Mammography Tech Clinician
Company: Emory Health Care
Location: Lithonia
Posted on: April 18, 2024
Job Description:
Shift: 7a-3:30pLocation: Emory Hillandale HospitalJOB
DESCRIPTION:
- Functions as a clinical expert and role model in assessing,
planning, implementing, and evaluating care for a specific patient
population
- Demonstrates expertise in the role components of Practitioner,
Teacher, Clinical Expert, and Researcher, with emphasis on
demonstrating mastery of practical and theoretical knowledge in
clinical situations.
- Collaborates with Radiology Leadership in developing &
implementing unit's Mission, Vision, and Goals.
- Monitors compliance and adherence to established procedures.
Monitors the appropriateness of patient care assignments based on
patient care requirements and staff competence.
- Demonstrates advanced leadership and management skills. Serves
as arbitrator in resolution of conflicts between staff.
- Takes appropriate action to correct unacceptable practice as
needed. Actively participates in developing and monitoring staff
competency.
- Coordinates, facilitates, and ensures the development and
revision of all technical aspects of department operations.
- Oversees scheduling of department procedures and activities.
Collaborates with and serves as a resource to other staff in
determining technical priorities to uphold the Standard of
Care.
- Demonstrates expert practitioner knowledge and skills. Provides
direct patient care for all procedures common to the area of
concentration.
- Assists physician and nurse to identify, develop, conduct,
document and evaluate patient and family education based on direct
patient care issues.
- Regularly evaluates the impact of procedures pertaining to
specialized patient populations; identifies recurring technical
problems; recommends changes in procedures. Implements and develops
revisions to improve the quality of patient care.
- Through process monitoring, bench marking and research,
identifies ways to improve the quality of patient care
outcomes.
- Focuses on direct patient care, collects data, participates in
new drug and product investigation, implements and evaluates the
effectiveness of new procedures and their impact on the
technological requirements of the procedures.
- Utilizes available resources to clarify standards of care,
practices, and procedures. Provides clarification to less
experienced patient care staff on interpretation of diagnostic
data, abnormal physical findings, or atypical behavioral
responses.
- Serves as a resource of advanced technical knowledge in
particular specialty. Evaluates staff educational needs based on
clinical populations and situations.
- Develops, conducts, and evaluates in services provided for
staff; conducts new staff, student and preceptor orientation
programs.
- Focuses education on daily clinical situations and adherence to
Standards of Care. Identifies researchable technological problems,
assists in data collection, evaluation and implementation of
resolutions.
- Coordinates all unit based and formal research problems.
Conducts interdisciplinary conferences with other areas to resolve
issues related to technological standards.
- Actively participates or chairs unit based or hospital based
committee.
- Performs related responsibilities as required.MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must be a graduate of an accredited school of Radiologic
Technology and registered with the ARRT.
- Must have a minimum of four (4) years experience in diagnostic
and invasive mammography.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification in accordance with the
American Heart Association required.
Keywords: Emory Health Care, Atlanta , Mammography Tech Clinician, Healthcare , Lithonia, Georgia
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