Travel MRI Technologist - $2,585 per week - Integrated Healthcare Services : Job Details

Integrated Healthcare Services is seeking a travel MRI Technologist for a travel job in Elmhurst, New York. Job Description & Requirements Specialty: MRI Technologist Discipline: Allied Health Professional Duration: 13 weeks 35 hours per week Shift: 7 hours, days, rotating Employment Type: Travel Job Summary: This position performs MRI procedures ensuring patient safety, accurate imaging, and quality control. Responsibilities include patient screening, positioning, operating MRI equipment, maintaining a safe and clean environment, and documenting procedures in the EMR. Job Responsibilities: -Interviews patient prior to MRI procedure for MRI safety prior to performance of the procedure. -Ensures patient safety, including correctly identifying every patient using approved two (2) patient identifiers at every point of contact in the MRI suite. -Explains the MRI process and instructs patient on the procedure to obtain optimal imaging diagnostic results; answers all related questions and responds to patient's needs or concerns, as required. -Safely sets-up, operates, and adjusts, MRI equipment, selecting proper technical factors to obtain accurate MRI studies; selects software options and imaging parameters, when adjusting an MRI machine; returns equipment to its original location after each scan. -Ensures safety for patients, operator and visitors within magnetic field zone four (4). -Prepares patient for radiological procedure by safely positioning patient for MRI scans, adjusting immobilization devices, moving equipment into specified position and adjusting equipment controls to set exposure factors; monitors patient during scanning. -Ensures that MRI rooms are clean, organized, and safe for MRI examinations; cleans MRI scanners after each patient use. -Maintains proper-functioning imaging equipment and performs image quality and calibration tests on equipment, as necessary; reports any malfunction to appropriate staff. -Maintains Imaging supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level and anticipating needed supplies. -Evaluates images for technical quality and accuracy, ensuring proper identification of all images is recorded, and presents completed images to Radiologist. -Effectively uses electronic medical records (EMR) to document patient encounters and access pertinent patient data and imaging results; keeps other detailed and accurate patient records and results. -Keeps detailed and accurate patient records and results. -Performs related work, as assigned. RightSourcing IHS Job ID 3-36196519. Pay package is based on 7 hour shifts and 35 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.