ABOUT WILMINGTON HEALTH
Since 1971, Wilmington Health has been committed to the care and health of our community in Wilmington as well as all of Southeastern North Carolina. Wilmington Health is structured as a multi-specialty medical practice with primary care providers integrated into the system. In this way, Wilmington Health is able to provide a comprehensive and coordinated approach to the care of all our patients. Wilmington Health is committed to using collaborative, evidence-based medicine in providing the highest quality of care to the patients we serve.
PURPOSE:
Perform mammograms for patients as requested by providers
HOURS: 8 hours per week
ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Ensure that technologists have adequate training and continuing education in mammography
Provide an orientation program for technologists based on a carefully established procedures manual
Ensure that an effective QC program exists for all mammography performed at the site. The radiologist should provide motivation, oversight, and direction to all aspects of the QC program
Select a single technologist to be the primary QC technologist to perform the prescribed QC tests and to oversee tests that have been delegated to other individuals
Ensure that appropriate test equipment and materials are available to perform the technologist’s QC tests
Arrange staffing and scheduling so that adequate time is available to carry out the QC tests and to record and interpret the results
Provide frequent and consistent positive and negative feedback to technologists about clinical film quality and QC procedures
Select a medical physicist who will oversee the equipment-related QC program and perform the physicist’s tests
Review the technologist’s test results at least every 3 months, or more frequently if consistency has not yet been achieved; review the physicist’s test results annually, or more frequently when needed
Oversee or designate a qualified individual to oversee the radiation protection program for employees, patients, and other individuals in the surrounding area
Ensure the records concerning employee qualifications, mammography technique and procedures, infection control procedures, QC, safety, and protection are properly maintained and updated in the mammography QC procedures manual
OTHER DUTIES:
Required Skills
MAMMOGRAPHY TECHNICIAN COMPETENCIES
GENERAL
DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC
ADA PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Rarely (Less than .5 hrs/day) Occasionally (0.6 – 2.5 hrs/day) Frequently (2.6 – 5.5 hrs/day) Continuously (5.6 – 8.0 hrs/day)
PHYSICAL DEMAND
FREQUENCY
Standing
Frequently
Sitting
Occasionally
Walking
Occasionally
Kneeling/Crouching
Rarely
Lifting
Rarely
Required Experience
QUALIFICATIONS
REQUIRED:
PREFERRED:
MAMMOGRAPHY TECHNICIAN COMPETENCIES
GENERAL
DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC
ADA PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Rarely (Less than .5 hrs/day) Occasionally (0.6 – 2.5 hrs/day) Frequently (2.6 – 5.5 hrs/day) Continuously (5.6 – 8.0 hrs/day)
PHYSICAL DEMAND
FREQUENCY
Standing
Frequently
Sitting
Occasionally
Walking
Occasionally
Kneeling/Crouching
Rarely
Lifting
Rarely