Job Overview:
The MRT Clinical Student Extern will be working as part of an interdisciplinary team in the capacity of an unregulated health care provider. The clinical student extern practices under direct and/or indirect supervision of the regulated health care professionals (MRT, DMS or RN) assigned to them, and externs are not permitted to perform any controlled acts.
What you’ll do:
- Reports patient observations to appropriate member of the care team (Ex. comfort or safety factors)
- Equipment – Assist staff with equipment quality control tests, sanitization of equipment and linen management
- Liaises with appropriate members of the care team to identify patient care needs
- Administer screening forms (contrast etc) under supervision of regulated staff member
- Assist with the departmental duties such as answer calls, restock supplies, running supplies and booking patients to medical imaging
- Facilitate patient navigation of changing rooms, belongings, gowns etc
- Other duties as assigned to support the care team
- Work in collaboration with regulated and unregulated health care professionals in their assigned clinical area
- Assist with patient positioning & repositioning (ex. Stretcher, imaging bed, wheelchair) including reporting patients
What you’ll have:
- Minimum availability of 1 shift per week (preference for 2-3)
- Students must be in the final (clinical) year Radiological Technology (Y3), Nuclear Medicine (Y3) in the Medical Radiation Sciences Program between the Michener Institute of Education at UHN and the University of Toronto OR in Ultrasound (Y2) at the Michener Institute of Education at UHN.
- Vaccines (COVID-19 and others) are a requirement of the job unless you have an exemption on a medical ground pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code
- Day, evening, nights, weekend shifts available. Flexible availability is preferred.