Lead MRI Technologist - Cardiac

Overview

Lead MRI Technologist - Cardiac role at Aurora Health Care. This range is provided by Aurora Health Care. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Aurora St. Luke’s is seeking an experienced MRI Technologist to lead our Cardiac MRI program. You’ll work with advanced Siemens and GE technology in a collaborative environment focused on innovation and excellence. As a Lead Technologist with Cardiac focus, you’ll oversee cardiac imaging protocols and staff training to ensure consistent, high-quality results. You’ll support technologists, troubleshoot complex cases, and drive process improvements.

If you re ready to specialize, mentor, and shape the future of Cardiac MRI, this is your opportunity.

$40.30/hr - $60.45/hr

• Acts as a resource to employees and students, including training/orienting, providing day-to-day work direction, and giving input on performance. Assigns, monitors, and reviews progress and accuracy of work, monitors productivity, maintains appropriate staffing levels, directs efforts and provides guidance on more complex issues.
• Assists with human resource responsibilities, which may include interviewing and selection of new employees, staff development, providing performance feedback, resolution of employee concerns, and employee morale.
• Assists in interpreting department policies and procedures, and advises and updates staff on procedural changes. Identifies performance improvement opportunities within the department and facilitates change. Monitors inventory levels, labor productivity and assists with managing department resources.
• Serves as a technical resource, role model and/or preceptor for students and staff. Facilitates clinical problem solving and collaborates with other departments across the system to provide education on managing patients after procedures and any other imaging department processes and procedures.
• Proficiently operates MRI equipment used to perform basic to advanced diagnostic procedures. Must perform and be proficient with all of the following procedures if performed at assigned facility: angiography, thoracic, abdomen, venous, cardiac, functional MRI, gated, interventional, breast MRI, fetal MR, and spectroscopy.
• Obtains medical history from patients, compares requisitions to physician s orders to ensure exam accuracy, and prepares and administers contrast media under the direction of the Radiologist. Positions patient and selects proper scanning factors, adjusts factors to attain the appropriate images, and provides magnet protection and safety in accordance with regulatory agencies.
• Post-processes images as directed and accurately identifies and labels images, identifying patient name, MRU number, and location or position of scan on all images.
• Oversees the maintenance of records in accordance with various regulatory agencies and enters patient and study information into the radiology information system, and documents billing codes of procedures performed to ensure accurate patient charges.
• Identifies equipment performance issues and ensures and/or performs equipment quality assurance tests and calibration procedures. Reports malfunctioning equipment to appropriate staff and evaluates new products and equipment.
• Performs various patient positioning and transporting duties, which require lifting and pushing/pulling, while utilizing proper technique.

• Registered Technologist (RT) registration issued by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) registration and certification issued by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) needs to be obtained within 6 months.

• Advanced training beyond High School that includes the completion of an accredited or approved program in Radiologic Technology.

• Typically requires 5 years of experience in Imaging as an MRI Technologist.

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