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Kaiser Permanente · 3 months ago

Mammography Technologist I-Full Time-Day-Bellevue

Bellevue, WA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

Kaiser Permanente is a leading health care provider, and they are seeking a Mammography Technologist I to provide mammography services to patients. The role involves operating diagnostic equipment, ensuring patient safety, and maintaining high standards of patient care and confidentiality.

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Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Performs mammography images through clinical protocols and positions patient to best demonstrates anatomic area of interest, respecting comfort and ability

Demonstrates knowledge to perform mammography through the use of radiological equipment

Develops films in accordance with proper techniques

Evaluates mammography images for technical quality, assuring proper identification is recorded

Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide radiology services to all age groups served

Provides patient education on procedures according to age-specific needs

Facilitates patients cooperation and alleviates anxiety by addressing concerns

Verifies appropriate procedure to be performed by checking physicians orders, outpatient prescriptions, and prior reports

Contacts physicians with discrepancies

Demonstrates complete understanding of the contrast agents for the certain studies and prepares desired contrast media

Ensures patient information is accurately inputted into departmental computer system

Arrives, selects current account and completes patients for the appropriate procedure, as directed in IDX-Rad and IDX-Mam

Provides timely, responsive, expert services to customers in a positive friendly manner, to include patient, physicians, and other fellow employees

Informs consumers and those accompanying them when delays exist and how they are being addressed

Promotes patient focused care throughout daily activities

Provides quality patient care to include preparation, description of exam, communication of pain expectation, scheduling, and teaching all types of patient procedures as needed

Maintains strict patient and employee confidentiality, as appropriate

Explains how patient should expect to receive exam result

Maintains safe radiation levels at all times to minimize exposure to patient, self, and others

No deviation from written procedures on radiation safety rules

Performs all necessary equipment checks prior to use

Ensures patient and regulatory standards are adhered to and suggests ways to improve patient outcomes when indicated

Completes quality assurance, quality control and radiation safety activities as appropriate

Establishes patients identification

Ensures no repeat studies due to failure to check armband and/or properly identified patient

Observes patient during procedures and reports any unusual occurrences or changes in patients condition to appropriate personnel

Ascertains allergy status on patients

Demonstrates educated and rapid response to contrast reactions as outlined in Policy and Procedure Manual

Assists in performing first aid as necessary, including Code 199 procedures and locating equipment on crash carts

Observes patient during procedures and reports any unusual occurrences or changes in condition

Arrives at the start of the assigned shift ready to begin work; takes lunch and break at appropriate times, and leaves work at the end of the assigned shift

Maintains neat, clean and well stock radiology room

Identifies staff training issues and participates in Policy and Procedures development as appropriate

Communicates concerns as appropriate to lead technologists and management

Works as an effective team member to efficiently perform radiological procedures

Rotates shifts and assignments as required including surgery and portables for Specialty and Hospital staff

Takes stand-by call as assigned

Adheres to MQSA and other regulation related to mammography

Adheres to Cooperative-wide Personal Protection Equipment, Universal Precautions, Related Medical Waste (RMW), Infection Control, Safety, and other OSHA Policies and Procedures

Qualification

Certified Radiologic TechnologistMammography Technologist certificationBasic Life SupportMammography experienceCustomer serviceCommunication skillsProblem solving skills

Required

High School Diploma OR General Education Development (GED) required

Certified Radiologic Technologist (Washington) required at hire

Basic Life Support required at hire

Communication, problem solving-skills, and consistent excellent customer service

State of Washington certification as Mammography Technologist and American Registry of Mammography Technologists (AART-M) registration by date of hire or will train radiology technician with two (2) years experience