Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Job Description

Job Summary:

• The Nuclear Medicine Technologist (NM Tech), under general supervision of a Radiologist, performs nuclear medicine procedures, PET, and theranostic procedures on ambulatory and hospital patients as requested by a physician or other licensed provider for the diagnosis of disease and injury in accordance with established protocols.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Quality Assurance:

• Performs high quality nuclear medicine, PET, and theranostic procedures (planar, SPECT, and SPECT/CT), according to exam protocol, in a timely manner.
• Systematically evaluates the quality of imaging procedures and follows established standards and procedures.
• Maintains equipment by performing quality control (Q.C.) as required by imaging manufacturers, radiation materials license (RAM), or American College of Radiology (ACR).
• Works with engineers and physicists to ensure optimal operational capabilities of equipment.

2. Caring Practices:

• Communicates with patients to identify patient service requirements, ensure correct exam is performed, and establish rapport with patients and others.
• Instructs and communicates with patients and their family, in accordance with HIPAA, regarding the test to be performed and assesses patient’s ability to tolerate exam.

3. Patient Safety:

• Explains the procedure thoroughly to put patients at ease.
• Protects patients and team members by adhering to safety requirements, infection-control, protocols, and techniques.
• Prepares patient and area for procedure by positioning patient, adjusting immobilization devices, moving equipment into specified position.
• Uses proper aseptic or sterile techniques as needed when setting up and performing invasive procedures and maintains hand hygiene requirements.

4. Radiation Safety:

• Products patients, team members, and themselves by adhering to all radiation safety requirements, policies, protocols and techniques.
• Verifies that correct radioactive drug has been selected for the exam or treatment.
• Screens patients appropriately for pregnancy status prior to the start of the exam or treatment.
• Safely administers radiopharmaceuticals and adjunctive medications per protocol.
• Educates patients with radiation safety techniques pre and post exam or treatment.
• Safely follows radiation disposal guidelines.

5. Collaboration:

• Reports issues to leadership or appropriate department.
• Assists the department in maintaining supplies inventory, ordering radiopharmaceuticals for patient care and Q.C. Works collaboratively with colleagues, nursing partners, medical staff, and Radiologists.
• Ensures an accurate transfer of patient images to the Client picture archiving and communication system (PACS) for clinical review and dictation by our physician partners.

Certification/Degree Requirements:

• ARRT (N) or NMTCB and TMB, BLS.

Experience and Skills:

• 1yr min experience.
• Cardiac Heavy.
• Can partner with Stress lab.
• Team work.

Scrub Color:

• Hunter Green (Must Purchase).

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to observe changes in the medical condition of patients and effectively communicate changes to nursing partners, physicians, and emergency response teams as needed; with ability to administer first aid and use the emergency cart.
• Demonstrates and maintains current knowledge, continued education and skills appropriate care for the following age groups (specific to department): newborn, pediatric, young adult, adult and geriatric.
• Able to provide services timely, accurately, and cost-efficiently in compliance with established system and regulatory standards, policies and procedures.
• Able to perform tasks independently without need for routine oversight.
• Able to maintain a calm and helpful attitude, even under times of stress, and take appropriate and reasonable steps to resolve issues.
• Ensures customer satisfaction by limiting wait times, providing courteous service, remaining professional, reviewing patient satisfaction scores and developing action plans when required.
• Able to serve as trainer by providing a quality education to new team members and students from Client approved programs.
• Adhering to policies, procedures and workflows.
• These system workflows include PACS, EMR, image exchange systems, modality worklist integrity, record management, and Biomedical services.
• General computer skills, including Microsoft Office, information security, electronic medical documentation, and email.
• Able to take call, if required.

Interview Type:

• 1 Round – phone Interview.