Bone Density Technologist (PD)

Major Responsibilities

• Receives patients and conducts patient interviews to obtain medical history data.
• Explains procedures.
• Positions patients according to individual research and/or clinical protocol requirements using anatomical markers.
• Affords assessments and interventions to ensure patient comfort and privacy.
• Performs imaging procedures for various clinical and research bone densitometry studies in accordance with prescribed protocols.
• Analyzes scans and compares to baseline evaluations.
• Determines need for additional scans/views/ to allow MD optimal diagnostic criteria.
• Performs quality control and quality assurance procedures on equipment and computer as required.
• Archives and retrieves data.
• Maintains required records, reports, statistics, patient folders and related information.

Position Qualifications

• Licensed as a radiologic technologist by the state of Massachusetts; MSRT (with or without specific post primary credentials) OR a primary certificate for bone density – CBDT.
• BLS certification.
• Thorough knowledge of a specialized field such as radiology or nuclear medicine.
• One year of patient care experience.

Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions

• Must be able to lift and position patients and imaging equipment.
• Hearing and visual acuity sufficient to perform imaging procedures, observe patients, read monitors and documents and hear equipment alarms.
• Occupational exposure to ionizing radiation.

Benefits

Everyone Is a Caregiver At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Schedule

Monday through Friday, Saturday Scheduled Hours 7:30am-4pm/7:30am-8pm Shift 1 - Day Shift, 12.5 Hours (United States of America)

Pay

The final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.