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Mammography Technologist Immediate Care Centers-Casual As Needed

Northwestern Medicine · Winfield, IL · Part time · Health Care Provider

Posted Sep 21, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 5, 2026

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About your past

This covers immediate care centres as needed. How does moving between sites suit you?

What they are checking: The posting names immediate care centres plural, on an as-needed basis.

What would you do

You arrive at a site you have not worked at recently. What do you check before you start?

What they are checking: The real skill of casual imaging work is confirming the equipment before trusting it.

How do you talk to a woman who is frightened about what the images will show?

What they are checking: Most patients are, and the technologist is alone with them.

About the work

Tell me about your mammography experience, screening and diagnostic.

What they are checking: Establishes the balance of their practice before anything else.

How do you position a patient for a good image when it is uncomfortable for her?

What they are checking: Positioning and compression are the whole craft, and they hurt.

You review an image and it is not diagnostic. What do you do?

What they are checking: The posting names reviewing before completion and taking corrective action.

How do you run quality control on equipment you do not use every day?

What they are checking: Casual work across sites makes quality control easier to assume and harder to verify.

Tell me about DEXA scanning.

What they are checking: The posting names DEXA alongside mammography.

How do you make sure documentation and image routing are right when you are covering?

What they are checking: The posting names documentation, routing and result availability, which is where studies get lost.

Tell me about your certification and licensure.

What they are checking: Mammography requires specific credentials, so they are confirmed plainly.

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The full job description

As published by Northwestern Medicine.

The Mammography Technologist reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards. • Provides mammography and DEXA imaging and patient care services at defined levels to patients. Responsibilities: • Maintains accountability for patient safety throughout the imaging process, including screening, preparation, monitoring, and post-procedure care. • Produces diagnostic-quality images using approved protocols and professional standards. • Apply professional judgment within approved protocols to optimize image quality and address imaging challenges. • Reviews images prior to exam completion and initiates corrective action when diagnostic adequacy is not met. • Administers contrast in accordance with policy, including screening for contraindications and patient monitoring (as applicable). • Operates imaging equipment and maintains imaging room readiness. • Identifies equipment performance issues and initiates follow-up through established service processes. • Coordinates exam flow and prioritizes time-sensitive studies. • Maintains accurate and timely documentation in medical record and image archive system, including exam set-up, image routing, result availability and charging accuracy. • Adheres to organizational values, ethical standards, and compliance requirements. • Consistently upholds all applicable quality and safety standards within diagnostic imaging, such as radiation safety, MRI safety, Infection prevention measures safe practices (as applicable to the role) to protect self, patients, visitors and team members • Ensures a positive patient experience throughout care delivery • Supports department initiatives to improve relationships, reliability, efficiency, growth • Supports additional responsibilities aligned with patient care and department needs • Performs breast screening exams, diagnostic mammograms and bone density (Dexa) scans, as needed. • Produces images that meet ACR image quality critique standards • Supplies patient with relevant patient education materials • Verifies correct order for exam scheduled and aligns with previous recommendation prior to all exams. • Communicates with patient before procedure to obtain history, explain risks and what can be expected; communicates during the exam to monitor safety, and comfort. • Prepares images and compiles study for radiologist relaying all appropriate information. • Performs mammography quality control procedures; maintains records. • Assist with patient positioning, lifting, and transport to and from imaging areas as needed • Supports department with regulatory inspections and accreditations, as needed • May participate in training and onboarding of new team members • Maintains accountability for patient safety throughout the imaging process, including screening, preparation, monitoring, and post-procedure care. • Produces diagnostic-quality images using approved protocols and professional standards. • Reviews images prior to exam completion and initiates corrective action when diagnostic adequacy is not met. • Administers contrast in accordance with policy, including screening for contraindications and patient monitoring. (as needed) • Operates imaging equipment and maintains imaging room readiness. • Identifies equipment performance issues and initiates follow-up through established service processes. • Coordinates exam flow and prioritizes time-sensitive studies. • Maintains accurate and timely documentation in medical record and image archive system, including exam set-up, image routing, result availability and charging accuracy. • Adheres to organizational values, ethical standards, and compliance requirements Required • Graduate of an accredited Radiology Technologist Program • American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) Mammography (M) • Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) Accreditation • Basic Life Support (BLS) Preferred • One year of Mammography Technologist experience Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status. Background Check Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check. Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Artificial Intelligence Disclosure Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person. Benefits We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Click on or copy and paste URL to your browser to view detailed benefits information NorthwesternMedicine Career Page https://jobs.nm.org/benefits Please refer to the Benefits Eligibility by Employment Classification to determine benefits eligibility for job postings. If sign-on bonus is included in a job posting eligibility is as followed: Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign-on bonus. Exception : New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position as a Registered Nurse at NM may be eligible.