Mammography Tech Lead

Mammography Tech Lead

Requirements

• Radiographer license issued by the state of Wisconsin
• Registered Technologist (RT) registration issued by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)
• Mammography (M) registration issued by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) needs to be obtained within 6 months
• Advanced training beyond High School that includes the completion of an accredited or approved program in Radiologic Technology
• Typically requires 5 years of experience in mammography as a technologist
• Advanced knowledge of Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) and radiation safety
• Advanced knowledge of accreditation policies and procedures to assist in facilitation of departmental accreditation
• Ability to act as a role model and to hold staff accountable to Aurora’s service commitments
• Demonstrated leadership skills such as delegation, team building, managing multiple priorities, problem solving, and decision making
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and patient service skills to work effectively with physicians, patients and other staff members
• Ability to work independently
• Intermediate computer skills

Responsibilities

• Acts as a resource to employees and students, which includes training/orienting, providing day-to-day work direction, and giving input on performance
• Assigns, monitors, and reviews progress and accuracy of work, monitors productivity, maintains appropriate staffing levels, directs efforts and provides guidance on more complex issues
• Assists with human resource responsibilities, which may include interviewing and selection of new employees, staff development, providing performance feedback, resolution of employee concerns, and employee morale
• Assists in interpreting department policies and procedures, and advises and updates staff on procedural changes
• Identifies performance improvement opportunities within the department and facilitates change
• Monitors inventory levels, labor productivity and assist with managing department resources
• Serves as a technical resource, role model and/or preceptor for students and staff
• Facilitates clinical problem solving and collaborates with other departments across the system to provide education on managing patients after procedures and any other imaging department processes and procedures
• Proficiently performs basic to advanced screening, diagnostic, and invasive mammography examinations
• Reviews patient’s medical record to obtain necessary clinical information including patient history, lab results, and physician orders, and obtains breast health history on each patient
• Provides Radiologists with pertinent patient history when reviewing films
• Performs scans and identifies breast anatomy, distinguishing normal from abnormal, to establish initial evaluation of images
• Adapts imaging techniques to improve diagnostic quality
• Evaluates the mammographic image for positioning, technique, artifacts and compression, and repeats images as necessary
• Compares requisitions to physician orders to ensure ordered exam accuracy
• Post-processes images as directed and accurately identifies and labels images identifying patient name, medical record unit (MRU) number, and location or position on all images
• Oversees the maintenance of records in accordance with various regulatory agencies and enters patient and study information into the radiology information system
• Documents billing codes of procedures performed to ensure accurate patient charges
• Identifies equipment performance issues and ensures and/or performs equipment quality assurance tests and calibration procedures
• Reports malfunctioning equipment to appropriate staff and evaluates new products and equipment
• Performs various patient positioning and transporting duties, which require lifting and pushing/pulling, while utilizing proper technique
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.