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Company Description
At Northwestern Medicine, every patient interaction makes a difference in cultivating a positive workplace. This patient-first approach is what sets us apart as a leader in the healthcare industry. As an integral part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to join our quest for better health care, no matter where you work within the Northwestern Medicine system. We pride ourselves on providing competitive benefits: from tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to 401(k) matching and lifecycle benefits, our goal is to take care of our employees. Ready to join our quest for better?
Job Description
Northwestern Medicine is committed to providing our communities the highest quality health care through exceptional access to state-of-the-art clinical services with compassionate and personal care. Coordinates, monitors, and assists in the daily function of the MRI department.
Responsibilities:
- Assists with the selection of new team members
- Conducts orientation and training of new and existing staff
- Monitors the orientation of staff and identifies further instructional needs
- Schedules staff for adequate coverage to meet the needs of the department; maintains attendance records
- Prioritizes, assigns and reviews work; provides feedback to manager regarding staff performance
- Assists the manager and director in establishing and evaluating performance expectations for staff
- Serves as a resource to staff
- Ensures staffing levels which meet department guidelines; ensures optimal department coverage and minimal overtime
- Monitors utilization of supplies and equipment for optimal efficiency and cost containment; orders and maintains supplies used in the department
- Coordinates equipment maintenance and repairs; assists with recommendations regarding the acquisition of new equipment
- Enforces policies and procedures; assists in updating and developing procedure manuals and protocols for MRI
- Coordinates patient flow through department; resolves scheduling issues
- Monitors and maintains the quality of films and services produced in MRI
- Monitors charges and tracks financial performance in MRI
- Screens patients and administers IV contrast in accordance with department policies and procedures, patient history indicators, exam protocols and physician orders and follows through with post exam instructions
- Positions patient on examining table and places coil close to area of interest, follows exam protocols, reviews physician's orders and consults with radiologist on questionable orders/protocols
- Communicates with patient before procedure to obtain history, explain risks and what can be expected; communicates during procedure to monitor safety and comfort during procedure
- Performs MRI scan sequences and adjusts parameters and slice positioning appropriate to the exam and patient anatomy
- Views images of area being scanned on monitor to ensure quality of images
- Alerts patients and staff of danger of wearing or carrying metal near the magnet
- Ensures that patient (staff/visitor), completes the MRI screening form
- Review written form, discusses verbally with patient for contraindications and signs form
- Investigates and clears as safe any potential ferromagnetic foreign objects/implants before exposing the patient to the magnetic field
- Reviews and protocols orders for scheduled patients, obtains corrected orders as needed, lab orders and results
- Coordinates schedule, prioritizes urgent exams and obtains wet reads
- Maintains and cleans work area and equipment; replenishes supplies as needed
- Adheres to MRI safety guidelines, policies and procedures
- Controls and evaluates for safe entry of all persons, objects, supplies and equipment into the MRI environment
- Performs and monitors MRI equipment QA and maintains required logs
- Performs clerical tasks such as receiving orders, scheduling patients, and recordkeeping
- Ensures all exams are ordered correctly in HIS/RIS and charged and tracked accurately
- Initiates service calls for equipment problems
- This role may support additional projects, perform administrative tasks, and other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Required:
- ARRT
- 2 to 3 years of undergraduate education or equivalent. Must demonstrate thorough working knowledge of the practices in a specialized field. More than three up to five years of related work experience required, demonstrating a broad knowledge of the job responsibilities and methods.
Preferred:
- N/A
Additional Information
Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.
Background Check
Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check. Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act.
Artificial Intelligence Disclosure
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events.
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Please refer to the Benefits Eligibility by Employment Classification to determine benefits eligibility for job postings.
If sign-on bonus is included in a job posting eligibility is as followed: Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign-on bonus. Exception: New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position as a Registered Nurse at NM may be eligible.
