Clinical Tech Assistant

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Pursue your passion for caring with Duke Regional Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. With 388 beds it is the second largest of Duke Health's four hospitals and offers a comprehensive range of medical, surgical, and diagnostic services, including orthopedics, weight‑loss surgery, women's services, and heart and vascular services.

Summary

Perform a variety of complex, specialized, and technical tasks associated with the operation of high field strength magnets.

• Screen patients for MR safety prior to procedure performance
• Assist radiologist with procedure protocol in and performance
• Start IVs, administer contrast media as directed and per protocol
• Evaluate MR scans for technical quality, collate processed images and sequence of acquisition and label appropriately
• Schedule patients for procedures; assist with clerical function
• Charge MR procedures and supplies in HER Load and operate power injectors for contrast media administration
• Maintain accurate patient records
• Provide orientation for new technologists
• Provide education and training for student technologists
• Provide for the psychological and physical needs of patients for MR procedures
• Understand and use the Image Archival System
• Perform complex tasks associated with the operation of high field strength magnets and related equipment to produce special radiographic images of specific body parts
• Position patients for MR scans using immobilization and protective equipment as required
• Coordinate scheduling and patient flow involving multiple MR sites
• Assist with education and training of new physicians (interns, residents, and fellows, attending's) if applicable
• Assist radiologists and physicists in developing new protocols and MR imaging techniques that are unique to DUHS
• Help facilitate research for the Duke Health System by scanning and using protocols
• Demonstrate proficiency in the 100+ MR protocols in the Health System
• Teach the correct application of these protocols to new technologists, physicians, and researchers
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work herein
• There is a clinical ladder program with various steps and opportunities at each hospital within the health system

• Strong knowledge of MRI safety protocols and patient screening
• Ability to operate high‑field MRI equipment and injectors
• Proficiency in image acquisition, evaluation, and quality control
• Excellent customer service and communication skills
• Ability to train and mentor new technologists and staff
• Strong organizational skills for scheduling and record‑keeping
• Competence in using the Image Archival System
• Knowledge of MRI physics and ability to assist physicists in protocol development

• Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.
• High school diploma or equivalent (preferred) or prior experience in customer service or healthcare
• Completion of the patient transport safety training program
• Experience as a Clinical Tech Assistant I (two years)
• BLS certification (Level I and II as applicable)

• May include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities
• Provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department

• Level 1 – Work requires the ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• High school diploma or equivalent preferred, or prior experience in customer service or healthcare.

• Level I – Completion of the patient transport safety training program with 30 days of hire.
• Level II – Completion…