MRI Technologist - Sharp Rees-Stealy Kearny Mesa - Variable Shift - Per Diem

Sharp HealthCare•San Diego, CA

About The Position

The MRI Technologist performs a wide variety of technical procedures while providing quality patient care and assisting physicians as needed. The role includes conducting MRI examinations according to department protocols, ensuring optimal image quality, educating and reassuring patients, and maintaining accurate exam documentation and image transfer in RIS and Synapse/PACS. The technologist also supports department operations, quality assurance, safety, and staff training. This is a per-diem position at Sharp Rees-Stealy Kearny Mesa with variable shift start and end times. The stated schedule requirement is 10/40 with 10-hour shifts; weekend work is needed as required, and on-call duty is not required. The hourly pay range is $56.440–$81.560, with a midpoint of $72.830. Actual pay depends on factors including experience, skills, education, internal alignment, marketplace factors, position requirements, and employer business practices.

Requirements

Satisfactory completion of a formal training program at an AMA-approved school, and fulfillment of applicable state and/or federal mandated certification requirements or equivalent.
AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professionals certification from the American Heart Association (required).
Venipuncture certification (required).
Magnetic Resonance Imaging certification (ARRT) or ARMRIT certification (required).

Nice To Haves

One year of dedicated MRI experience.

Responsibilities

Communicate system issues and equipment, employee, supply, adverse incident, and workers’ compensation matters to the appropriate lead, supervisor, manager, analyst, or vendor in a timely manner.
Communicate departmental changes openly and positively, while maintaining patient and employee confidentiality.
Maintain department regulatory requirements and follow applicable AAAHC guidelines.
Verify physician orders and use RIS to complete accurate, real-time exam documentation, including required exam, contrast, quality-control, resource, technical, billing, coding, and personnel information.
Ensure exams are completed in RIS and images are sent to and available in Synapse/PACS for radiologist review.
Complete no-show charge slips and required paperwork accurately and submit items for billing and lead review.
Use RIS and Synapse downtime procedures when necessary.
Make timely, accurate, and safe decisions regarding patient care; set priorities and adapt to unscheduled situations.
Round with staff, patients, and families to improve patient care; treat customers and coworkers with dignity and respect.
Evaluate completed work against billed exams, reschedule patients when needed, and help educate staff about issues and errors.
Complete assigned duties promptly and manage add-on exams proficiently.
Cooperate with work-process improvement initiatives and keep current with developments in the field.
Cross-cover other department areas as work volumes and staffing require.
Support organizational cost containment and use time effectively.
Select the correct patient and exam from the worklist and send scanner images to Synapse, confirming image transfer for radiologist review.
Provide pre- and post-procedure education and reassurance, including information about the procedure, duration, physician involvement, contrast, positioning, instructions, reporting, and patient satisfaction forms.
Communicate with patients and families in a manner suited to the patient’s age, culture, health, and comprehension while supporting family members and maintaining confidentiality.
Maintain temperature logs when required and perform daily quality control according to ACR standards and additional direction from the CT/MR Lead.
Notify service personnel of system problems or issues.
Verify patient identity and pregnancy status using double identifiers, including name and date of birth.
Assist radiologists with procedures using sterile techniques and preventing cross-contamination; provide efficient, therapeutic care and follow universal precautions.
Use translation and other communication resources for patients who speak another language or have hearing or speech disorders.
Assist with training new employees and cross-training existing employees.
Maintain quality and operational excellence through continuous improvement, flexibility, and timely decisions focused on performance and results.
Apply appropriate MRI techniques and protocols, position patients according to department protocols, correctly label and identify studies and anatomical orientation, and use imaging equipment proficiently.
Administer imaging agents such as contrast according to protocol and review requests for special instructions before procedures.
Follow departmental safety policies and procedures, maintain a safe work environment, and troubleshoot actual or potential problems.