Imaging Specialist IV, MRI

Job Description

Join Hilo Benioff Medical Center and be part of a team that proudly cares for our friends, family, and neighbors across East Hawaii. 

Job Description

As an Imaging Specialist IV in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), where you'll provide advanced magnetic resonance imaging services that support exceptional patient care across the East Hawaii Region. In this role, you'll independently perform complex MRI examinations, ensure patient safety, maintain quality standards, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary healthcare team while helping advance imaging services through quality improvement and cross-training initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform advanced MRI examinations using established protocols while ensuring patient safety, image quality, and compliance with physician orders and departmental standards.
• Screen patients for MRI safety, administer contrast media as ordered, monitor for adverse reactions, and provide compassionate care to patients across all age groups.
• Review imaging orders and patient history, accurately document procedures in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and PACS, and ensure timely image transfer for interpretation.
• Maintain MRI equipment, perform quality assurance activities, troubleshoot equipment issues, monitor inventory, and support a safe, efficient imaging environment.
• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate patient care and optimize workflow throughout the Imaging Department.
• Cross-train and provide support in other imaging modalities, maintain required competencies, and participate in department quality improvement, accreditation, and continuing education activities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from a program recognized by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT). Relevant professional experience may substitute for education on a year-for-year basis.
• One and one-half (1½) years of progressively responsible imaging technologist experience.
• One (1) year of specialized Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) experience performing diagnostic MRI procedures independently.
• Current ARRT (MR) certification or American Registry of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists (ARMRIT) certification.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required within six (6) months of employment.
• Current State of Hawaii radiologic imaging license is highly desirable.

Desired Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of MRI safety standards, imaging protocols, anatomy, physiology, and cross-sectional imaging techniques.
• Experience administering MRI contrast media and monitoring patients during imaging procedures.
• Excellent critical thinking, communication, and patient care skills with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced clinical environment.
• Commitment to quality improvement, patient safety, teamwork, and continuous professional development.

Company Description

As the Big Island’s leading providers of inpatient and outpatient care, the East Hawaii Region of Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation (HHSC), consisting of Hilo Benioff Medical Center, Honoka'a Hospital, Ka′u Hospital, Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home, East Hawaii Medical Group and East Hawaii Health Pharmacy, delivers a full range of services and programs. Our three hospitals include 290 beds and more than 1,900 employees. Our medical staff is comprised of 250 physicians, physician assistants and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, representing 33 specialties. East Hawaii Health is our network of clinics offering primary and specialty care. Hilo Benioff Medical Center functions as a Level III Trauma Center, which includes the second busiest emergency room in the state, providing 24-hour care and serving more than 50,000 patients annually. Honoka'a Hospital and Ka′u Hospital are designated as Critical Access Hospitals. To learn more about the East Hawaii Region, please watch our Video Yearbook or visit www.hbmc.org, www.honokaahospital.org or www.kauhospital.org.

Benefits

• 13 paid holidays each year (104 hours); 14 (112 hours) during election years*
• 21 paid vacation days (168 hours) per year*
• 21 paid sick days (168 hours) per year*
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• Participation in the State of Hawaii’s retirement system
• Potential eligibility for various student loan repayment & scholarship programs

* Rates listed for paid holidays, vacation and sick days are for 1.0 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) positions assigned to 8 hour shifts. Accruals for these benefits are otherwise prorated based on FTE.

Pre-Employment Health Requirements

Offers of employment will be contingent on successfully passing a pre-employment examination, which includes a drug screen and other regulatory medical requirements such as, but not limited to, a tuberculosis (TB) screen.  The cost for drug screening and blood draw for QuantiFERON and Titers, shall be borne by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

Pre-Employment Assessments for External Candidates

As part of the recruiting process for this position, external applicants (job applicants NOTemployed by HHSC’s East Hawaii Region) are required to complete pre-employment assessments shortly after application submission. If you are not an employee of the East Hawaii Region of HHSC, you will receive an email containing assessment instructions. We ask that you complete the assessments within two days of receipt of the request. 

Equal Opportunity Employer

The East Hawaii Region of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation is a drug free workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Shift Details

Must be available to work shifts, weekends and holidays as necessary based on hospital operations. Services are provided 24/7.