MRI Technologist (7/17/2025)
Company: Baylor St Luke's Medical Center
Location: Houston
Posted on: July 17, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Description Responsibilities Position Summary Uses machines
that utilize strong magnets and radio waves, instead of radiation
to create body images; is trained as a radiology technologist who
Works in the imaging department, and has specific training to
perform complex diagnostic and therapeutic technical procedures in
the MRI department. Position Responsibilities: - Responsible in
enforcing magnetic field safety for MRI patients, operator and
visitors. - Monitors the patient’s condition before and after the
scan to ensure patient safety and comfort. - Explains testing
procedures to patient ensuring patient understands what the
involvement of the exam. - Positions and instructs the patient
about the preparation for the MRI test. - Knowledge of
cross-sectional anatomy of the head, thorax and abdomen,
physiology, and MRI terminology, practices and procedures. - Be
familiar with specific MRI coding systems. - Maintain patient
confidentiality in compliance with HIPAA guidelines. - Prepares
equipment ensuring that equipment is operational, safe and
functioning according to diagnostic standards. - Problem solves
equipment failure and imaging quality and contacts service
representative and CES regarding equipment problems. - Completes
all quality checks and Ensures that equipment logs are maintained.
- Completes all clinical supply inventory, ensuring that each
diagnostic room is complete with the necessary supplies required to
perform the procedures. - Actively Participates with patient exams,
performing routine, urgent, and emergent patient requests. -
Assists with patients with basic clinical care. - Assists with
patient scheduling when required. - Ensures that patient
orientation, patient preparation/history and patient teaching is
provided prior, during and following exam completion. - Reviews the
physician orders to verify the types of diagnostic exam requested
and that the indication for the procedure is consistent. - Selects
the specific equipment settings for the prescribed exam and
modifies the settings to ensure optimal image quality is obtained.
- Completes the diagnostic exam according to specific departmental
procedural protocols. Each exam has specific defined protocols. -
Obtains assistance with any procedure which are not completed, or
if there are any patient care issues. - Completes patient visit by
ensuring that the exam is complete, the documentation has been
processed including patient charges and the patient has been
discharged safely. - Completes image processing, PACS QA, including
the documentation of logs, demographic and diagnostic information
required for departmental, hospital and patient record
documentation. - Completes all image post-processing.
Qualifications Minimum Requirements: Education and Licensure: -
High School Diploma (required) - Associate’s Degree in Healthcare
field or Imaging Studies (preferred) - Registered by the American
Registry of Radiologic Technologists – ARRT (R) at time of hire,
then maintain as current (required) - ARMRIT (American Registry of
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists) certification or American
Registry of Radiologic Technologists – ARRT (MR) at time of hire or
within 9 months of hire/transfer, then maintain as current
(required) - Certified by the state of Texas – MRT within 9 months
of hire/transfer (required) - BLS certification issued by the
American Heart Association (required) Minimum Experience: -
Previous MRI experience preferred MRITech Overview POSITION
ELIGIBLE FOR $10K SIGN-ON BONUS.* *Terms and conditions apply
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an 881-bed quaternary care
academic medical center that is a joint venture between Baylor
College of Medicine and St. Luke’s Health. Located in the Texas
Medical Center, the hospital is the home of the Texas Heart®
Institute, a cardiovascular research and education institution
founded in 1962 by Denton A. Cooley, MD. The hospital was the first
facility in Texas and the Southwest designated a Magnet® hospital
for Nursing Excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center,
receiving the award five consecutive times. Baylor St. Luke’s also
has three community emergency centers offering adult and pediatric
care for the Greater Houston area. St. Luke’s Health, now part of
CommonSpirit Health formed by the alignment of Catholic Health
Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health, has been serving our
community since 1954. Operating 137 hospitals and more than 1,000
care sites across 21 states, making our services accessible to
nearly 1 in 4 U.S. residents. We proudly provide a vast array of
services that help us keep our community safe and healthy. Pay
Range $32.08 - $46.51 /hour
Keywords: Baylor St Luke's Medical Center, Sugar Land , MRI Technologist (7/17/2025), Healthcare , Houston, Texas
