Local Contract MRI Technologist
Atlanta, GA
Expedite Healthcare Solutions Inc.
5x8 hrs, Days, Evenings, Nights

Job Description:
Job Title: MRI Technologist
Location:   Atlanta, GA
Duration: 52 Weeks
Shift: Days/Nights

Job Responsibilities:
• Greets and introduces self to patient. Prepares patients for procedures by performing a medical assessment of the mental and physical evaluation of lab values, confirming patient identification through verbal communication and ID band (if applicable), and describing the nature and time requirements of requested examinations to the patient. Records patient history, unusual conditions/limitations, and other vital information.
• Attends regularly scheduled department meetings i.e. staff, in-service, training, etc.
• GTrains Radiologic Technology students.
• Identifies problems and communicates to the immediate supervisor; offers solutions as appropriate. Enters detailed accounts of patient incidents in the Peminic Incident Reporting System.
• Schedules patients in sections and coordinates scheduling with other departments to ensure patient flow. Operates MRI scanner according to hospital protocol and manufacturer's recommendations. Demonstrates working knowledge of equipment and workflow for all MRI departments. Demonstrates correct and adequate anatomic positioning skills.
• Follows all physician orders and order requisitions. Consults with a radiologist and/or other physicians regarding examinations as necessary. Assists Radiologists with special procedures (i.e., biopsy's, abscess drainage procedures), practices the sterile technique, and prevents cross-contamination to patients and instruments.
• Provides radiation protection to patients, staff, and self, according to prescribed safety standards.
• Restocks and maintains assigned workstations/equipment in an orderly fashion.
• Retrieves and loads images and resolves "exceptions" in the PACS system. Tracks images to "end procedure" in EPIC (Electronic Health Records) and assures that all images are archived at the end of each shift.
• Maintains all aspects of the MRI scanner protocols and procedures.
• Transfers all MRI images performed in the MSU MRI scanner to the appropriate systems for interpretation.
• Maintains a level of hygiene in the MSU equal to that of inpatient medical care sites.

Requirements:
• American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT-MRI)-(Required)
• BLS Certification (AHA)- Required
Covid Vaccination- (Required