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Primary Location
Rapid City, SD USADepartment
MHMC-RC Flormann St. MIS GeneralScheduled Weekly Hours
0Starting Pay Rate Range
$31.31 - $39.14(Determined by the knowledge, skills, and experience of the applicant.)
Job Summary
Performs mammographic examinations utilizing a variety of technical aspects that require judgment, ingenuity, and initiative in applying ionizing radiation to obtain diagnostic mammographic radiographs. Promotes a cooperative and professional atmosphere with emphasis on patient care. Serves patients of all ages.Monument Health offers competitive wages and benefits on qualifying positions. Some of those benefits can include:
Supportive work culture
Medical, Vision and Dental Coverage
Retirement Plans, Health Savings Account, and Flexible Spending Account
Instant pay is available for qualifying positions
Paid Time Off Accrual Bank
Opportunities for growth and advancement
Tuition assistance/reimbursement
Excellent pay differentials on qualifying positions
*Flexible scheduling
Job Description
Essential Functions:
- Competently works within required computer programs (i.e. PACs, RIS, Vrad) as well as manual downtime processes.
- Consistently demonstrates a thorough knowledge of patient positioning, principles of CR/DR, Fluoroscopy, quality control, image processing, and demonstrates the ability to plan own work. Assists physicians in performing procedures. Provides learning environment.
- Demonstrates competence in collimation, positioning of equipment and patient in such a way as to present a clear, undistorted view and consistently produces radiographs of high diagnostic quality.
- Documents appropriate information in patients’ charts.
- Ensures the procedure and related supplies are billed correctly.
- Enters patient information into dedicated mammography computer system. Operates system to generate appropriate reports and patient letters.
- Examines requisition for appropriate orders, exam date, indication for exam. Reprints corrected requisition.
- Monitors and evaluates the notification process for patient re-examination.
- Participates in the quality control program for mammography. Monitors results and notifies appropriate personnel when corrective action is needed. Makes recommendations for improvement.
- All other duties as assigned.
Additional Requirements
Required:
Education - High School Diploma/GED Equivalent: General Studies
Graduate - Radiology Program
Certification - Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) - Within 60 days of hire or transfer; Radiologic Technologist (RT) - American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT); Advanced Registry Mammography Technologist (M) – American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT).
Regarding BLS certification: The department you are applying to may require BLS certification sooner than 60 days post transfer/hire. The hiring manager will discuss this with you if it is applicable.
Preferred:
Education - Associates: Related Field
Experience - 1+ years of Radiographer Experience
**Policy Number: MIS-7040-115 - Caregivers must be BLS certified upon employment or within their 90-day probation period.
Physical Requirements: Heavy work - exerting up to 25 pounds of force constantly (67-100% of the time), and/or up to 50 pounds frequently (34-66% of the time), and/or up to 100 pounds of force occassionally (up to 33% of the time), and or up to 100 pounds of force seldomly to move objects. Possible exposure to radiation and frequent exposure to contaminated needles and infectious body substances. Requires the ability to work designated shift lengths (including 8 and 12 hours), which may include night shifts or occasional irregular hours.Job Category
DiagnosticsJob Family
Technical RadiologyShift
Employee Type
PRN10 Monument Health Rapid City Hospital, Inc.
Make a difference. Every day.
Monument Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.
Other facts
About Monument Health
Headquartered in Rapid City, S.D., Monument Health is a community-based health care system with a mission to make a difference, every day. Monument Health offers care in 33 medical specialties and serves 20 communities across western South Dakota and in eastern Wyoming. With over 4,500 physicians and caregivers, Monument Health is comprised of 5 hospitals, 8 specialty and surgical centers and more than 40 medical clinics and health care service centers.
Monument Health is committed to the future of medicine, with medical training partnerships, a medical residency program and more than 130 active research studies. We are confident about western South Dakota’s future, and we’re honored to be your partner in delivering excellence in health care.
What you'll do
- The Mammographer performs mammographic examinations and assists physicians in procedures while ensuring high-quality diagnostic images. They also document patient information and participate in quality control programs.
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