We are passionate about connecting talented people with amazing jobs. Our recruiters worked hard to provide thousands of nurses to hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic and we continue to assist hospitals around the country with their hiring needs. We do this by developing professional relationships built upon trust and commitment.
If you have any questions about this position, please call us at 615-622-1219 or email us directly at [email protected]
