MRI Tech - Department Assistant

CH_050 Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca•Ithaca, NY

19h

About The Position

The MRI Tech - Department Assistant optimizes the flow of MRI examinations and clarifies and documents patient screening and safety procedures. The role provides courteous, high-quality service to patients, visitors, and staff, and requires initiative and teamwork. The employee may perform other duties as trained and assigned when needed. The position supports MRI department safety, patient screening and identification, exam documentation, inventory and room readiness, communication, patient assistance, equipment care, and infection control. It uses Meditech, PACS, vRad, Shiftwizard, and other necessary computer programs. The role requires a high school diploma or GED. Two years of healthcare experience is preferred; no licensure is required. Physical requirements include pushing, pulling, bending, safely transferring patients, and ambulating without assistance.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Must be able to push, pull, bend, safely transfer patients, and ambulate without assistance.
No licensure required.

Nice To Haves

Two years of experience in a healthcare environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate knowledge of MRI department safety systems, observe safety and warning signs, understand emergency stops, and demonstrate emergency patient extraction from the bore and magnet room.
Follow the MR Safety manual and department policies, thoroughly screen patients, and consistently follow patient identification and safety policies for patients and staff.
Participate in staff meetings and read emails for updates.
Complete all exam steps, including documenting patient history and technologist information, recording the Universal Time Out, entering or editing exams in the computer, and scanning paperwork into PACS.
Assess stock levels, enter stock and pantry orders, respect inventory volumes and fiscal integrity, replenish stock, clean rooms, and check for expired supplies.
Enter appropriate patient-chargeable items after contrast exams and special procedures according to policy.
Communicate effectively and frequently with patients, staff, offices, and physicians; report equipment malfunctions; and provide thank-you cards to patients.
Adapt to changes in schedule and workload, accept responsibility, prepare rooms and replenish stock for the next shift, assist other modalities when possible, and transport patients as needed.
Accommodate patients and guests, explain procedures in understandable terms, provide attention, care, and comfort, and frequently update families on patient status.
Burn CDs and obtain appropriate Release of Information consent.
Recognize equipment malfunctions and initiate action to address them; maintain annual competency; identify table weight limits; follow patient loading criteria; and clean positioning sponges, coils, and cables between patients.
Use Meditech, PACS, vRad, Shiftwizard, and other necessary computer programs.
Perform hand hygiene before and after each patient, clean equipment after each patient, and follow precautions for isolation patients.