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Job Description
Prepare, administer, and measure radioactive isotopes in therapeutic, diagnostic, and tracer studies using a variety of radioisotope equipment. Prepare stock solutions of radioactive materials and calculate doses to be administered by radiologists. Subject patients to radiation. Execute blood volume, red cell survival, and fat absorption studies following standard laboratory techniques.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2033.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 75,960.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 36.00
- Currently, there are 19,650 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Nuclear Medicine Technologists”.
Also Known As…
- Nuclear Medicine Technologists
- Supervisor Nuclear Medicine
- Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist
- Senior Nuclear Medicine Technologist
- Registered Nuclear Medicine Technologist
- Radiation Safety Officer
- Nuclear Medicine Technologist (Nuclear Med Tech)
- Nuclear Medicine PET-CT Technologist (Nuclear Medicine Positron Emission Tomography - Computed Tomography Technologist)
- Nuclear Cardiology Technologist
- Lead Nuclear Medicine Technologist (Lead Nuc Med Tech)
- Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist (CNMT)
- Radioisotope Technologist
- Radioisotope Technician
- Nuclear Medicine Technician
- Nuclear Medical Technologist
- Medical Radiation Dosimetrist
- Isotope Technician
- Chief Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Tasks for “Isotope Technologist”
- Dispose of radioactive materials and store radiopharmaceuticals, following radiation safety procedures.
- Position radiation fields, radiation beams, and patient to allow for most effective treatment of patient's disease, using computer.
- Process cardiac function studies, using computer.
- Detect and map radiopharmaceuticals in patients' bodies, using a camera to produce photographic or computer images.
- Explain test procedures and safety precautions to patients and provide them with assistance during test procedures.
- Add radioactive substances to biological specimens, such as blood, urine, or feces, to determine therapeutic drug or hormone levels.
- Maintain and calibrate radioisotope and laboratory equipment.
- Train or supervise student or subordinate nuclear medicine technologists.
- Gather information on patients' illnesses and medical history to guide the choice of diagnostic procedures for therapy.
- Perform quality control checks on laboratory equipment or cameras.
- Prepare stock radiopharmaceuticals, adhering to safety standards that minimize radiation exposure to workers and patients.
- Record and process results of procedures.
- Administer radiopharmaceuticals or radiation intravenously to detect or treat diseases, using radioisotope equipment, under direction of a physician.
- Calculate, measure, and record radiation dosage or radiopharmaceuticals received, used, and disposed, using computer and following physician's prescription.
- Produce a computer-generated or film image for interpretation by a physician.
- Develop treatment procedures for nuclear medicine treatment programs.
- Measure glandular activity, blood volume, red cell survival, or radioactivity of patient, using scanners, Geiger counters, scintillometers, or other laboratory equipment.
Related Technology & Tools
- Strip chart recorders
- Medical positron emission tomography PET scanners
- Personal computers
- Microhematocrit centrifuges
- Dual channel spectrometer systems
- Safety goggles
- Medical picture archiving computer systems PACS
- Dual headed gamma cameras
- Well counters
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Geiger-Mueller meters
- Radiation protection eyewear
- Linear accelerator collimator equipment
- Blood drawing syringes
- Medical image laser printers
- Large-field gamma cameras
- Radiation measurement phantoms
- Metal laboratory tongs
- Radiation uptake detectors
- Pulse oximeters
- Surgical masks
- Beta vial shields
- Syringe shields
- Thermoluminescent dosimeters
- Patient positioning blocks
- Radiation shielding gloves
- Electrocardiography EKG units
- Automated multisample liquid scintillation counters
- Ultrasound bone density scanners
- Medical single photo emission computed tomography SPECT equipment
- Finger film badges
- Mobile gamma cameras
- Positron emission tomography PET calibration phantoms
- Wipe test counters
- Spectrometers
- Automatic film developing equipment
- Desktop computers
- Gamma scintillation counters
- Scintillation crystal detectors
- Rotating gamma cameras
- Peripheral intravenous catheters
- Radiation monitoring film badges
- Automated blood pressure cuffs
- Laptop computers
- Radiation shielding lead aprons
- Digital ratemeters
- Medical gamma cameras
- Evacuated blood collection tubes
- Dose calibrators
- Ion chamber survey meters
- Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
- Radiation survey meters
- Oxygen delivery regulators
- Infusion pumps
- Single positron emission computed tomography SPECT calibration phantoms
- Triple-head gamma cameras
- Intravenous IV sets
- Radiation shielding lead vests
- Intramuscular hypodermic needles
- Computed tomography CT scanners
- Specimen collection containers
- Microsoft Word
- Medovation RadRunner
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel
- Radiopharmacy inventory databases
- Microsoft Office
- MEDITECH software
- Gamma camera software
- Electronic medical record EMR software