Technologist-MRI - Raleigh, NC, United States - UNC Health Care

Description

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 diverse employees, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

Join the UNC Health Team as an MRI Tech
*Conducts procedures and tests using MRI equipment to acquire and analyze patient diagnostic data.

Hours:
Thursday, Friday, Saturday - 12 hr shifts overnight
Verifies patient identification, asks and documents pregnancy status on patients of child bearing age.
MRI Technology- Demonstrates knowledge of MRI and cross-sectional human anatomy.

Is competent in the operation of the MRI scanners, proficient in automatic injections of MRI contrast, disc drives, gateways, PACS and laser printers.

Interprets protocols and selects appropriate scanning parameters, shares knowledge with fellow MRI technologists and uses technical knowledge to assist in actively trouble shooting problems with respect to equipment and protocols

Contrast- Administers oral contrast to adult and pediatric patients according to protocols, establishes intravenous lines, administers IV contrast following safe and proper injection procedures, follows correct procedure to determine contrast eligibility, checks appropriate lab values before contrast injection per protocol.

Image Transfer- Maintains thorough understanding of PACS, and transmits images to QC, UNCH's EMR, EPIC and PACS, verifies and segments images at the QC station, accesses IMPAX service tools to verify images transmission, completes, modifies and/or cancels orders in an appropriate and timely manner, cancels duplicate orders to avoid duplicate billing.

Verifies patient identification in accordance with UNC policy, insures that all appropriate demographic information is accurate and on the PACS images.

Other Duties- Performs task in a timely manner, runs the schedule creating a consistent workflow, volunteers to work on challenging tasks, difficult procedures and new research, produces quality diagnostic images, reviews patient's chart and reports for correlation, maintains a clean and orderly work environment, creates and keeps documentation of incidents as improvement opportunities for employees and the department.

Completion of an accredited educational program in Radiological Science or completion within 3 months at time of application.
Prior education, training and experience that provides the ability to perform the assigned tasks.


Legal Employer:

NCHEALTH

Organization Unit:
Rex MRI

Work Type:
Full Time

09 per hour (Hiring Range)
Night Job


Exempt From Overtime:
Exempt: No
d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.