MRI Technologist (Per Diem)
Northwell Health•New Hyde Park, NY
•Onsite
About The Position
FlexStaff is recruiting for a Per Diem MRI Technologist for our client in Brooklyn, NY. The role involves operating x-ray and auxiliary equipment, processing images, and maintaining equipment. Responsibilities also include preparing patients for exams, explaining procedures, obtaining consent, performing various x-ray exams, positioning patients, adjusting equipment, monitoring patient condition, and maintaining documentation.
Requirements
- Graduate of an approved Radiologic Technology program, required.
- New York State Department of Health licensure as a Radiologic Technologist, required.
- American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) registration, required.
- Minimum of one (1) year experience performing radiologic exams, required.
Responsibilities
- Operates x-ray and auxiliary equipment
- Processes images
- Maintains and cleans equipment
- Maintains required documentation
- Prepares patient for exam
- Translates examination into layman terms based on professional knowledge to relieve patient of pre-testing anxiety
- Ensures consent form for procedure is obtained if necessary
- Performs various x-ray exams according to established standards, procedures and procedures of the division
- Positions patient for taking of radiographs according to the departmental standard operating procedures
- Arranges, attaches, or adjusts immobilization and supportive devices for patients
- Adjusts the x-ray equipment and operates controls to obtain correct exposure
- Monitors patient’s condition in accordance with technical and safety standards
- Recognizes and promptly reports patient’s motor abnormalities; including, fainting, discoloration, contrast reactions etc., to the Radiologist
- Keys in Patient history data and other pertinent information obtained from requisition
- Monitor’s patient’s condition during the procedure
- Operates equipment for transferring computed images to film and archival of disc memory to tape
- Processes and maintains exposed images
- Labels film for identification and maintains required records
- Utilizes film markers and ensures images are properly marked as the “right” or “left” side
- Ensures images are legibly labeled with correct date and patient identification
- Enters the exam onto the daily log sheet as needed
- Properly completes the correct tracking steps for each examination
- Performs related duties, as required
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
