Grade 2 Radiographer - MRI Training position

Alfred Health

Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services.

• Ongoing Position - unique opportunity for MRI training within a large tertiary hospital radiology department that provides an extensive MRI service
• Potential to work exclusively in MRI or to train in MRI and then rotate between other areas.
• Full Time - 80 hours per fortnight
• Grade 2 Classification
• Radiographer Alfred Health / Alfred Radiology
• Great staff benefits

The Department

Alfred Hospital's Radiology Department is one of Melbourne’s leading tertiary teaching and trauma hospitals. Alfred Radiology Department values education and professional development and utilises modern technologies across all modalities to imaging challenging patients.

The Role

This is a unique opportunity for a radiographer looking to expand their skill and knowledge base. This position will provide a qualified radiographer with extensive training in all aspects of the MRI service at the Alfred.    Your role will be to provide the best possible radiographic examination ensuring patient comfort, welfare and safety in accordance with established radiographic practice, ethics and code of conduct. Once trained this role provides the successful candidate with the opportunity to rotate through all aspects of the department's MRI service to allow the broadest range of experience. This will include supporting our inpatient, outpatient and research services and will enable skill development in advanced neurological and cardiac MRI in addition to  more routine MRI examinations. The successful candidate will have the option of working exclusively in MRI or the potentially to rotate between other modalities by arrangement.

Skills

• Bachelor of Applied Science in Medical Radiations or equivalent
• Eligibility for A.S.M.I.R.T.
• Statement of Compliance
• Commitmet to obtain A.S.M.I.R.T. Level One MRI Accreditation or equivalent and complete IV cannulation training
• National Registration with AHPRA to practice as a Medical Imaging Technologist
• Victorian Department of Health Radiation Use Licence
• Evidence of CPD in line with registration requirements.
• Good communication skills
• Team Worker
• Desire to specialise in MRI 
• 12 months experience as a Radiographer

Staff Benefits

Alfred Radiology values education and professional development and utilises modern technologies across all modalities to imaging challenging patients

• Salary Packaging
• Discount Health Insurance
• Car Parking (subject to availability)
• Onsite Gym Child care services

If you are interested in this position please review the attached Position Description, which further details the responsibilities and scope of the role, as well as outlining the essential and desirable traits that will form the basis of selection. Please provide an appropriate cover letter or CV.

For a confidential discussion or more details about the role please contact Michael Sellenger on (03) 9076 7340 / m.sellenger@alfred.org.au

Applications close at 11pm on Tuesday the 16th of April, 2024

Alfred Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve.  Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.

In accordance with the Health Minister's Covid-19 Mandatory Vaccination Order, all Alfred Health employees are required to be fully vaccinated (3 doses) for COVID-19 or hold an acceptable medical exemption. Furthermore, in accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department’s risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption. 

Website: www.alfredhealth.org.au