Mammographer - Mammography - Days - PRN - Biloxi Location

Job description

Responsible for own practice within legal, ethical, and professional boundaries.
• Maintains current license in compliance with all laws and regulations governing healthcare organizations.
• Maintains expertise in the area.
• Successful completion of probation and annual skills/competency requirements.
• Serves as a role model by demonstrating positive team based behaviors.
• Shows commitment to personal professional growth through the pursuit of advanced knowledge and skills.
• Participates in performance improvement activities.
• Provides direct patient care and evaluates outcome.
• Prepares and positions patient to best demonstrate area of interest, respecting the patient's ability and comfort.
• Properly determines exposure techniques and factors.
• Maximizes productivity and efficiency with national benchmarks.
• Immobilize patients as required for appropriate examination, explaining the need for breast compression during mammography.
• Performs radiography of pathologic breast specimens.
• Corroborates patient's clinical history with procedure, assuring information is documented and available for use by a licensed practitioner.
• Ensures all requested examinations are completed prior to releasing patient.
• Maintains quality control and quality assurance in the assigned division.
• Evaluates mammograms or other breast images for technical quality, assuring proper identification required documentation is recorded.

Required Education: Associate degree, graduate of an accredited radiology program
License or Certification Requirements: Advance Mammography from the ARRT (RT)(M) is required within one (1) year of employment
Experience Requirement: None