CT/MRI ScanTechnologist Assistant

                    

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Job Title

CT/MRI ScanTechnologist Assistant

                        

Location

Medina

                    

Facility

Medina Hospital

                     

Department

MRI-Medina Hospital

                      

Job Code

C1131E

                     

Shift

Weekend Days

                       

Schedule

7:00am-7:30pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. As a proud recipient of the Vizient, Inc.'s Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award, Medina Hospital is known for its excellence in delivering safe, patient-centered care that is timely, effective, efficient, and equitable. Medina Hospital has also been recognized for its commitment to creating a positive environment that empowers and engages staff by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Here, you can build a rewarding, lifelong career while receiving endless support and encouragement.  

As a CT/MRI Scan Technologist Assistant, you are involved in all aspects of the CT/MRI department operations, including department stocking, oral contrast preparation, exam data entry and more. In this role, you will promote a patient-driven philosophy, exhibiting positive behavior that supports and enhances their care experience. This position is an excellent entry into the healthcare field at Cleveland Clinic. 

A caregiver in this role works weekend days from 7:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Assure rooms are set up properly before beginning of procedure. 

• Clean rooms promptly post-procedure. 

• Assure patient modesty and comfort, assist patients with changing, answer call lights as appropriate and report any change in patient's condition or behavior. 

• Assure patients are discharged to appropriate destination. 

• Check proper identification of patient per policy and create patient identification bands. 

• Schedule scans and watch queues. 

• Verify physician exam order, look at needs of patients and initiate communication and inpatient flow. 

• Document patient history, conditions and any other pertinent information on requisition/history sheet and ensure all data is entered into the computer on day of exam, including nonprocedural changes, additional exams, and order revision. 

• Acquire, archive, transmit and print images via PACS, when applicable knowledge in after-hours transmission of images and appropriate paperwork immediately reporting any malfunctions to Help Desk and PACS Administrator. 

• Follow Radiation/MRI Safety Guidelines.  

• Operate all equipment properly and with care. 

• Maintain ethical and professional relationships with all customers, demonstrating cooperative efforts with coworkers and the ability to accept constructive criticism. 

• Assess the patient's readiness and need for learning, considering all aspects of diversity and inclusion. 

• Determine the best methodology to deliver education and receive verbal feedback or return demonstration to validate learning. 

• Provide verbal and/or written instructions for tests/procedures, diagnoses, and discharge when appropriate. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High School Diploma/GED 

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) 

• One year of experience in a healthcare related field OR current radiology student 

• Broad knowledge of medical terminology and anatomy  

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Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterit