MRI Research Technologist Adv

UPMC, a leading healthcare provider dedicated to research and innovation in Pittsburgh, PA, is seeking an advanced MRI Research Technologist. This role is crucial for supporting imaging studies within a dynamic research environment. The technologist will perform MR procedures, ensure stringent safety protocols, and maintain exceptional image quality. Collaboration with principal investigators and other research staff is a key aspect of this position.

Responsibilities include:

• Decision Making and Self-Development: Applying sound judgment, making situation-based decisions, engaging in self-development activities, and presenting research findings.
• Quality and Process Improvement: Actively participating in patient safety and departmental quality improvement programs, continuously seeking process enhancements, performing job functions thoroughly and accurately, demonstrating commitment to service improvement, ensuring patient safety through rigorous identification and site marking, and seeking increased responsibilities.
• Workload Management and Interpersonal Interactions: Exhibiting flexibility, prioritizing and organizing multiple duties in a changing environment, accepting and supporting change, adhering to department attendance guidelines, managing competency demands, fostering teamwork and positive team dynamics, displaying objectivity and openness to feedback, contributing to a positive team spirit by assisting colleagues, prioritizing team success, demonstrating strong interpersonal skills, tact, consideration, tolerance for differences, and maintaining a positive outlook and pleasant demeanor in cooperation with the healthcare team.
• Performing MR Exams: Executing MR exams according to protocol guidelines, adapting to workload fluctuations, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of all scan equipment (coils, upgrades, etc.), performing non-technical duties, conducting image post-processing, networking, and archiving, performing patient assessments, administering MR contrast via venipuncture as ordered, maintaining working knowledge of scanning equipment, performing minor equipment calibrations, and reporting needs for major services or repairs. Operating and maintaining monitoring equipment is also a key function.
• Patient Interaction and Recordkeeping: Welcoming patients, verifying identification and orders, explaining procedures, addressing patient concerns, positioning patients, selecting appropriate factors, adhering to established protocols for high-quality MR scans, and completing requisition and charge vouchers.
• Communication: Fostering a caring and supportive atmosphere for patients, visitors, medical staff, and coworkers, managing difficult customer situations effectively, and communicating clearly and concisely with the entire healthcare team both verbally and in writing, demonstrating excellent listening skills.