Carson Valley Health

General

• At the clinical direction of a Radiologist and the administrative direction of the Imaging Services Manager, perform MRI procedures with minimum supervision.
• Maintain equipment and supplies.
• Obtain consent for contrast injection and allergy history from patients as necessary.
• Review all pertinent information with patient.
• Perform MRI procedures.
• Review medical record for patient history and pertinent information.
• Review requisition with physician.
• Transfer patient to exam room; explain procedure and position according to protocol.
• Administer contrast material, according to physician's request.
• Recognize and respond to hypersensitivity or allergic reaction.
• Select proper technique/protocol to obtain optimal data.
• Perform scan.
• Review exam data for overall quality and perform all post processing, Film, archive and send images to remote locations utilizing hospital network.
• Be able to recognize and alert Radiologist to unexpected findings.
• Perform daily calibration and QA checks on equipment.
• Clean and perform minor maintenance procedures.
• Notify service and I.S. Mgr. of system problems.
• Maintain injectors and monitors.
• Order and maintain supplies.
• Instruct all hospital staff on safety around high field-strength magnet.

MRI Tech