What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mammographer - Memorial Biloxi Imaging Center - Days - FT - Biloxi Location position at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport?
Qualifications
- 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.
- Performs daily required quality control activities and reports equipment malfunctions, as required.
- Corroborates patient's clinical history with procedure, assuring information is documented and available by a licensed practitioner.
- Applies principals of radiation protection, when appropriate to minimize exposure to patient, self, and others.
- Participates in quality assessment and improvement plan. May be responsible for specific quality control duties in assigned areas.
- Communicates patient/family health care needs to the appropriate health care provider.
- Provides patient education, including breast self-examination techniques.
- Provides appropriate follow-up on mammography procedures as required by ACR and FDA guidelines.
- Communicates variances and/or significant events to appropriate caregiver in a timely manner.
- Communicates with members of other disciplines to assure efficient quality patient care.
Education: Associate's Degree from an accredited radiology program
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About Memorial
Memorial Health System has been dedicated to healing, inspiring, and transforming the health of our community since 1946. With multiple hospital facilities, outpatient surgery locations and diagnostic centers, more than 100 Physician Clinics, and post-acute services including skilled nursing, you can find your fit at Memorial.
When you join our team, you join more than 5,000 individuals committed to exceptional care. We offer several of the region's most comprehensive clinical programs and medical specialties unique to the Coast, including a Level III Neonatal ICU, state-designated Level II Trauma Center, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, and Mississippi's first nationally-certified Primary Stroke Center.
At Memorial, you are valued. We know that our increasingly diverse communities need healthcare professionals that reflect their different cultural backgrounds, perspectives, and values. We acknowledge the uniqueness of all individuals, their commonalities as well as differences, all of which have shaped their lives in meaningful ways.
The development of our team members is integral to the patient care we provide. Grow your skills, and grow with Memorial.
Memorial Health System is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected status or characteristic. Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Disability/Veteran.
