Mammography Technologist, Lead – Women’s Health Center/Breast Imaging
City of Hope
Duarte, CA
Job posting number: #7279134 (Ref:10027706)
Posted: September 10, 2024
Salary / Pay Rate: $45.98 - $68.97 / hour
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
Mammography Technologist, Lead – Women’s Health Center/Breast Imaging
Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.
Expanding Hope - Los Angeles Campus
A cornerstone of City of Hope’s plans to increase capacity to deliver care, the new Duarte Outpatient Center, Hope Plaza, is scheduled to open in February 2025. At eight stories and over 350,000 square feet, the facility will become the largest ambulatory care building on campus. The center will house state-of-the-art equipment, specialty clinics, new radiation oncology vaults, defined units to facilitate patient navigation, laboratory services and dedicated clinical trial infusion and monitoring. Enclosed walkways and bridges between buildings will offer safer and more comfortable space for travel, especially for those who are immunocompromised.
Under the guidance of the Women's Imaging Manager, the Mammography Technologist Lead oversees daily floor operations and assists in planning while maintaining a patient-centered focus. This role involves performing a variety of breast imaging services, assisting physicians with radiologic exams and biopsies, preparing equipment and procedure rooms, and supporting invasive biopsy procedures. The Lead also manages patient scheduling, maintains quality control, ensures compliance with MQSA requirements, and provides necessary documentation for patient tracking, billing, and film management.
As a successful candidate, you will:
- Perform diagnostic imaging procedures of the breast, including mammography, image guide for biopsy, and image guide for localization
- Prepare the patient, explains the procedure, and ensures patient’s cooperation during the examination
- Assist the radiologist, cardiologist, and/or clinician during radiologic procedures, including invasive and non-invasive studies.
- Prepare room and equipment for patients; prepare reagents following standard formulas and procedures
- Support the Imaging Manager in daily operations and MQSA requirements
Your qualifications should include:
- High School or equivalent
- 5 years of Diagnostic Radiologic Technology
- Current ARRT (R)(M) certification
- Current CRT (R)(M) licenses
- BLS
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, please click here.
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Salary / Pay Rate Information:
Pay Rate: $45.98 - $68.97 / hour
The estimated pay scale represents the typical [salary/hourly] range City of Hope reasonably expects to pay for this position, with offers determined based on several factors which may include, but not be limited to, the candidate’s experience, expertise, skills, education, job scope, training, internal equity, geography/market, etc. This pay scale is subject to change from time to time.
City of Hope is a community of people characterized by our diversity of thought, background and approach, but tied together by our commitment to care for and cure those with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The innovation that our diversity produces in the areas of research, treatment, philanthropy and education has made us national leaders in this fight. Our unique and diverse workforce provides us the ability to understand our patients' needs, deliver compassionate care and continue the quest for a cure for life-threatening diseases. At City of Hope, diversity and inclusion is a core value at the heart of our mission. We strive to create an inclusive workplace environment that engages all of our employees and provides them with opportunities to develop and grow, both personally and professionally. Each day brings an opportunity to strengthen our work, leverage our different perspectives and improve our patients’ experiences by learning from others. Diversity and inclusion is about much more than policies and campaigns. It is an integral part of who we are as an institution, how we operate and how we see our future.
