About this role
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 person we 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.
Work Shift Various (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.
Schedule & Incentives
• A PRN Position • Benefits program that includes PTO, mental health support, wellness rooms, concierge services and more • Access to Wellstar’s CareerCare program for fully funded education and guided career progression
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 patients 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 dosing of contrast is weight based. • Uses appropriate safety devices to protect patients hearing during exam. • Understands anatomical positioning, correct labeling of body parts, and infant immobilizer. • Knows cross sectional anatomy, 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 problem 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 of procedure, to minimize anxiety and facilitate cooperation using AIDET; Acknowledge, Introduce, Discuss, Explain, and Thank you of all patients and family members. • Ensures that patient's 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 that have been transmitted after hours to teleradiography are printed and scanned in PACS, if applicable. • Maintains MRI suite in a safe environment, i.e. 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 is available, without prompting, so that all working time is used for departmental advantage. • Performs routine duties of clerical and support personnel in accordance with procedure when warranted to ensure continuity and quality of services. • Keeps supervisor informed on all responsibilities on an ongoing basis, 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 standards 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
• Other / Certificate Radiologic Technology
Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s)
• All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated. • ARMRIT - Certified MRI Technologist or ARRT-MR - ARRT Magnetic Resonance Imagin • BLS - Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
Additional License(s) and Certification(s)
• (No content provided)
Required Minimum Experience
• Minimum 1 year experience in a clinical setting caring for patients; prefer MRI clinical setting. 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 but not limited to patients, families, co-workers, volunteers, and physicians throughout the work shift. • Must possess the ability to function independently, yet productively as a cooperative team member with various work teams associated with the position. Must be compliant, with a willingness to follow all Hospital policies as well as the 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 as to how they affect the quality of a procedure.
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