MRI Technologist (CASUAL/PRN)
About the role
Nemours Children's Health is seeking a Casual/PRN MRI Technologist to join our team in Orlando, Florida. This position performs Magnetic Resonance imaging studies while providing quality healthcare service, including total patient care in a comfortable, friendly environment. Excellent communication skills are essential due to continuous interaction with the public and professional/medical personnel. The MRI Technologist reports to the Radiology Manager or Radiology Supervisor.
Responsibilities
- Perform routine magnetic resonance imaging protocols and patient examinations as directed by the radiologist.
- Prepare the MRI room and provide accurate instructions to patients and families, explaining procedures and answering questions.
- Screen patients for contraindications that may pose health or safety risks, including evaluating patients for contrast media administration.
- Start IVs and inject contrast material for imaging studies, observing patients for allergic reactions post-administration.
- Maintain work habits consistent with hospital and department policies, reporting unsafe conditions and demonstrating safe practices.
- Operate hospital computer systems for patient data entry, retrieval, order entry, and study completion.
- Determine proper scanning parameters and sequences according to radiologist protocols, ensuring equipment functionality through proper usage and maintenance.
- Provide care tailored to the specific chronological age, developmental age, or social maturity of patients (infant, child, adult).
- Participate in departmental and hospital Quality Assessment and Improvement programs, identifying opportunities to enhance services and implementing recommendations.
- Assist in training new personnel, students, and physicians.
- Maintain regular attendance and demonstrate strong communication skills, including accepting feedback and collaborating with all departments.
Requirements
- Associate's Degree required.
- Minimum of six months to one year of experience required.
- MRI certification required upon hire: ARRT or ARMRIT.
- American Heart Association BLS Certification required upon hire and must be maintained.
- Certified MRI Safety Officer (MRSO) preferred.
About Us
Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving over 1.7 million patient encounters annually. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children’s hospitals—Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware, and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida—along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and over 40 hospital partnerships. Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive. Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth, ensuring culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.