MRI Technologist, PRN, Days

About the Role

Step into a meaningful role at Logan Regional Medical Center, a 132-bed facility located in southern West Virginia. Logan Regional is an award-winning, full-service community hospital with a history of innovation, including its one-of-a-kind Rural General Surgery residency program and collaboration with Marshall Health Network to expand specialty care opportunities. The hospital has earned the prestigious "A" grade from The Leapfrog Group, inclusion in Becker’s listing of Great Community Hospitals, Forbes Inaugural Top Hospitals list, and Best-in-State hospital status from Newsweek/Statista. Consider growing your career at Logan Regional, which offers an ideal combination of high standards of care in a small, caring community.

Responsibilities

• Receive, relay, and document verbal, facsimile, electronic, and/or telephone orders in the patient’s chart as permitted by state and company policies.
• Provide education and prepare patients for magnetic resonance imaging procedures.
• Select the appropriate protocol and optimize technical factors while maximizing patient safety.
• Apply principles of ALARA to minimize exposure to patient, self, and others.
• Apply three basic principles of radiation safety: time, distance, and shielding.
• Observe patient and machine during procedure and report any unexpected outcomes.
• Clean and disinfect MRI room and equipment as per infection control policy.
• Evaluate images for proper positioning and determine if additional images will improve the procedure or treatment outcome.
• Evaluate images for technical quality and ensure proper identification is recorded.
• Corroborate a patient’s clinical history with the procedure and ensure information is documented and available for use by a licensed practitioner.
• Postprocess images and data, and verify archival storage of exam data.
• Assist in maintaining medical records while respecting confidentiality and established policy.
• Identify and respond to emergency situations.
• Follow processes for managing equipment and physical environment to ensure a safe working environment.
• Communicate issues, concerns, and opportunities for improvement to immediate supervisor routinely.
• Work cooperatively as a team member with co-workers in all departments of the hospital.
• Apply principles of patient safety during all aspects of patient care.
• Provide optimal patient care.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Approximate percent of time required to travel: 0%.
• Must read, write, and speak fluent English.
• Must have good and regular attendance.

Qualifications

• Graduated from an approved Joint Review Committee of Radiologic Technology program (JRCERT).
• Required to successfully pass the registry administered by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) within one year of post-graduation.
• One year of experience in diagnostic imaging preferred.

Licenses/Certifications

• American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) registration.
• Current BLS certification.
• State certifications/licensure as required by the state of practice.