Position Overview
Job Description Operates Magnetic Resonance Imaging equipment. Prepares patient for exam, ensures enough information has been obtained for the physician to make a diagnosis, assists in the management of patient flow and presents images mounted for physician diagnosis.
Responsibilities: - Prepares patient for examination
- Explains procedure in layman terms to relieve patient of anxiety
- Sets-up equipment to administer the proper procedure in a timely fashion
- Ensures patient is screened according to protocol, and assures consent for the procedure has been obtained, when necessary
- Performs MRI procedures to include: abdominal, thoracic, neurological exams, and extremities
- Places patient on the exam table and positions within the gantry
- Keys in patient history data and other pertinent information obtained from a requisition completed by the referring physician who includes anat...