MRI Technologist
Saint Louis, Missouri
Barnes-Jewish Hospital

MRI Tech

• Specialty: Radiology / Cardiology
• Location: Saint Louis, Missouri
• Employment Type: Travel/Contract
• Contract Length: 16 weeks
• Facility Type: Short-term acute care, teaching hospital, Level 1 Trauma center, 1,259 staffed beds

Schedule and Hours

• 4x10 evening shifts (mids), 12:00 to 22:30
• 10 hours per day, 40 guaranteed hours per week
• Rotating day off during the week
• One Saturday per month and one holiday per rotation, if needed
• No call

Required Qualifications

• MRI Technologist with 1 year of experience, including experience within the last year
• BLS
• ARRT (MR) or ARMRIT
• Experience with Siemens imaging equipment

Equipment

• Siemens scanners: Espree, Trio, Aera, Skyra, Sola, Vida (multiples of each)

Floating, Eligibility, and Policies

• Will float within scope to meet facility needs
• Does not float to sister facilities
• Does not accept local candidates; home address must be at least 50 miles from the facility
• RTO restriction: no more than 7 days

Compliance and Documentation

• Government-issued ID required
• Criminal background check within 6 months of start (7-year search, including statewide, state highway patrol, sex offender, and international searches if applicable)
• EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks, run quarterly
• Missouri EDL search for all Missouri placements, run for each assignment and renewed quarterly
• Missouri Highway Patrol check, renewed annually
• Education verification of highest nursing-related education
• Two professional references (supervisors within the last year preferred)
• Employment application
• Regulatory compliance education, with a score of 80% or higher, updated annually
• Signed HIPAA acknowledgement, latex allergy questionnaire, confidentiality form, hand hygiene policy, fingernail policy, and dress code policy, completed before start
• SSN and DOB confirmation
• Photo for badge, taken within 6 months of start
• Parking passes available at additional cost; monthly passes can be arranged. Wear scrubs for orientation.

Health Requirements

• Physical exam within 1 year of start
• Drug screen within 1 year of start that does not expire during the assignment, covering amphetamines/methamphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methadone, opiates/morphine, oxycodone/oxymorphone, and PCP
• TB: two negative PPDs (first within 1 year, second within 30 days of start), or a T-Spot or Q-Gold within 1 year of start; yearly TB questionnaire
• Measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella immunity: positive titer, two vaccines, or MD statement of immunity; negative or equivocal titers require boosters or a signed declination
• Tdap vaccine or declination, renewed every 10 years
• Annual N95 fit test (acceptable models: 3M VFlex 1804 and 3M 1860)
• Flu vaccine or medical/religious exemption required during flu season (10/01 to 03/31)
• Hepatitis B declination completed via DocuSign (vaccine not required)