MRI Technologist
Charlotte, North Carolina
Carolinas ContinueCARE Hospital at Pineville

MRI Tech

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina Specialty: Radiology / Cardiology Employment Type: Travel/Contract Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Night (4x10 hours), 20:30 to 07:00 Hours: 10 per day, 40 per week Parking: Free

Facility and Unit

• 130 licensed beds
• Stroke Center
• Not trauma designated
• Not a teaching hospital
• Traveler's permanent address must be 50 miles outside the home unit (radius rule)
• Scrub color: Black

Patient Population and Common Diagnoses

• Ages 5 to geriatric; pediatric exams done during the day; may see an infant from the NICU with a suspected brain bleed (rare)
• Stroke, internal auditory canal (IAC), pituitary, feet, abdomen, brain, total spine, defecography, urograms, enterography
• Device studies on Wednesdays during the day; Medtronic device studies 24 hours

Required Qualifications

• MRI Technologist experience (1 year)
• MRI Technologist experience within the last year
• BLS issued by American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or United States Department of Defense
• ARRT (MR)
• Experience in an Acute Care or Outpatient setting
• Experience with IV contrast injection
• Experience handling critical/ventilated patients
• Experience placing patients on MR telemetry

Skills and Competencies

• Experience with the patient types listed above
• Setting up suction and operating O2
• Understanding MRI safety and what can and cannot enter the bore with a patient
• Handling critical and vented patients (ICU RN and RT accompany the patient)
• Placing patients on MR tele monitor
• Administering contrast
• IV skills required for day shift positions
• Soft skills: critical thinking, comfort caring for confused patients, punctuality

Shift Structure

• Night positions work as a solo MRI tech with an MRI assistant
• Night orientation: 1 week of days and 1 week of nights of unit orientation
• Day orientation: up to 3 weeks of unit orientation
• Floating: No

Department Support

• Transporter until 2300
• MRI assistant for days and nights
• Lead MRI tech during the day, available by phone at night if needed
• Manager available during day shift hours
• Scheduler handles day shift outpatients
• Radiologist reads offsite 24/7
• RT, hospitalist, and rapid response/code team available 24/7

Technology and Equipment

• EMR experience (EPIC) preferred
• Medirad MRI IV pump
• ViewPACS
• Unit equipment: GE Cigna Artist 1.5 and MR 400 tele monitor

Scheduling

• Weekend rotation depends on requisition
• On call: 1 weekend per month, Friday night to Monday morning, 1-hour response time (not required for night requisitions)
• Every other holiday
• Time off requests: up to 7 days approved
• Set schedule cycle

Onboarding and Compliance Requirements

• Government-issued photo ID, carried during all hours of service
• E-Verify proof or attestation
• 7-year criminal background check within a year of start, updated annually, covering all locations lived or worked in the past 7 years (includes SS trace, county, nationwide, sex offender, and FACIS level 3 checks)
• EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks within 30 days of start, updated with each renewal or extension
• Initial physical exam, updated annually
• Negative TB test (PPD, Quantiferon Gold, or T-spot) within 1 year of start, updated annually; past positives require a clear chest X-ray within a year and an annual TB questionnaire
• Immunity to rubeola, mumps, rubella, and varicella (titer or 2 vaccines each); hepatitis B (titer, vaccine series, or declination)
• 9-panel drug screen within the last 12 months (instant screen acceptable; not required annually)
• Seasonal flu vaccine during season, or documentation of declination
• Competency exam (passing score required, meeting the Angoff score if not completed through the external platform)
• Orientation safety manual acknowledgement and HIPAA compliance
• Skills checklist, updated annually
• 2 clinical references (hospital evaluation also accepted)
• Complete application and resume
• Performance evaluation if the candidate has worked with the agency for over 1 year
• Internal evaluation if the candidate has worked with the agency for over 2 years