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Job Description

Take x rays and CAT scans or administer nonradioactive materials into patient's blood stream for diagnostic purposes. Includes technologists who specialize in other scanning modalities.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2034.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 59,260.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 28.00
Currently, there are 200,650 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Radiologic Technologists”.

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Tasks for “Mammography Technologist”

Record, process, and maintain patient data or treatment records and prepare reports.
Coordinate work with clerical personnel or other technologists.
Position imaging equipment and adjust controls to set exposure time and distance, according to specification of examination.
Use radiation safety measures and protection devices to comply with government regulations and to ensure safety of patients and staff.
Monitor patients' conditions and reactions, reporting abnormal signs to physician.
Perform administrative duties, such as developing departmental operating budget, coordinating purchases of supplies or equipment, or preparing work schedules.
Provide assistance in dressing or changing seriously ill, injured, or disabled patients.
Perform scheduled maintenance or minor emergency repairs on radiographic equipment.
Explain procedures and observe patients to ensure safety and comfort during scan.
Review and evaluate developed x-rays, video tape, or computer-generated information to determine if images are satisfactory for diagnostic purposes.
Key commands and data into computer to document and specify scan sequences, adjust transmitters and receivers, or photograph certain images.
Measure thickness of section to be radiographed, using instruments similar to measuring tapes.
Collaborate with other medical team members, such as physicians or nurses, to conduct angiography or special vascular procedures.
Operate fluoroscope to aid physician to view and guide wire or catheter through blood vessels to area of interest.
Operate or oversee operation of radiologic or magnetic imaging equipment to produce images of the body for diagnostic purposes.
Prepare and administer oral or injected contrast media to patients.
Remove and process film.
Set up examination rooms, ensuring that all necessary equipment is ready.
Assign duties to radiologic staff to maintain patient flows and achieve production goals.
Position and immobilize patient on examining table.
Take thorough and accurate patient medical histories.
Monitor video display of area being scanned and adjust density or contrast to improve picture quality.
Demonstrate new equipment, procedures, or techniques to staff and provide technical assistance.

Related Technology & Tools

Intensifying screens
Fluoroscopes
Automatic x ray film processors
Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment
Venipuncture needles
Compression bands
Intravenous IV tubing
Image capturing and transmission systems
Hypodermic needles
Sandbags
Automated defibrillators
Magnetic resonance imaging MRI audio and visual intercommunication systems
Magnetic tape recorders
Cylinders
Grids
Computed tomography CT audio and visual intercommunication systems
Portable film processors
Computed tomography CT scanners
Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
Mobile image amplifier C-arms
Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM system equipment
Intravenous IV locks
Rapid film changers
Cushions
X ray beam restriction devices
Film processing equipment
Image storage systems
Filters
Notebook computers
Patient immobilizing devices
Diagnostic ultrasound equipment
X ray imaging charge-coupled device CCD cameras
Intravenous IV syringes
Scan converters
Portable densitometers
Desktop computers
Digital transmission densitometers
Straps
Positron emission tomography/computed tomography PET/CT scanners
Tourniquets
Electronic blood pressure units
Over-the-needle intravenous IV catheters
Collimators
Electrocardiography EKG units
Cones
Film cassettes
Tablet computers
Diaphragms
Personal computers
Power injectors
Vacutainer tubes
X ray machines
Mercury blood pressure units
Self-contained film processors
Tabletop film processors
Radiation protection devices
Enema equipment
Oxygen equipment
Syringes
X ray image intensifier television systems
Portable x ray machines
Portable ultrasound scanners
Intramuscular needles
X ray bone densitometers
Radiation measurement badges
Picture archiving and communication systems PACS
X ray calipers

Electronic medical record EMR software
MEDITECH software
Microsoft Office
Virtual reality computed tomography CT imaging software
Internet or intranet image distribution software
Film processor tracking and management software
Information systems integration software
Practice management software PMS
Medical software
Diagnostic and procedural coding software
Medical procedure coding software
Diagnostic image review software
Structured data entry software
Information management subsystem software
Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM software/modality management software