Mammography Technologist

What these technologists image

Patients undergoing screening and diagnostic breast imaging, including tomosynthesis and biopsy support.

What the shift actually looks like

Appointment-based screening and diagnostic imaging with a high patient-communication component, plus biopsy support in diagnostic centres.

Credentials and certifications

Typically required

ARRT (M); MQSA compliance; BLS

Workload basis

Appointment-based

What to specify when you send the req

Screening vs diagnostic mix, tomosynthesis, and stereotactic biopsy support.

Why this role is hard to fill

MQSA continuing-experience requirements are a hard regulatory gate. Verify currency, not just the credential.

What candidates ask before accepting

Answering these in the req itself shortens the process considerably, because they are the questions that otherwise surface at offer stage and cause declines: Screening versus diagnostic mix, tomosynthesis, stereotactic biopsy support and daily volume.

Contract or permanent?

Contract restores scanner uptime immediately; permanent fixes the structural gap. Many facilities deliberately run both, so a traveller holds the schedule while a permanent search proceeds without pressure. Contract-to-hire works particularly well here because modality competence is obvious within weeks on your own equipment.

Licensure

Imaging licensure is state-by-state with no portability. Roughly eleven states do not license individual technologists at all, regulating instead at facility or equipment-operator level — where that applies, verification of registry status and continuing competency falls to you rather than a state board. ARRT is the primary registry across modalities.

How we work this req

Every candidate is spoken to before you see them, with licensure for your state, certifications and unit-specific competency confirmed before submittal. We screen to the credential the unit actually needs rather than the title on the posting. Rates sit inside the ranges on our published cost breakdown.