Job Description

MRI Technologist

JOB-10044619

Anticipated Start Date

July 28, 2025

Location

Elmhurst, NY

Type of Employment

Contract Hire

Employer Info

Our client provides top-ranked care, dozens of inpatient and outpatient specialties, and mental health services with a team of highly trained and caring medical professionals who are compassionate, culturally competent and patient centered. Their vision is to be a fully integrated health system that enables New Yorkers to live their healthiest lives. Many of their roles are temp-to-hire, giving our client and our candidates the opportunity to ensure they are the right fit for a full-time position, as this comes with career advancement opportunities and excellent benefits. In fact, over 30% of our candidates have converted to full time positions at our client.

Job Summary

We are looking for individual to join our client’s team as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technologist. 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 Description

• Interviews patient prior to MRI procedure for MRI safety prior to performance of the procedure.
• Ensure 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 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.

Skills Required

• At least 1 year MRI experience, Relevant Equipment.
• Must have level 1 trauma CTR experience
• Knowledge and experience with GE and Philips equipment

Education/Training/Certifications

• Associate's degree from a Radiologic Technology program required
• Valid license as a Radiologic Technologist issued by NYSDOH.
• Current Certification and registration from American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) or the American Registry of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists (ARMRIT)
• Preferred: Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA).

Additional Requirements

• Malpractice Insurance - All Credentialed Providers are required to have active individual Medical Malpractice.
• Shift Time: 1p-9p on weekdays and 4p-12m on weekends with alternating weekends 

  Pay Rate

• $61. 00 per hour

“We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law”.

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