Job Title: MRI Technologist
PVN ID: RC-1911-003374
Category: Research
Location: CUNY-ADVANCED SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER

Job Description

General Description

The Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the City University of New York (CUNY) is a 200,000 square-foot facility in upper Manhattan designed to promote collaboration among scientists in five areas of global research and innovation: nanoscience, photonics, structural biology, neuroscience, and environmental sciences.

The ASRC seeks a part-time MRI Technologist whose main responsibility will be evening and weekend neuroimaging of pediatric populations.

Specific major duties and responsibilities include:

  • Operate Siemens Prisma 3T MR system dedicated to research.
  • Maintain an MRI safe environment for co-workers, research subjects, and personnel at all times. Screen all people who access MRI area.
  • Select and operate equipment as directed.
  • Report any equipment malfunctions, necessary adjustments, or repairs.
  • Restore/provide access to data for ASRC researchers and collaborators.
  • Maintain daily logs of research examinations.
  • Assists in coordinating MRI scanner schedule
  • Comply with policies and procedures protecting research subjects’ rights for informed consent and the handling of confidential information as defined by the ASRC MRI Facility’s rules and regulations.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Other Duties

Opportunity to learn neuroimaging research techniques is possible, including:

-EEG, tDCS, TMS, eye-tracking, etc.

Qualifications

A preferred candidate should have:

-ARRT certification

-Experience in imaging children and general work experience involving children

-Knowledge of NMR physics

-Computer experience with Windows OS and Microsoft Office.

-Familiarity with Siemens MRI operating console

-Excellent interpersonal skills

-Ability to work independently and as part of a team

 

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

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.

Key Features

Department
Neuroscience MRI Facility
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$44.66-$50.00
Hour(s) a week
9.00-19.00
Closing Date
Jan 04, 2020 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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