PCT - MRI SERVICES

Job Description

General Purpose of Job:

Performs all assignments delegated by MRI Team Advisor or designee. Accountable for all patient care he/she provides in the MRI department.

Essential Duties:

• Mix and deliver oral contrast media.
• Prepare power injector for IV contrast.
• Obtain access to a vein using similar techniques to phlebotomy.
• Monitor injection site for extravasation.
• Patient set-up on scanner table.
• Access and document lab values.
• Prepare patients for MRI procedures by obtaining necessary patient history and safety information.
• Educate patients with pre and post procedure information.
• Provide comfort measures, hospitality and emotional support.
• Transport patients between departments.
• Assist in transferring patients from stretchers and wheel chairs to scan table.
• Prepare MRI equipment for sedation cases.
• Handle incoming phone calls.
• Contact nursing units regarding exam times and preps.
• Responsible for supply stocking and distribution of supplies to each scan room.
• Complete all computer functions required for maintenance of departmental records.

Job Requirements