Overview

St. Luke’s Health–Brazosport Hospital is located on a beautiful 25-acre campus in Lake Jackson Texas. Offering state-of-the-art diagnostic and comprehensive treatment services our hospital is home to a 154-bed patient tower level III trauma center advanced cardiac care center and full-service multidisciplinary cancer center. Our team consists of over 100 board-certified physicians and nearly 600 highly skilled employees to meet our patients’ medical needs. South Brazoria County’s premier healthcare system St. Luke’s Health–Brazosport Hospital is dedicated to providing quality care with compassion for the communities we serve.

Responsibilities

The MRI Tech 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.

Responsible for enforcing magnetic field safety for MRI patients, operators and visitors.

Monitors the patient’s condition before and after the scan to ensure patient safety and comfort

Explains testing procedures to the patient ensuring the 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.
Qualifications

Associate’s Degree preferredCertificate from accredited MRI program and Registered bythe American Registry of Radiologic Technologists ‐ ARRT (MR);

OR

Registered by the American Registry of RadiologicTechnologists ‐ ARRT (R)(MR); must maintain currentand certified by State of Texas ‐ MRTCPR/BLS certification