Mammography Reporting Specialist

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MO-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Summary:

Coordinates reporting and breast imaging results communication and follow-up to support safe, timely, and compliant care across the breast health continuum.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Reviews breast imaging dictated reports to ensure compliance with Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) and American College of Radiology (ACR) guidelines.

• Collaborates with radiologists, breast health nurse navigators, mammographers, sonographers to implement proper patient care follow up from imaging results.

• Enters results and addended results for breast imaging exams into the Mammography Reporting System (MSR).

• Creates appropriate combined mammography/breast ultrasound result letters with breast density notifications and send to patients per mandated regulations.

• Checks letter verification reports in MRS to confirm documentation on result letter sent to each patient.

• Verifies accuracy and mail recall letters to all patients who need short-term follow-up.

• Monitors the overdue patient reports in MRS and resolve exams that were not properly linked or edit notes and “close” if we know reason why not completed.

• Coordinates patient care imaging reports through the continuum of breast health services.

• Assists imaging leadership with ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations, including the MQSA and ACR guidelines.

• Performs other duties as assigned. 

EDUCATION 

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

EXPERIENCE 

• Two years' experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.

• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.

• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

• Rare climbing

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS 

• None

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)Employee

Department:

4218000100 Diagnostic Administration

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

36

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