MRI Technologist-Mount Sinai Brooklyn - New York, United States - Mount Sinai Medical Center

Description

Operates specialized MRI imaging equipment to produce clinical diagnostic images, as directed by physicians. Performs MRI studies of anatomical areas as ordered/directed, according to established standards and procedures.

Responsibilities


Roles & Responsibilities:

• Under general supervision of licensed physicians, performs and/or assists in performing all MRI examinations in accordance with established departmental policies and procedures. Provides care to patients of all age groups in the form of diagnostic testing.
• Performs MRI imaging procedures. Operates specialized MRI imaging equipment to produce clinical diagnostic images, as directed by physicians. Performs MRI studies of anatomical areas as ordered/directed, according to established standards and procedures.
• Applies the necessary technical judgment to obtain studies of an acceptable diagnostic quality according to written protocols and the patients' needs.
• Sets up, adjusts, and operates MRI equipment, selecting proper technical factors to obtain accurate MRI studies; properly positions and immobilized patients.
• Responds to patients' needs as required. Provides patient education relevant to specific imaging procedures by informing the patient of the nature of the procedure, the area to be imaged and any specific instructions the patient may need.
• Reviews all patient safety questionnaire prior to introducing any patients into the MRI scan room.
• Ensures all MRI images are appropriately labeled as specified by the department SOP.
• Evaluates images for technical acceptability and ensures images are transmitted to PACS in a timely fashion.
• Ensures that all studies performed are completed in IDX (Radiology Information System) in a timely fashion.
• Ensures Radiology room and equipment cleanliness, at the start and at the end of the shift, to include removal of soiled or dirty linen.
• Scans patient related documents
• Maintains supplies and accessories in radiographic room necessary to safely perform duties, as required.
• Accurately records all required patient tracking information into IDX (Radiology Information System).
• Schedules exams into IDX (Radiology Information System) as required.
• Informs supervisor or appropriate personnel of needed repairs to equipment or unsafe conditions.
• Assists physician directly as required.
• Calls for in-patients as required.
• Performs related clerical duties in the absence of support personnel.
• Maintains safety standards via strict adherence to safety guidelines in order to prevent the introduction of ferromagnetic material into the scan room.
• Protects self, patients, and employees by adhering to infection control policies and protocols.
• Attends in-services and other professional development meetings as required.
• Performs daily quality control calibration checks on all equipment in order to ensure the equipment is calibrated and working properly before any patient study is performed.
• Observes all department documentation policies by filling in all appropriate logs, manuals, charge documents, as well as, reporting equipment problems in order to comply with regulatory agencies.
• Other relevant duties as assigned.

Qualifications


Requirements:

• Graduate of accredited school of Radiologic Technology
• NY State DOH License in Radiologic Technology, BLS certification
• ARRT certification in Radiography (R) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MR)
• Minimum 2 years experience preferred
• Strong background in cross sectional anatomy, physical sciences, and M.R. physics

Collective bargaining unit:
SEIU 1199-MSB

SEIU 1199 at Mount Sinai Brooklyn, CBK - Radiology MRI - BKL, Mount Sinai Brooklyn

Employer Description

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care.

When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai's unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together.

We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to professional advance.

We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.

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"About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education.

Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time - discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.

Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment.

The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers.

We are consistently ranked by U.S.

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No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S.

News & World Report's "Best Children's Hospitals" ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country's best in several pediatric specialties.

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No.

14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Newsweek's "The World's Best Smart Hospitals" ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer.

We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve.

Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.

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EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans

Compensation

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