About This Role
Working as a Senior Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist, this position at Eisenhower Army Medical Center involves advanced, complex research and evaluation of new imaging methods and techniques using MRI principles. The role performs routine, emergent, and specialized procedures independently, with responsibility for protocols, patient care, and magnet safety.
Responsibilities
- Perform routine, emergent, and specialized procedures independently with responsibility for protocols, patient care, and magnet safety
- Receive and review requests from physicians and other healthcare providers for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) examinations of patients
- Determine the conditions at issue and the procedures and equipment necessary to best meet the needs of the individual case
- Receive and position patients for examination
- Explain procedures and actions to allay fears and secure maximum cooperation of patients, family members, and non-MRI staff
- Retrieve lab results and calculate glomerular filtration rate to ensure patients meet the criteria for gadolinium based contrast use
- Notify Radiologist if further consent must be obtained for patients with renal failure
- Conduct research on implants and devices to ensure safety of patients undergoing MRI procedures
- Select, design or customize, adjust and operate MRI equipment in the Military Treatment Facility (MTF) Military Health System
- Conduct examinations, adjusting technique and equipment to best present medically significant aspects if unanticipated conditions or anomalies are discovered
- Extend and modify procedures to ensure full and accurate information as to findings and patient condition
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation
- A Personnel Security Investigation is required
- This position is subject to a background investigation to determine your suitability for Federal employment
- Obtain and maintain a Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from, or in accordance with, the American Heart Association and American Red Cross
- All applicants tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment
- This position is subject to a pre-employment screening and random drug testing, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident
- Radiology Certification: Successfully completed an educational program that meets or exceeds the standards described in 42 CFR Part 75, accredited by an organization recognized by the Department of Education, and be certified as radiographers in their field
