General Description

The ASRC MRI Facility seeks a motivated and talented research technician to serve as the Lead MRI Technologist. Primary duties involve promoting a safe environment for all and coordinating with other technologists, researchers, and the MRI scanner schedule to ensure all scheduled scans are accommodated.

Additional duties include:

RESEARCH COORDINATION

Coordinates between scheduling requests from users and MR tech staffing availability
Add visitors to security list
Request temporary parking for visitors as needed
Navigate participants to ASRC and MRI facilities.
Coordinates scheduling of service maintenance with vendors (e.g. Siemens for MRI)
Maintain up-to-date scheduling calendar (e.g. notification for when instrument down for repair, for PM, facility closure, or no technologist available)
Flag MRI safety contraindications prior to scans. Assist in safety verification (e.g. request subjects provide documentation from doctor/dentist regarding implants).

NEW USERS

Assist with onboarding
Schedule badge creation
Set up user accounts on stimulus, behavioral, and mock scanner computers
Add info to PI list spreadsheet
Create new Project and User accounts on Flywheel Database

PURCHASING

Recurrent purchases of consumables for regular operations
Submit RF payment requests (e.g. teleradiology)
Reconcile pcard purchases
Identify new items for purchase as needed

SCRUBS, SHEETS, AND BLANKETS

Maintain adequate inventory of scrubs, sheets, and blankets for subject use
Schedule laundry pick up and delivery
Restock as needed

PATIENT DATABASE

Backups to XHD and server
Update spreadsheet of backup data info
Periodic Deletion
User specific, custom data pushes

MRI SCANNER OPERATION

Checklist creation and completion for each study
Prepare ancillary equipment for scheduled experiments:
- button boxes
- physiological (BIOpak and Siemens) devices
- RF coils
Post scan
- Sterilize
- Vacuum
- Data backup
- Upload incidental findings to teleradiologist
QC
- Spherical phantom
- Siemens QA

EEG QC

Perform EEG QC routinely on 6 EEG head caps
Update QC log and post in behavioral room in sight of users

RECORD KEEPING

Safety screening form
Study checklists
Purchases
QC logs

Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

ARRT certification for MRI or equivalent.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

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