MRI Tech Aide - Full Time Days

Description

Welcome to Holy Name, a medical center where innovation is not just a goal — it's a commitment. Here, medical excellence thrives, allowing hope to reign supreme and leaving no room for fear. At our hospital, every patient is cared for with undivided attention — because healing every soul is our sole focus.

Holy Name is New Jersey's only independent Catholic health system, comprising a 361-bed acute care hospital, a renowned cancer center, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a residential hospice, a prestigious nursing school, and an extensive physician network. Healing at Holy Name goes beyond medicine and technology – it is infused with faith, conviction, compassion, and a commitment to educating the next generation of healthcare professionals through graduate medical education, a Pharmacy Residency Program, and our Institute for Simulation Learning. Our mission to provide care for the body, mind, and soul spans education, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and overall wellness. This is at the core of who we are and what we do, and we've done it this way across generations, every single day, for nearly 100 years. Every innovation, medical breakthrough, and groundbreaking treatment is powered by some of the best minds in medicine, ensuring nothing is left on the table or the road to recovery.


A Brief Overview

Assists Radiologists and technologists with patient care and maintenance of departmental inventory and equipment.


What you will do

• Greets patients in a courteous and respectful manner. Effectively communicates to patients with compassion and positive interpersonal skills.
• Administers oral contrast material to outpatients and walks them to patient changing area.
• Practices aseptic techniques. Washes hands before and after each patient contact. Strictly obeys isolation and infection control procedures.
• Demonstrates responsibility for knowing and adhering to departmental rules and regulations while performing in a professional manner.
• Demonstrates a willingness to help others and to ask for help when needed.
• Regularly assists technologists in utilization of PACS, RIS and HIS systems.
• Regularly assists and takes part in in-service programs for the staff.
• Reports any changes in patient’s condition or behavior to technical or nursing personnel.
• Always provides direction to families, visitors and patients in a courteous and positive manner.
• Maintains and respects confidentiality.
• Complies with Hospital dress codes by wearing ID badge and maintaining professional appearance.
• Demonstrates commitment to own work schedule by adhering to attendance standards.
• Assists and transports patients as needed to designated areas. Arranges for transportation to and from nursing units.
• Utilizes time in an effective manner.
• Adjusts personal schedule in case of fluctuations in workload of the department.
• Demonstrates ability to recognize priorities and deal with them promptly.
• Attends all staff meetings.
• Reports any suggestions or positive changes to supervisor.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Incorporates physiological and developmental age of patients into overall plan for delivery of care.
• Responsibilities may require an adjusted work schedule, overtime, and evening/weekend hours in order to meet the operational needs of the Department and/or the Hospital.
• Responsibilities will require the ability to read, write and rationally comprehend the English language.
• Must be able to work effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary team to ensure that quality service is provided to clients and physicians.
• Utilizing any or all Hospital provided equipment and/or safe work procedures; employee shall be required to lift all objects as is practicable.
• The employee must be able to perform the physical requirements of this job, including but not limited to, standing, walking, reaching with arms and hands, climbing, balancing. Must be able to stoop, kneel and/or crouch.

Education Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent Required

Experience Qualifications

• less than 1 year Prior Radiology experience Preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of anatomical orientation and universal precautions (Medium proficiency)

Licenses and Certifications

• BCLS - Basic Life Support American Heart Association Basic Life Support Certification Upon Hire Required

Holy Name is a mission-driven facility whose quality standards and philosophy are rooted in the principles of its founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. Those principles are exercised daily by the Medical Center's dedicated and talented team of physicians, nurses, allied health employees, and a wide variety of non-clinical administrative and operational staff members. Holy Name is an Equal Opportunity Employer.