MRI Tech Assistant

Are you looking to get your foot in the door in the exciting field of medical imaging? Or maybe you’re a current Imaging student ready to gain hands-on experience and grow your career? Join our busy, dynamic MRI team at UPMC Shadyside as a Tech Assistant! You’ll support our MRI department in a collaborative, learning-focused environment where every day brings new opportunities to make a difference.

• Schedule: Monday - Thursday, 8:00 PM – 5:30 AM 
• Location: UPMC Shadyside – MRI Department
• Perks: Opportunities for career advancement within UPMC Imaging, predictable schedule, and a chance to make an impact every day!

What You’ll Do

In this role, you’ll support our technologists and imaging staff in providing exceptional patient care and high-quality MRI services. You’ll play an important role in creating a safe, comfortable, and efficient experience for every patient. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Greeting patients as they arrive, assisting with paperwork, and answering questions.
• Escorting patients to dressing areas and helping them prepare for their exams.
• Conducting MRI screenings to ensure safety before entering the scan room.
• Assisting with patient transfers and positioning under technologist direction.
• Establishing IV access and helping prepare oral contrast as instructed.
• Monitoring patients during exams and providing discharge instructions.
• Performing basic equipment checks, cleaning exam rooms, and transporting patients as needed.
• Supporting technologists with daily and weekly quality control (QC) testing.

• High school diploma or equivalent. 
• At least one-year of previous healthcare experience. 
• Medical terminology and recent medical/imaging office experience preferred. 
• IV insertion experience preferred. 
  
  Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
   
• CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Act 34

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

Job Details
Primary Location: USA-PA-Pittsburgh
Work Locations: Shadyside Hospital, 5230 Centre Avenue, 15232
Business Unit: UPMC Shadyside
Schedule: Regular, Full-Time
Shift: Night Job, M - TH 8:00pm - 5:30am
Travel: No
Union: No
Salary Range: 19.80, 30.40