MRI Technologist Lead - Tellica Orem

Intermountain Health•Orem, UT

18d•$43 - $66•Onsite

About The Position

The MRI Tech-Lead provides managerial oversight of clinical operations and frontline support to patients at Tellica Imaging. The role ensures safety, quality, satisfaction, engagement, compliance, staffing, effective processes, efficiency, training, and mentoring. The lead establishes appropriate handoff procedures between staff, promotes consistent care delivery, and provides scheduled reports to management. The position also performs MRI procedures for diagnostic purposes, using initiative and independent judgment to produce high-quality scans. This role combines patient care and MRI technical work with team leadership. It supports hiring, orientation, training, staffing, retention, evaluation, and motivation of caregivers; coordinates care and operational resources; and performs MRI examinations according to department protocols. The MRI Tech-Lead operates and troubleshoots MRI equipment and related information systems, follows MRI safety and documentation requirements, and serves as an education liaison and equipment superuser.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

Leadership experience.

Responsibilities

Ensure patient, caregiver, and guest safety and satisfaction in accordance with applicable principles and standards.
Ensure high-quality diagnostic and therapeutic imaging services are provided effectively and efficiently.
Promote caregiver engagement and team initiatives; assist with hiring, orienting, training, staffing, retaining, evaluating, and motivating caregivers.
Maintain positive relationships within the department and facility, including with other departments, radiologists, referring physicians, and customers.
Help clinics maintain the materials, supplies, and resources needed for daily operations; act as a problem solver and champion for improvements.
Verify patient identification and orders, and prepare patients for examinations.
Perform MRI examinations according to department protocols and demonstrate anatomical positioning competency.
Critique images and complete studies within acceptable time limits without compromising patient care or examination quality.
Select scanning techniques and protocols in coordination with the radiologist.
Follow contrast-administration protocols and, when ordered and under radiologist or physician supervision, administer intravenous contrast.
Use appropriate infection-control and sterile techniques.
Operate MRI equipment and related information systems to produce quality images; view, transfer, archive, and manipulate images.
Troubleshoot the MRI scanner and understand shutdown and startup procedures, as well as the magnet, cryogens, gradient amplifiers, and relevant computer hardware and software.
Follow MRI safety policies and procedures, including the four-zone concept, quench procedures, and emergency magnet safety.
Complete required documentation accurately, including timestamps and image storage.
Follow procedures for medical necessity, coding and charging, obtaining consents when needed, documenting events, maintaining the ACR/Radsite quality-control program, and reporting equipment failures or problems.
Serve as an education liaison for students, a trainer for new-employee orientation, an equipment superuser, and an MRI representative in hospital or system discussions and committees as delegated by the local department manager.
Provide scheduled reports to Tellica Management and establish proper staff handoff procedures to promote consistent care.