
MRI Technologist Lead
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Job overview
The MRI Technologist Lead performs MRI examinations and oversees the daily supervision, coordination, safety, technical, and quality aspects of the Radiology MRI section. The role directs section leads and staff, supports department goals and teamwork, and supervises or assists with MRI procedures, image processing and quality control, and patient coordination. The position requires three years of MRI experience and specified credentials.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As an MRI Technologist Lead , you will be responsible for performing high-quality magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations to assist in diagnosing medical conditions.
Every day you will prepare patients for scans, operate advanced MRI equipment, ensure patient safety in the magnetic environment, and accurately capture detailed anatomical images.
To be successful, you will demonstrate expert technical proficiency in MRI, meticulous attention to detail for image quality and safety, and excellent patient communication to ensure a comfortable and effective diagnostic experience.
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Performs all Functions of an MRI Technologist position.
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Responsible for the daily supervision, coordination, safety, technical, and quality aspects of the Radiology MRI section.
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Provides direction of section Leads and staff on coordinating clinical and technical operations in the MRI Department of Radiology, in accordance with institutional, and state and federal standards.
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Assists in reviewing and revising department policies and procedures to ensure continuity in compliance with JCAHO/DNV and other regulatory requirements
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Works with the management on achieving department goals and objectives; promotes teamwork between staff.
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Supervises, Performs and/or Assists with the performance of MRI procedures, the processing and quality control of images, transportation and coordination of patients and related duties of technologists and ancillary personnel.
Job Requirements
Required
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Certificate from accredited MRI program and Registered by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists ‐ ARRT (MR), upon hire or
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Registered by the American Registry of RadiologicTechnologists ‐ ARRT (R)(MR); must maintain currentand certified by State of Texas ‐ MRT, upon hire and
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Three (3) years of MRI experience, upon hire
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Registered Technologist Magnetic Resonance Imaging, upon hire or
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Registered Technologist Radiography ARRT, upon hire and
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Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association, upon hire
POSITION ELIGIBLE FOR A $15,000 SIGN-ON BONUS*
*Terms & Conditions apply
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Where You'll Work
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an 1,045 bed facility located in the Texas medical center. A joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor St. Luke’s is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more. The hospital is home to the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, a nationally-accredited and NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. Our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience—modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, research, and education.
Pay Range
$40.16 - $59.74 /hour
We are an equal opportunity employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,724 open MRI Technologist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$40.16–59.74/hr
- US median$38–57/hr615 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $49.95/hr, is 8% above the US median midpoint ($46/hr) — in the middle half of MRI Technologist hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 128 open MRI Technologist jobs in Texas and 1,724 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- HCA Healthcare37 open
- Houston Methodist23 open
- Akumin13 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — more than three in four MRI Technologist postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 695 postings).
- Education
- 17 of the 1,724 open MRI Technologist jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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