MRI Technologist - UPMC East

UPMC • Monroeville, PA

11h

About The Position

UPMC East is currently hiring a fulltime MRI Technologist to join our team!
Are you an Imaging Professional who is interested in working at a world-renowned medical center with an up-beat environment? Are you looking for a meaningful career with endless opportunities? Do you enjoy working hands on with patients, their families, and a supportive team to provide excellent patient care? If so, you might be a great fit for a role at UPMC!
UPMC East is currently hiring a fulltime MRI Technologist to join our team. This position will work various shifts Monday thru Friday between the hours of 6:30 am – 9:00 pm. The role will also have rotating weekend and holiday responsibility (9 am – 3 pm with on-call responsibility until 9:00 pm) and on-call holiday responsibility.

UPMC offers a competitive benefits package, a sign-on bonus for qualified candidates and has a career ladder in place that allows you to grow professionally from both a technical and managerial standpoint.
Candidates will be placed in the correct job title/salary grade based on education and experience.
We invite you to explore our opportunities today!
Purpose:
Performs imaging procedures at an advanced level not requiring constant supervision. Competently performs a variety of advanced technical procedures that require independent judgment, ingenuity and initiative for diagnostic purposes.

Requirements

• Completion of formal training in MRI-related program accredited by the ARRT or ARMRIT.
• 2 years MRI experience required.
• Must have obtained a performance review rating of strong/solid/good on most recent performance review to be eligible for promotion.
• ARRT Certificate OR American Registry of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologist (ARMRIT)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal
• Act 33 with renewal
• Act 34 with renewal
• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

Responsibilities

• Performs imaging procedures at an advanced level not requiring constant supervision.
• Competently performs a variety of advanced technical procedures that require independent judgment, ingenuity and initiative for diagnostic purposes.
• Performs or assists Clinical Specialist in performing QA, regulatory testing, and other technical and research initiatives.
• Demonstrates complete operation of specialty equipment, analyzes data promptly, and completes quality control activities.
• Assist with the training of staff and students.
• Demonstrates the ability to function independently, and is able to cover off shifts, on-call responsibilities, and perform services at satellite facilities, where applicable, while continually communicating with lead and management team.
• Performs all job responsibilities of Level I MRI Technologist including practices and maintains MR safety in the department, addresses patient safety through proper patient identification, labeling/preparation/and administration of contrast and communicating according to standard operating procedures, completes procedures according to protocol while presenting relevant information to physician, and updates and documents patient information into rad assessment.
• Promptly responds to medical editing requests.
• Works directly with Radiologists regarding protocol development.
• Participates in standardization activities with system-level workgroups.

Benefits

• UPMC offers a competitive benefits package
• a sign-on bonus for qualified candidates
• career ladder in place that allows you to grow professionally from both a technical and managerial standpoint.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed