Mammography Technician

Radiographic Technologists | Mammography Technologists

Portsmouth, VA

Bgesh is looking for eager and qualified Mammography Technologists to support our team at Naval Hospital Portsmouth! Evening Shift;
Monday – Friday, no weekends!

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• Possess and maintain current registration as a Radiological Technologist with American Registry of Radiologist Technologists (ARRT) with a subspecialty certification in Mammography (M) as determined by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)
• Active Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from The American Heart Association or American Red Cross.

• Ability to obtain favorable adjudication for Clearance

• Experience as a diagnostic mammography technologist of at least 1 year within the past 2 years.

• Graduate from an academic program accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT), Council on Occupational Education (COE), or other equivalent organization.
• Possess ARRT approved continuing medical education of at least 8 hours of digital mammography imaging.

• Perform routine and complex mammography examinations using digital or analog equipment to include stereotactic imaging, mammotomy procedures and basic ultrasound procedures of the breast.
• Log arrival and departure of patients in the command’s hospital information system (MHS Genesis), mammography record system (MRS) and in the scanner logbooks. Send appropriate image series to the radiologist for reading via the PACS according to department protocol.
• Receive patients and explain procedures, providing humane and appropriate care and communication to alleviate fear of the examination.
• Correctly position the patient for the examination and make technical adjustments necessary for the required examination. Determine if any special patient preparation is required.
• Identify potential abnormalities or normal anatomic variants during the examination and determine the need for additional views of the breasts. Also, recognize anatomic changes created by medical and surgical procedures.
• Evaluate mammograms or other breast images for technical quality, assuring that proper identification is recorded.
• Correlate patient's clinical history with the requested examination to be performed and obtain the results of previous pertinent diagnostic tests to correlate with the requested study.
• Consult with staff physicians from a variety of specialties regarding the patient's pertinent medical history, preliminary diagnosis, and condition so it correlates with the examination.
• Perform imaging and equipment set up for Stereotactic biopsy and other invasive procedures (with mammographic, stereotactic, ultrasound, and/or MRI guidance) and assist radiologist with the set up and verification of biopsy and location.
• Label specimens that are collected during mammography biopsies that need to be evaluated by laboratory/pathology. Image specimens brought from the operating room to confirm marker location.
• Maintain and clean the mammography equipment on a regular basis in accordance with Radiology Department procedures and protocols.
• Perform mammography system and mammography radiology reading workstation equipment calibrations and quality control tasks according to FDA, American College of Radiology (ACR), manufacturer, DHA, Joint Commission, and command instructions daily and/or as prescribed by Department authority. Recognize artifacts and equipment errors and notify designated Government personnel (i.e. Medical Physicist) of outlying values.
• Initiate repair call procedures for equipment malfunctions by notifying designated Government personnel. Report problems to the Biomedical Repair Section and record the problem condition in the trouble call logbook. Report problems to Department Qualified Medical Physicists.
• Differentiate artifacts from normal or pathological processes and recognize equipment limitations. Program the examination, set up…