Mammography Technologist PRN, Downtown Nashville
About The Position
This position provides professional mammography care in accordance with ACR and MQSA standards. It performs mammogram procedures, supports radiologist call-back imaging, and manages mammography records, including filing and obtaining outside films. The role also performs processor and equipment quality control, triages patients to support departmental flow, documents patient health histories and abnormal conditions, prepares patients for examinations, and makes prior imaging reports available. Additional duties include maintaining supplies, preparing and cleaning exam rooms and equipment, following infection-control procedures, adhering to quality-control guidelines and service standards, and completing other tasks as needed. Predictable and consistent attendance is required. The position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited Radiology Technical Program.
- Valid state Radiologic Technologist registration.
- Mammography registry with the American College of Radiology.
- Knowledge of mammography principles and skills, examination and treatment-room procedures, and common safety hazards and precautions.
- Skill in using equipment for examination and treatment procedures.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, medical staff, and the public.
- Ability to maintain quality-control standards, recognize problems and recommend solutions, react calmly in emergencies, interpret and apply guidelines and procedures, and communicate clearly.
- Computer knowledge required.
- Ability to stand for 8 to 10 hours a day; regularly walk, bend, push, pull, lift at least 10–15 pounds, assist patients with transfers and positioning, push patients in wheelchairs, and reach, grasp, and handle objects.
- Good communication skills, including the ability to understand, respond, and translate information into action.
Responsibilities
- Perform all mammogram procedures.
- Adhere to MQSA quality-control standards and quality-control guidelines.
- Coordinate radiologist call-back imaging.
- Manage mammography records, including filing and obtaining outside films.
- Perform daily processor quality control and weekly equipment quality control.
- Triage patients to support productive departmental flow.
- Record patient health histories and note abnormal conditions for the physician.
- Prepare patients for examinations and procedures, and make previous imaging reports available.
- Maintain adequate supplies; set up and stock exam rooms for daily use; and keep rooms and equipment clean between procedures.
- Follow clinic infection-control policies when handling and disposing of infectious or hazardous waste materials.
- Adhere to service standards and perform other tasks as needed.
- Maintain predictable and consistent attendance.
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