Responsibilities
Grand View Health is seeking an energetic, patient-focused Mammography Technologist – Training to join our program. Are you passionate about patient care and want to join a team recognized for excellence and chosen for caring? We offer state-of-the-art equipment in our new Hospital Health Pavilion! Grow your career with us and apply for immediate consideration!
The Mammography Technologist – Training performs imaging utilizing the appropriate equipment for the purpose of diagnosis and treatment planning with regards to patient care. Competency to perform multiple types of imaging, including X-ray, mammography and DEXA, involving Emergency Room patients, surgical patients, inpatients and outpatients is ideal. The Mammography Technologist – Training will be working with all levels from staff to physicians and triaging quickly in a fast-paced work environment.
Essential Functions:
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Selects proper technical factors according to established protocol and study requested in order to produce quality images.
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Positions the patient according to established protocol in order to provide optimum diagnostic information.
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Assists radiologists and staff physicians as requested in order to promote continuity of care.
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Performs quality control on all completed studies prior to radiologist interpretation in order to ensure optimum information and verifies all studies in PACS.
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Ensures equipment viability through performing established warm-up procedure and equipment quality control.
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Calibrates equipment and performs required quality control procedures on a daily basis in order to ensure equipment viability.
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Communicates procedural instructions to all patients prior to examination in order to ensure patient comprehension.
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Reviews the daily patient schedule in order to maximize efficiency and minimize patient waiting time.
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Practices proper infection control.
Schedule: Monday through Friday, start time varies between 7:00am and 9:00am, 8-hour shifts. Saturday rotation, 8:00am–12:00pm. No holidays and no call rotation required.