The Community - Memphis, TN
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the State of Tennessee and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the fourth Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers. Memphis had a population of 653,450 in 2013, making it the largest city in the state of Tennessee, the largest city on the Mississippi River, the third largest in the greater Southeastern United States (Tennessee is in the Upper South). Memphis is the youngest of Tennessee's major cities, founded in 1819 by European Americans, and developed with the skilled work of their African-American slaves. A resident of Memphis is referred to as a Memphian, and the Memphis region is known, particularly to media outlets, as "Memphis & the Mid-South ".

Memphis abounds with deep roots, from the Old Growth Forest in Overton Park to the 4,500 acres in Shelby Farms Park. And then there are the deep roots that connect us to each other. Bound together by churches, by schools, by music, by spirit and by soul, we are friends, family, and neighbors. It's a city where the cost of living is low, and the quality of life can't be beat. Here are the crossroads; history is made not by worrying about what you don't have, but by taking care of business with what you do. Some cities never sleep, this one never rests. Last year, Memphis saw an award-winning Broadway show by the same name take the world by storm; it saw $1 billion in economic development; it saw the President of the United States inspired by a group of local high schoolers. And the world saw Memphis' grit and determination in the Academy Award-winning documentary, "Undefeated.” Welcome to your new HOME.

Memphis VAMC
The VAMC in Memphis, TN consists of one main campus located at 1030 Jefferson Avenue, which includes a 60-bed Spinal Cord Injury Unit, and nine community-based outpatient clinics (CBOC). It is a tertiary care facility classified as a Clinical Referral Level I Facility and one of the most complex medical centers in the VA system. It is a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology, as well as extensive education and research programs. Comprehensive primary, secondary, and tertiary health care is provided in areas of medicine, general cardiovascular and neurological surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, spinal cord injury, neurology, oncology, dentistry, and geriatrics. Specialized outpatient services are provided through general, specialty, and subspecialty outpatient clinics including a women's health center. Services are available to more than 206,000 Veterans living in a 53-county tri-state area (Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi).

RESPONSIBILITIES:
The MRI technologists care shall cover the range of mobile MRI services. Will operate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners to create diagnostic images.as would be provided in a state-of-the-art civilian medical treatment facility. The standard of care shall be of a quality, meeting or exceeding currently recognized national standards as established by the professional standards of the Joint Commission (TJC) and the American Hospital Association (AHA) Duties of the position include, but are not limited to:
Performs Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) of the head, neck, spine, chest and body with or without contrast materials.
Assist patients during MRI procedures. Positions their patients before starting the procedure and correct any discomforts that are being experienced during MRI. May be required to move disabled patients from wheelchairs onto examination table and position them for imaging.
Explain the radiologic procedure to their patients so as to alleviate fear and anxiety.
Answer questions and queries the patient wants to know regarding the procedure.
Technologists may use some restraints onto the patient to make sure that they are safe during the MRI procedure. MRI technologists are also responsible in monitoring for the patient's safety and shall be prepared in performing some emergency procedures when needed.
Choosing options for the software and adjust the MRI table and MRI machine basing on the particular images that needs to be carried out.
Operate MRI equipment for the purpose of capturing diagnostic images of a particular segment of the patient's body.
Shall review the result and input the reports on the computer.
Regularly check equipment to make certain that it is functional before any procedures.

Skills

REQUIREMENTS:
American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) Magnetic Resonance (MR) certification.
Two (2) years of experience
Must have understanding of advanced MRI applications, super conducting magnetics, the physics of superconducting magnetics, and how they related to the human anatomy in medical imaging.
BLS
Must have experience Siemens and G.E. scanners; Siemens SKYRA, AVANTO and AERA with software on E 11. Client 450 W and understanding with Client software.
Experience in advanced Neuro, MSK, and Body imaging. This will include; Neuro Cine, MRA/MRV, Body applications including MR Elastography MR Enterography and Fat Quantifications, MSK all extremities including MRA/MRV and Breast applications including Breast MRI with Biopsy.
current CMEs as required or requested by the PVAHCS. Contractor's technologist(s) registered or certified by national/medical associations shall continue to meet the minimum standards for CME to remain current
Ability to speak, understand, read and write English fluently

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