What are the responsibilities and job description for the MRI Specialist position at Odyssey Information Services?
Job Title: MRI Specialist (This can be a travel role)
Duties:
- Checks room daily for adequate stock necessary to facilitate continuous exam flow. Maintains appropriate inventory as indicated by posted par levels and updates supply lists when items are needed.
- Confirms patient identity with approved identifiers.
- Demonstrating age appropriate care with all patients, appropriately prepares patients for procedures.
- Verifies patient’s pregnancy and informed consent statuses.
- Assesses factors that may contraindicate the procedure; such as, medication contraindications, patient risk for reaction to medications, patient history, laboratory results, insufficient patient preparation or artifacts.
- Based on order, determines type and dose of contrast agent to be administered based on patient’s age, weight and medical/physical status.
- Anticipates and responds to patients needs throughout the entire encounter.
- Ensures all non-MRI personnel are screened prior to entry into Zones III & IV.
Skills:
- Broad knowledge of MRI physics and procedures; understanding of MRI principles that are developmentally appropriate for ages 0 – adulthood.
- Operation of all required equipment including troubleshooting when necessary of the equipment, including automated processors, copying/digitizing film equipment, R.I.S., and PACS.
- Basic life support and medical terminology understanding is required.
- Successful demonstration of the professional fundamental competencies.
- Must be articulate, courteous and supportive in dealing with patients, parents, nursing, faculty, administrative and departmental personnel so that excellent customer service and positive guest relations are achieved.
- Must honor confidentiality.
- Must independently scan patients by following the established protocols.
- Must demonstrate excellent verbal and written skills.
- Must utilize basic office equipment; such as fax.
- Preferable if able to demonstrate bilingual skills.
Education:
- Graduate of a formal diagnostic Radiology program
- MR-ARRT - ARRT RegTech Mag Reson Imaging American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
- R-ARRT - ARRT RegTech Radiography American Registry of Radiology Technologists
- CMRT - Cert Med Radiologic Techngst Texas Medical Board.
- 3 years MR experience
- Pediatric experience
- Schedule: Friday 8:30-5p, Saturday 7a- 7:30p, Sunday 7a- 7:30p, Monday 8:30a- 5p
Location:
Austin, TX 78717
Job Type: Contract
