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Job description
How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every personwe serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.
Internal Compensation Grade
AH31
Work Shift
Night (United States of America)
Job Summary:
- Must be flexible with work hours to meet department needs.
- Must be dependable, accountable and cooperative.
- Assists with providing safe, age‑appropriate care to the patient by performing all exams provided by the department according to department procedures.
- Has the knowledge and ability to properly and safely obtain a quality diagnostic study.
- Responsible for performing a wide variety of technical procedures requiring independent judgment, ingenuity and initiative in the utilization of equipment for the diagnosis and/or treatment of diseases.
- Able to independently perform job functions.
- Sets up the equipment to provide imaging service and positions patient for the procedure.
Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:
Patient Care
- Obtains complete clinical history, gathers examination data and assesses for contraindicating conditions.
- Follows established procedures for the administration of contrast medias so that no patient condition deteriorates and no patient suffers undue pain due to error or poor technique.
- Ensures that all studies have proper patient identification.
- Reviews images for clinically acceptable results and releases patients.
- Responds to emergency situations.
- Assists other technologists in all modalities when needed.
- Observes patient condition and properly evaluates situations when physician intervention is necessary so that no patient condition deteriorates.
- Verifies correct identity of patient prior to performing a procedure according to hospital policy and procedure.
- Ensures patient's privacy and comfort is accommodated. Maintains patient dignity throughout the exam/procedure.
- Demonstrates competence in the determination and application of appropriate procedures, equipment, supplies and techniques based on the age of patients.
- Organizes schedule, time and priorities so that required activities are accomplished within designated time frames.
- Follows physicians instructions when assisting with procedures and exams.
- Understands, demonstrates and documents pre‑procedure verification and Time Out process when appropriate.
- Demonstrates and understands pre‑ and post‑procedural care.
- Preps the patient for procedure.
- Demonstrates and understands sterile technique.
- Prepares trays and catheters for procedures; participates in biopsies if applicable.
- Demonstrates proficiency on the Dynacad if applicable.
- Prepares and may administer contrast.
- Verifies order is with contrast, checks patient GFR (labs) and ensures dosing of contrast is weight‑based.
- Uses appropriate safety devices to protect patient's hearing during exam.
- Understands anatomical positioning, correct labeling of body parts, and infant immobilizer.
- Knows cross‑sectional anatomy and includes all appropriate anatomy.
- Uses critical thinking skills.
- Seeks clarification on ambiguous orders.
Equipment
- Demonstrates the ability to adjust technique so that patient receives the best study possible and that image quality is maintained.
- Reports problems regarding malfunctioning equipment to supervisor or service provider so that problems can be corrected in a timely manner.
- Cleans, disinfects and maintains equipment in accordance with infection control policy and department cleaning schedule.
- Ability to operate patient monitoring system.
Education and Communications
- Patiently and clearly explains purpose and nature of exam to patient prior to starting the procedure, minimizing anxiety and facilitating cooperation using AIDET.
- Ensures that patient questions, concerns or contraindications are satisfactorily addressed, notifying physician when this cannot be accomplished prior to the initiation of the procedure.
- Participates in the orientation and training of departmental employees.
- Required documentation is concise, legible and includes precise terminology.
- Reads email each day scheduled to work and follows through with assignment.
- Completes mandatory departmental and hospital‑wide education without prompting.
Quality Control
- Produces acceptable images, follows established exam protocols.
- Ensures that equipment is fully operational prior to each use by checking for proper calibration and operating deficiencies.
- Sends all studies to PACS immediately after completion in RIS and prints CDs as needed.
- Studies transmitted after hours to teleradiography are printed and scanned in PACS, if applicable.
- Maintains MRI suite in a safe environment (locked down at all times).
Operations
- Restocks linens and supplies and maintains MRI department in clean and orderly condition.
- Transports patients, positions patients and helps them on and off procedure table.
- Performs patient charging activities on the day the service is rendered.
- Applies supportive and immobilization devices and equipment.
- Willingly lends knowledge and assistance to others upon request as needed and routinely as time allows.
- Performs routine duties of clerical and support personnel when warranted to ensure continuity and quality of services.
- Keeps supervisor informed on all responsibilities, ensuring prompt notification in the event of problems or potential problems.
- Maintains an individual productivity rate equal to other co‑workers.
- Ability to operate all work stations associated with the MRI scanner.
- Ability to push/retrieve studies to the PACS system.
- Maintains Joint Commission and any other regulatory agency standards.
- Any other duties as assigned.
- Takes call when necessary.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work and code of conduct.
Required Minimum Education:
- Accredited Program – Medical Technology
Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):
(All required upon hire unless otherwise stated.)
- ARMRIT – Certified MRI Technologist or
- ARRT‑MR – ARRT Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- BLS – Basic Life Support or ARC‑BLS or BLS‑I
Required Minimum Experience:
- Minimum 1 year successful completion of an accredited MRI program (Required).
Required Minimum Skills:
- Must exhibit excellent communication skills because this position requires frequent verbal and written communications with: physicians, patients, visitors, departmental staff and nursing staff.
- The employee obtains, presents and discusses clinical information regarding job responsibilities on a routine basis.
- Candidate must be able to explain or give directions to maintain goodwill and obtain cooperation with all contacts.
- Must possess the ability to function independently and under pressure while still actively participating in a team environment.
- Position requires the employee to exhibit excellent customer service skills at all times.
- Must be able to perform effectively in a stressful and fast‑paced work environment.
- Must have the ability to prioritize appropriately.
- Must be detail‑oriented and have the capacity to effectively multitask throughout the work shift.
- Must have excellent communication skills and the capacity to interact professionally with a variety of customers including patients, families, co‑workers, volunteers and physicians.
- Must possess the ability to function independently yet productively as a cooperative team member.
- Must be compliant and willing to follow all hospital policies and established practices, protocols and procedures of the position, department and applicable professional standards.
- Competent in all aspects of MRI, patient positioning, pulse sequence parameters and magnet safety.
- Must have an understanding of anatomy and pathology and how they affect the quality of a procedure.
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