Medical Radiation Technologist - MRI

AP

Advanced Protein Technology Centre

Toronto, ON, Canada
Posted on Friday, May 19, 2023

Don’t miss a great opportunity to join our award-wining organization. SickKids has been voted one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for the 7th year in a row. We’ve been recognized as a top employer for young people, a top family friendly employer, and a top employer in the GTA. Newsweek Magazine also ranked SickKids as the top paediatric health-care centre in the world for 2022!

We are looking for a qualified MRT(MR) to join our team.

Here’s What You’ll Love:

  • Enhancing children’s health and changing the lives of children and their families every day
  • A focus on employee wellness with our new Staff Health and Well-being Strategy. Self-care helps us support others
  • A hospital that welcomes and focuses on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
  • The opportunity to make an impact. Regardless of your role or professional interest, you’ll be making a difference at SickKids and contributing to our vision of Healthier Children. A Better World.
  • A culture of safety for both the patient and staff
  • Being a part of the expert interprofessional care team driving hospital wide changes and beyond
  • Comprehensive health & dental benefits and a defined-benefit pension plan
  • An academic and learning environment, awards and bursaries, mentoring programs, and a focus on continuous improvement.

Here’s What You’ll Get To Do:

  • Produce quality medical images upon the request of a physician while ensuring the safety of patients, their family members and staff
  • Provide technical interpretations and preliminary technologist reports
  • Perform IV catheter insertion using sterile technique
  • Perform contrast administration
  • Use power injector
  • Correlate and convey the significance of patient symptoms, lab results and image findings to a radiologist
  • Deal with sedated and general anesthesia patients under the supervision of an anesthesiologist, anesthesia assistant and registered nurse
  • Perform post processing and analysis of image data
  • Provide troubleshooting expertise as required to ensure integrity of imaging/information systems and provide operational expertise to users
  • Maintain effective communication with patients, their families and hospital staff
  • Maintain accurate computer and image records including all required patient and exam information
  • Ensure patient confidentiality as per hospital guidelines
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge with hospital and departmental emergency procedures, infection control, and universal procedures
  • Participate as a team member to ensure smooth workflow within the department and between patient programs and services.
  • Responsible for the safe operation and maintenance of all equipment and reporting and documenting equipment failures.
  • Keep up to date with all equipment changes, protocols and policies by reviewing communication books.
  • Maintain quality control procedures following departmental standards.
  • Assist in orientation/training of new staff.
  • Participate actively in teaching student technologists and in providing student performance assessments.
  • Attend seminars/lectures to maintain professional knowledge and meet the required Quality Assurance requirements as dictated by CMRITO.

Here’s What You’ll Need:

  • Successful completion of an accredited program in Medical Radiation Technology, MRI (B.Sc. or diploma program)
  • Registration with the College of Medical Radiation Technologists of Ontario (CMRTO)
  • Membership with the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT)
  • Good technical skills and ability to work with minimal supervision in a team environment
  • Attention to detail is critical
  • Excellent problem solving, communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
  • Ability to work with children
  • Proficiency with computers

Employment Type: Full-time, Part-time, and Casual opportunities available