Responsibilities

Exciting things are happening at Grand View Health! The new Health Pavilion at the main hospital campus is open and Grand View Health is hiring a full-time Mammography Technologist position to join our program. The Mammography Technologist Student performs imaging utilizing the appropriate equipment for the purpose of diagnosis and treatment planning with regards to patient care. The incumbent demonstrates competency in skills necessary to care for patients served. Graduate of an AMA-approved radiologic technology program. Competent to perform multiple types of imaging, including fluoro, X-ray, mammography and DEXA, involving Emergency Room Patients, surgical patients, inpatients and outpatients. Good technical and communication skills required. Ability to work with all levels from staff to physicians. Ability to triage quickly in a fast-paced work environment.

Essential Functions:

• Selects proper technical factors according to established protocol and study requested in order to produce quality images.
• Positions the patient according to established protocol in order to provide optimum diagnostic information.
• Assists radiologists and staff physicians as requested in order to promote continuity of care.
• Performs quality control on all completed studies prior to radiologist interpretation in order to ensure optimum information and verifies all studies in PACS.
• Ensures equipment viability through performing established warm-up procedure and equipment quality control.
• Calibrates equipment and performs required quality control procedures on a daily basis in order to ensure equipment viability.
• Communicates procedural instructions to all patients prior to examination in order to ensure patient comprehension.
• Reviews the daily patient schedule in order to maximize efficiency and minimize patient waiting time.
• Practices proper infection control.