MRI Technologist Lead

Job Description: The MRI Tech-Lead is responsible for ensuring optimal safety, quality, and satisfaction in clinical operations at Tellica Imaging. This position provides managerial oversight, critical frontline support to patients, and establishes proper handoff procedures between Tellica staff.

Job Essentials

• Ensures patient, caregiver, and guest safety and satisfaction in accordance with existing principles and standards.
• Provides high-quality diagnostic and therapeutic imaging services in an operationally efficient and efficient manner.
• Promotes caregiver engagement and team initiatives, assists in hiring, orienting, training, staffing, retaining, evaluating, and motivating competent engaged caregivers.
• Maintains positive relationships within the department and facility, including other departments, radiologists, referring physicians, and customers.
• Verifies that clinics have sufficient materials, supplies, resources, etc. to perform daily functions.
• Ensures proper patient identification, order verification, and prepares the patient for the exam.
• Performs MRI examinations per department protocol, understands cross-sectional anatomy, and demonstrates anatomical positioning competency.
• Critiques own films, completes studies within acceptable time limitations without compromising patient care or the quality of the examination.
• In coordination with the radiologist, selects proper scanning techniques and protocols.
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of protocol relating to contrast administration, administers intravenous contrast material to patients under radiologist or physician supervision.
• Practices appropriate infection control and sterile techniques, understands and operates all MRI equipment and related information systems to ensure quality images.
• Exhibits understanding and proficiency with electronic imaging, views, transfers, archives, and manipulates images.
• Exhibits a working knowledge of the MRI scanner, troubleshoots when needed, and understands shutdown and start-up procedures.
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of the magnet, cryogens, gradient amplifiers, and all relevant computer hardware and software.
• Adheres to and understands MRI safety policies and procedures, including the FOUR ZONE concept, quench procedure, and proper MR magnet safety in an emergency.
• Thoroughly and accurately completes all required documentation, including time stamps and image storage.
• Follows appropriate protocol for medical necessity, coding, and charging, obtaining consents if necessary, documenting any events that may occur for quality, maintaining a current QC program for ACR/Radsite, and reporting any equipment failures or problems.

Minimum Qualifications

• Current licensure in Utah as a Radiologic Technologist.
• MR registered technologist with ARRT.
• Basic life support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers.
• Intermountain IV certified.
• Three years of experience in MRI.

Physical Requirements

Hearing/Listening, Lifting, Manual Dexterity, Seeing, Standing.

Location

Work City

Work State

Scheduled Weekly Hours

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits packages for our Idaho, Nevada, and Utah based caregivers, and for our Colorado, Montana, and Kansas based caregivers; and our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

All positions subject to close without notice.

Salary : $37 - $58