Mammography Technologist (PRN)

Company: Wellstar Health System
Location: Roswell
Posted on: February 25, 2026

Job Description:

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives. Work Shift Various (United States of America) Job Summary: - Must be flexible with work hours to meet department needs. - Must be dependable, accountable and cooperative. - Assists with providing safe, age appropriate care to the patient by performing all exams provided by the department according to department procedures. - Has the knowledge and ability to properly and safely obtain a quality diagnostic study. - Responsible for performing a wide variety of technical procedures requiring independent judgement, ingenuity and initiative in the utilization of the equipment for the diagnosis and/or treatment of diseases. - Able to independently perform job functions. - Sets up the equipment to provide imaging service and positions patient for the procedure. - Must maintain minimum FDA/MQSA requirements for continuing education, experience and equipment. Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions: Equipment - Demonstrates the ability to adjust technique so that patient receives the best study possible and that image quality is maintained. - Reports problems regarding malfunctioning equipment to supervisor or service provider, so that problem can be corrected in a timely manner. - Cleans, disinfects and maintains equipment in accordance with infection control policy and department cleaning schedule. - Ability to properly operate all radiographic equipment in a safe and competent manner, assuring that equipment is not abused and is left in good working order. Patient Care - Obtains complete clinical history, gathers examination data and assesses for contraindicating conditions. - Ensures that all studies have proper patient identification and right and left marker are utilized appropriately. - Reviews radiographic images for clinically acceptable results and releases patients. - Responds to emergency situations. - Uses critical thinking skills. - Seeks clarification on ambiguous orders. - Assists other technologists in all modalities when needed. - Observes patient condition and properly evaluates situations when physician intervention is necessary so that no patient condition deteriorates as the result of misjudgment. - Verifies two unique patient identifiers per policy and verifies proper clinician order prior to performing a procedure. - Ensures patient's privacy and comfort is accommodated. - Demonstrates competence in the determination and application of appropriate procedures, equipment, supplies and techniques based on the age of patients. - Understands, demonstrates and documents Pre-Procedure Verification and Time-Out process when appropriate, if applicable. - Demonstrates and understands pre-and-post procedural care, if applicable. - Demonstrates and understands sterile technique, if applicable. - Organizes schedule, time and priorities so that required activities are accomplished within designated time frames. - Follows physicians instructions when assisting with procedures and exams. - Practices RBAC (Read Back and Confirm) when taking verbal orders. Education and Communication - Patiently and clearly explains purpose and nature of exam to patient prior to starting of procedure, to minimize anxiety and facilitate cooperation using AIDET; Acknowledge, Introduce, Discuss, Explain, and Thank you of all patients and family members. - Ensures that patient's questions, concerns or contraindications are satisfactorily addressed, notifying physician when this cannot be accomplished, prior to the initiation of the procedure. - Participates in the orientation and training of departmental employees. - Provides patients with preparatory instruction and explanation of procedures. - Required documentation is concise, legible and includes precise terminology. - Reads email each day scheduled to work and follows through with assignment. - Completes mandatory departmental and Hospital-wide education without prompting. Quality Control - Produces acceptable images, as evidenced by maintaining a first-time acceptance rate of 95 percent. - Ensures that equipment is fully operational prior to each use, by checking for proper calibration and operating deficiencies. - Completes all studies in RIS, images are oriented, marked, labeled, and noted correctly prior to sending all studies to PACS; prints CDs as necessary. - When submitting procedures for interpretation comparative studies are digitized if necessary and the preliminary sheet is filled out in its entirety, if applicable. - Maintain all documentation so that the facility meets ACR Accreditation standards. - Technologist is knowledgeable in completing and documenting the following ACR/MQSA QC test: Phantom, Visual checklist, Repeat analysis, Compression-pressure, compression thickness, flat filed test, calibration, Dicom printer test. Operations - Restocks linens and supplies, and maintains Mammography Department in clean and orderly condition. - Transports patients, positions patients, and helps them on and off procedure table. - Performs patient charging activities on the day the service is rendered. - Applies shielding. - Prepares and maintains patient follow-up data. - Willingly lends knowledge and assistance to others upon request as needed and routinely as time is available, without prompting, so that all working time is used for departmental advantage. - Performs routine duties of clerical and support personnel in accordance with procedure when warranted to ensure continuity and quality of services. - Keeps supervisor informed on all responsibilities on an ongoing basis, ensuring prompt notification in the event of problems or potential problems. - Maintains an individual productivity rate equal to other co-workers. - Familiar with Mammography Tracking System. - Maintains Joint Commission standards and any other regulatory agency standards. - Familiar with FDA/MQSA EQUIP program. - Any other duties as assigned. Required Minimum Education: - Graduate of AMA approved School of Radiology Technology Required and currently ARRT registered. Required - Graduate of AMA approved School of Radiology Technology Required and currently ARRT registered. Required Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s): All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

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