What are the responsibilities and job description for the MRI Technologist position at Cleveland Clinic?
Join Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital’s team of caregivers that provide top-quality patient care to the Port St. Lucie area. Opening its doors in 2013 and expanding in 2017, this state-of-the-art acute care facility has 177 patient rooms and offers a wide variety of services to meet community needs. Here, you will be supported as you follow your dreams and find where you belong, here at Tradition Hospital.
As an MRI Technologist, you will perform routine MRI exams and procedures on patients of all ages, health backgrounds and conditions. You will ensure they feel comfortable, safe and properly informed throughout the entire process, helping facilitate a welcoming and supportive experience. In this role, you have access to a unique avenue in which to enhance your skills using the latest technologies and leave a positive lasting impression on patients every day.
A caregiver in this position works varying shifts from 7:00PM - 7:00AM or 9:00PM - 9:00AM.
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
- Prepare and validate the patient screening safety form.
- Educate patients regarding MRI procedures while ensuring patients’ comfort and safety during and after the exam.
- Maintain equipment and report any current or malfunctions with equipment immediately.
- Collaborate with department leadership to develop and implement methods to achieve established goals and objectives for the department.
- Maintain a safe, clean, and economical operation.
- Coordinate and answers questions regarding scheduling, networking, informatics, and patient information.
- Complete and ensure that all electronic data is sent to its appropriate destination. Inspects equipment to ensure proper orientation, contacts service if necessary.
- Provide copies of imaging studies in a timely manner.
- Perform routine imaging, emergent, invasive, and all special procedures according to the policy/protocol manual and written orders.
- Maintain adequate supplies in the work area with items necessary to perform the daily schedule.
- Orient new personnel and assist in their transition to the work environment as assigned.
- Aid other associates in the department upon completion of duties or as assigned by a supervisor.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
- Graduate of an accredited school of Radiologic Technology or an accredited institution per the primary pathway of the ARRT
- American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) Registration
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technologist through the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) within one year of hire
- Knowledge of Federal and State regulatory
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
- Two years of experience as an Imaging Technologist in an acute care imaging setting
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Physical Requirements:
- Mental Demands: Ability to work at a fast pace and to prioritize multiple assignments/projects and respond to numerous requests and to work collaboratively with other members of the healthcare team; ability to ensure operational efficiency; ability to problem solve and make decisions; ability to exercise self-control and tolerate stress when dealing with multiple requests and/or conflicting demands from multiple customers.
- Special Demands: Needs minimal sustained direction in assessing needs, carrying out departmental and professional responsibilities; self-starting and self-motivating; working hours may exceed eight (8) hours per day and is based on what is needed to accomplish work at hand.
- Requires sitting at a workstation or desk; requires standing; work may include occasional pushing and/or pulling, lifting, and carrying objects weighing up to 100 lbs.
- Work requires finger dexterity and eye hand coordination to operate a computer keyboard at a moderate skill level.
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.
Salary : $1,000 - $1,000,000
