Mammography Tech

UNC Health; Lenoir (NC); On-site; USD 42,760 - 61,468; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health's Caldwell Memorial Hospital is seeking a Mammography Technologist to perform diagnostic and screening mammography procedures, prepare and administer contrast media, and provide patient education on self-breast examination. Shift: day, Mon-Fri, 40 hours.

Responsibilities include ensuring a safe procedure environment, maintaining image quality in PACS/RIS, and coordinating with the care team to support patient understanding and comfort throughout the exam.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or completion of an accredited Radiologic Sciences Program.
• MQSA-required education and on the job training provided to qualified candidates.
• Registered by the American Registry of Radiologic Sciences or registry eligible and become registered within one (1) year from date of hire.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification.

Responsibilities

• Ensures safe and appropriate procedure environment (equipment room checks, cleanliness, stocking).
• Ensures patient demographics, image quality, and examination requests are correct; transmits QA-ed images to PACS and documents in RIS.
• Evaluates patient understanding, adapts procedure plan to patient needs, and educates on self-breast examination.
• Evaluates requisition and patient information to determine appropriateness of procedure; verifies patient identity and pregnancy status; reviews orders and radiographic images.
• Performs and assists with radiographic procedures and precepts new employees and students.

Education

Associate's degree or completion of an accredited Radiologic Sciences Program

MQSA-required education

Registered by ARRS; registry eligible and must become registered within 1 year

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Job description

Description

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Summary

Performs a variety of routine mammography related diagnostic and screening procedures in the field of radiologic and breast imaging. Prepares and administers contrast media and medications in accordance with state and federal guidelines. Performs patient assessments and provides patient care including instruction in self-breast examination.

Hours: Monday - Friday, day shift

Description of Job Responsibilities

• Ensures safe and appropriate procedure environment (Includes equipment room checks, cleanliness, accessory check, appropriate stocking). Uses technical knowledge and ability to assist in actively troubleshooting work unit problems with respect to equipment and protocols. Maintains a clean and safe work environment. Documents incidents and advises area supervisor of improvement opportunities for the work unit.
• Ensures that patient demographic, emulsion markers, and examination requested are correct. Critiques, orients and saves all pertinent images. Transmits QA-ed images to PACS. Ensures that all images reach PACS. Documents completion and/or cancellation of all procedures in RIS, documenting comments when appropriate. Maintains image management equipment, reporting any equipment problem to appropriate resources. Utilizes PACS system for obtaining additional study data.
• Evaluates patient understanding and consent of procedure, patient condition, and patient's ability to complete procedure adapts procedure plan according to patient identified needs offers instruction in self-breast examination and education. Assesses patients physical condition and develops an action plan for performing examination. Assesses patients condition to determine if additional medical personnel and or equipment is needed and takes appropriate action. Assists patients that require extra attention.
• Evaluates requisition and patient information to determine appropriateness of procedure (Patient ID, pregnancy check, lab values, chart information). Evaluates appropriateness of orders to ensure correct examination and views are performed. Verifies patient identity. Obtains patient history relevant to examination order. Verifies pregnancy status before administering ionizing radiation. Analyzes request and draws appropriate conclusions for examination and action plan. Reviews radiographic orders and images and correlates patient demographic information, ensuring accuracy of information. Reviews daily schedule and/or status of patients waiting in department for examinations on a regular basis
• Performs and assists with radiographic procedures including appropriate information system input, analysis of procedure outcomes, and notifies appropriate personnel regarding patient pre-procedure, procedure and post-procedure status. Precept new employees and students.

Other Information

Education Requirements:

• Associate's degree or completion of an accredited Radiologic Sciences Program.
• MQSA-required education and on the job training provided to qualified candidates.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• Registered by the American Registry of Radiological Sciences or registry eligible and become registered within one (1) year from date of hire. (Registry eligible candidates must provide a copy of diploma from accredited program.) Must maintain registry status and continuing education requirements annually.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification

Professional Experience Requirements

• No prior experience required.

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: Caldwell Memorial Hospital

Organization Unit: Mammography LPWC Main

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $31.04 - $44.62 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Lenoir

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.