This position is a 6 month contract with a Children's Hospital in the North Austin / Cedar Park area.

Schedule: 7:30a-4:00p, also will take call for the whole week every 3rd week - 5 days a week - 40 hour work week.

Also available: 9:30a-6p, also will take call for the whole week every 3rd week

Pay: $70.50/hour

Duties:

• Checks room daily for adequate stock necessary to facilitate continuous exam flow. Maintains appropriate inventory as
indicated by posted par levels and updates supply lists when items are needed.
• Confirms patient identity with approved identifiers.
• Demonstrating age appropriate care with all patients, appropriately prepares patients for procedures.
• Verifies patient’s pregnancy and informed consent statuses.
• Assesses factors that may contraindicate the procedure; such as, medication contraindications, patient risk for reaction to
medications, patient history, laboratory results, insufficient patient preparation or artifacts.
• Based on order, determines type and dose of contrast agent to be administered based on patient’s age, weight and
medical/physical status.
• Anticipates and responds to patients needs throughout the entire encounter.
• Ensures all non-MRI personnel are screened prior to entry into Zones III & IV.

Skills:

• Broad knowledge of MRI physics and procedures; understanding of MRI principles that are developmentally appropriate for ages 0 – adulthood.
• Operation of all required equipment including troubleshooting when necessary of the equipment, including automated
processors, copying/digitizing film equipment, R.I.S., and PACS.
• Basic life support and medical terminology understanding is required.
• Successful demonstration of the professional fundamental competencies.
• Must be articulate, courteous and supportive in dealing with patients, parents, nursing, faculty, administrative and
departmental personnel so that excellent customer service and positive guest relations are achieved.
• Must honor confidentiality.
• Must independently scan patients by following the established protocols.
• Must demonstrate excellent verbal and written skills.
• Must utilize basic office equipment; such as fax.
• Preferable if able to demonstrate bilingual skills.

Preferred pediatric experience, well-versed in MRI safety, Able to work as a team and help coordinate patient flow through communication with other staff members.

7:30a-4p, also will take call for the whole week every 3rd week

Education:

Required- Graduate of a formal diagnostic Radiology program
Required- MR-ARRT - ARRT RegTech Mag Reson Imaging American Registry of Radiologic Technologists AND
Required- R-ARRT - ARRT RegTech Radiography American Registry of Radiology Technologists AND
Required- CMRT - Cert Med Radiologic Techngst Texas Medical Board.
Require- 3 years MR experience