Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologist

Mclaren-Health-Care; Flint (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a major healthcare system with 12 hospitals and extensive imaging services. This MRI Technologist role performs routine and complex MRI procedures, ensures patient comfort, and maintains imaging equipment to deliver high-quality images under established policies.

Qualified candidates will have AMA-approved radiology education, Advanced ARRT MRI certification, and current BLS. Normal work hours are from 8:30 a.m.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an AMA-approved school of radiology technology.
• Advanced ARRT Certification in Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
• Current BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Performs routine and complex MRI procedures.
• Obtains patient history, explains standard procedures, and addresses patient concerns to foster comfort and confidence.
• Operates and maintains MRI equipment to ensure proper functioning.
• Positions patients to capture the images requested by a physician.
• Performs quality assurance and radiation safety measures to minimize exposure.
• Maintains required documentation, logs, and records in paper and electronic formats.
• Maintains supplies to perform quality testing.
• Conducts routine maintenance and checks on imaging equipment per protocol.
• May assist other radiology areas as assigned.

Skills

Advanced ARRT Certification in MRI

BLS Certification

Education

AMA-approved school of radiology technology

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Position Summary

Performs routine and complex Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) procedures at a technical level that will produce high quality images consistent with established policies and procedures at a technical level typically requiring general supervision.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

1. Specializes in performing routine and complex MRI procedures.
2. Obtains patient history, explains standard procedures, and addresses patient concerns to foster a sense of comfort and confidence to patients and ensure the needs of individual patients are met.
3. Operates and maintains all assigned MRI equipment to ensure it works properly.
4. Positions patients and utilizes equipment in order to correctly capture the images requested by a physician.
5. Properly identifies, prepares and/or administers medications that are within the technologist’s scope of practice as prescribed by a licensed independent practitioner.
6. Completes quality assurance processes and practices radiation safety in order to reduce exposure to patients, staff and self.
7. Maintains all required documentation, logs, charts, forms and records in paper and electronic formats.
8. Maintains an adequate supply of all consumables to perform quality testing.
9. Performs all routine daily, weekly, monthly, and periodic maintenance and function checks following established protocol for all imaging equipment.
10. May assist other areas of radiology as assigned.
11. Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an AMA-approved school of radiology technology.
• Advanced ARRT Certification in Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
• Current BLS certification.

Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.

Additional Information

• Requisition ID: 26010335
• Daily Work Times: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
• On Call: No

Equal Opportunity Employer

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.

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