About this role
Min
USD $29.44/Hr.Max
USD $45.64/Hr.Overview
Performs screening mammograms utilizing mammography equipment in applying prescribed ionizing radiation to patients in order to aid in diagnosis and treatment. Performs basic quality control duties and assists in collecting regulatory data.
Schedule
Full Time, Day Shift
8:30am-5:00pm
Qualifications
Licensure/Certification/Registry:
- Registered radiographer (ARRT-R) in Radiography and Mammography in good standing or registry eligible required. If not otherwise specified by the professional licensing body, the maximum allowable time to practice in a “registration pending” status is three months.
- Active license in radiology from the Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety required.
- Maintains BLS CPR Certification.
Experience:
- Maintains continuing experience of 200 mammograms every 24 months.
Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Completed 15 hours of specialized mammography training every 36 months.
- Satisfactorily completed mammography orientation
Responsibilities
- Performs screening mammography procedures on patients of all ages, according to established standards, policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines.
- Determines proper equipment settings for each procedure, uses the proper equipment and cares for the equipment correctly.
- Understands processing, the equipment and all the requirements of a finished radiograph.
- Follows Radiation Safety Guidelines.
- Utilizes a working knowledge of the computer systems.
- Maintains a working knowledge of scheduling.
- Performs various quality control procedures and provide regulatory information.
- Performs other related work as required or requested.
Other facts
About Memorial Health
Memorial Health is one of the leading healthcare organizations in Illinois—a responsibility we are proud to uphold. Founded in 1897 to meet the expanding needs of our communities, we have assembled an ever-growing team and vast resources.
Dedicated to unsurpassed excellence in care, education, and research, our community-based, not-for-profit corporation features a team of nearly 10,000 strong throughout eight state-of-the-art affiliates offering a broad array of vital services. Yet what matters equally is the size of our heart. Our ambitions. And our potential to do bigger and better things.
We’re achieving our goals by developing academic alliances with other respected institutions, including the BJC HealthCare Collaborative and the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. By earning important credentials and accreditations. By making a real investment in employee development. And by building upon our reputation for excellence on the regional level, with the goal of realizing national prominence.
What you'll do
- The Mammography Technologist I performs screening mammography procedures on patients of all ages, ensuring adherence to established standards and guidelines. They are responsible for determining proper equipment settings, maintaining equipment, and following radiation safety protocols.
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