To give the very highest standard of care to the cohort of patients for which you have been made responsible and to be able to carry out all tasks involved in ensuring that any patient in your care is successfully examined and well cared for.
To act as the patient’s advocate, ensuring that their needs and dignity are respected and that other healthcare staff exercise equal respect for patients’ rights whether a procedure is being carried out in the department or any remote location.
To ensure the MRI safety of all patients and personnel within the MRI department.
Position patients accurately for each examination, adapting techniques in accordance with the patient’s needs.
To liaise with referral sources where clarification is required for justification of examinations.
To act as a point of advice for imaging referrers, such as Doctors, Nurses & Nurse Practitioners.
To assess specific communication needs of individual patients, with particular sensitivity to anxieties regarding the claustrophobic nature of MRI scanning, and the potential outcome of the examination. Use negotiation and skills of persuasion to gain the consent and cooperation of anxious patients to undergo examination and to be able to counsel patients e.g. very young or claustrophobic patients.
To communicate effectively and empathetically with patients prior to, during and after an examination.
To communicate effectively and empathetically with relatives of patients.
To ensure that urgent findings are communicated (in accordance with departmental protocols) and patients are directed accordingly.
To ensure all appropriate infection control measures are utilised where necessary. Paying particular attention to personal protection as well as the management of equipment.
To participate in the safe transfer of patients and equipment within the Department and Hospital respectively, using manual handling guidelines and risk assessment.
To be able to lift and position the MRI coils accurately for each examination and be able to wear radiation protective clothing for interventional CT procedures.
Safely administer contrast media and other drugs in accordance with
protocols as required. This involves ascertaining the patient's’ suitability for IV drugs and taking joint responsibility for the potential complications under the indirect supervision of radiologists.
