MRI Technologist

DEPARTMENT: MRI

F ACILITY: Tift Regional Medical Center

WORK TYPE: PRN

S HIFT: Varied

SUMMARY:

This is a staff technologist position within the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Department. The MRI Technologist is responsible for providing quality patient care, performing MRI examinations using diagnostic MRI equipment while ensuring patient and staff safety, and following the protocols established by the radiologists. The MRI Technologist also assists physicians with imaging procedures as necessary. The MRI Technologist must demonstrate an excellent level of patient care and possess competency in the professional practice.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Responsible for delivering quality patient care to a varied patient population and assuring documentation meets all hospital and accrediting agency standards.

• Administers contrast media via various routes of administration for imaging procedures.
• Accountable for the caliber of patient care performed by the MRI Technologist and those under their supervision.
• Successfully completes required training classes both internal and external to the organization to maintain clinical competency.
• Operates MRI equipment and all other devices as appropriate.
• Uses proper sequencing setup for quality images.
• Positions patient correctly.
• Obtains patient history and clinical data for correlation with exam.
• Evaluates images for technical quality and proper positioning.
• Competent working with PACS.
• Keeps abreast of pertinent federal, and state regulations and laws and Tift Regional Health System, Inc. (“TRHS”) policies as they presently exist and as they change or are modified.
• Understands and adheres to: TRHS’ compliance standards as they appear in TRHS’s Corporate Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy; and HIPAA and TRHS policies regarding privacy and security of protected health information.
• Demonstrates the ability to perform tasks that meet the age-specific requirements of the persons, patients, vendors, and staff that the employee is charged to interact with as required by the position.
• Offers suggestions on ways to improve operations of department and reduce costs.
• Attends all mandatory education programs.
• Improves self-knowledge through voluntarily attending continuing education/certification classes.
• Maintains required competency levels as identified in written exams, skills checklists, skills labs, annual safety and health requirements as well as service excellence education hours requirements.
• Cross-trains in order to better assist co-workers and to provide maximum efficiency in the department.
• Volunteers/participates on hospital committees, functions, and department projects.
• Manages resources effectively.
• Reports equipment in need of repair in order to extend life of equipment and removes malfunctioning equipment out of service with timely reporting to the appropriate personnel.
• Makes good use of time so as to not create needless overtime.

EDUCATION:

* Associate's Degree in RADIOLOGY

CREDENTIALS:

Essential:

• RADIOLOGY TECH

Nonessential:

• MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING TECHNOLOGIST

OTHER INFORMATION:

Southwell/Tift Regional Health System, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.