As a mobile x-ray technologist, your job is to use radiology equipment to help provide a diagnosis for any ailments a patient is experiencing. In your role as a radiographer, you operate equipment, help adjust the patient's body, support a high level of overall care, and move between medical facilities as necessary. Despite the suggestions of the name, mobile x-ray equipment almost always stays within hospitals and other treatment facilities. This job title refers to using equipment that can move around and visit patients who cannot move to a radiology ward, not traveling outside of the hospital to visit remote patients. This jobs also includes managing radiation exposure among other doctors, nurses, patients, and equipment, which often involves setting up temporary barriers to help stop x-rays from traveling farther than necessary.