When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
$10,000 Bonus Eligible! (Current BILH candidates- restrictions apply).
Important Details:
• Sign on bonuses are paid out in three payments. You will receive your first payment within the first 90 days of employment and is subject to applicable taxes. You will receive the second payment at six (6) months following your start date and the final payment 18 months from your start date. Each of these payments are subject to applicable taxes.
• Full time status at BIDMC is considered for schedules greater than or equal to 30 hours per week; part time status is 20 to 29 hours per week. Please note, per diem employees are not eligible for sign on bonuses.
• Current and Former BILH candidates – restrictions apply. BIDMC Internal employees or employees within the BILH system are not eligible for the bonus or if you have been employed by a BILH entity within the last 12 months.
• Please note, sign on bonuses are subject to change based on the organization’s hiring needs and will be determined by Talent Acquisition on an ongoing basis. BILH/BIDMC Talent Acquisition reserves the right to change sign on bonus eligible jobs and amounts at any time
Job Summary: Reporting to the MRI Director/Technical Director, performs all MR imaging exams and procedures in accordance with BIDMC policy and procedures and the ARRT scope of practice. Performs MRI screening and safety for all patients, IV insertions and contrast injections, patient preparation, explanation of exams, ensuring imaging and billing process is complete. Technologist hired at this level will have a proven record of superior level of understanding of MRI physics. This technologist will process exceptional problem skills and self-directed as related to MRI scanning and sequences.
Job Description:
Essential Responsibilities:
- Prepares and positions patients for MRI of various parts of the body. Positioning includes setting up equipment (coils, monitoring devices, etc.) and patient in relation to each other to provide best demonstration of body part under study. Is able to lift and postion all coils. Screens patients and personnel for any ferrous metal implants or other objects on them.
- Selects appropriate pulse sequences from monitoring console for scan procedures. Records all pulse sequences implemented for exam. Evaluates results of scanning procedure for quality of results and completeness. Recognizes problems and rectifies with respect to selection made of operation.
- Sends images to PACS system, evaluates exam for completeness, and verifies exam in timely manner. Develops a working knowledge of all PACS capabilities.
- Responds to patient’s physical and psychological needs. Explains all procedures in a clear and concise manner without causing unnecessary anxiety. Observes patient’s conditions and reports any changes to nurse or physician.
- Starts an intravenous line on patients requiring IV contrast for the MRI examination with consideration to patients’ pain tolerance, anxieties and fears. Monitors patient for contrast reactions and reports any problems promptly to a radiologist, the code team, or both, as indicated.
Required Qualifications:
- Associate’s degree in Allied Health required. Bachelor’s degree in Allied Health preferred.
- Registration American Registry of Rad Tech required., and Certificate 1 Basic Life Support required., and RT(MR), ARMRIT, or CAMRT registered as an MR technologist.
- 3-5 years related work experience required.
- New hires will have 30 days to provide BLS certification. Certification has to be with the American Heart Association (AHA).
- MRI experience including complex angiographic, cardiac and body imaging and expertise with 3D reconstructions.
- Experience with computer systems required, including web based applications and some Microsoft Office applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Teaching experience on a one to one level and in a classroom setting
- Experience creating educational material for presentation or publication
Competencies:
- Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by precedents, policies and objectives. Regularly makes decisions and recommendations on issues affecting a department or functional area.
- Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are highly varied, complex and often non-recurring, requiring staff input, innovative, creative, and Lean diagnostic techniques to resolve issues.
- Independence of Action: Ability to set goals and determines how to accomplish defined results with some guidelines. Manager/Director provides broad guidance and overall direction.
- Written Communications: Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.
- Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
- Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices and policies with the ability to use them in complex varied situations.
- Team Work: Ability to lead collaborative teams for larger projects or groups both internal and external to the Medical Center and across functional areas. Results have implications for the management and operations of multiple areas of the organization.
- Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service and staff training to meet customer service standards and expectations for the assigned unit(s). Resolves service issues in the assigned unit(s) in a timely and respectful manner.
Age based Competencies:
Employees in this job must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups: Young adult: 16-30 years, Middle Age: 30 – 60 years, Elderly: 60 -.
Physical Nature of the Job:
Very Heavy work: Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or 50 pounds of force continually. Employee is physically active in all elements of the job.
Pay Range:
$51.45 – $76.45
The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.
