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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
- Isotope Technologist
- Isotope Technician
- Chief Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Tasks for “Medical Radiation Dosimetrist”
- Record and process results of procedures.
- Maintain and calibrate radioisotope and laboratory equipment.
- Detect and map radiopharmaceuticals in patients' bodies, using a camera to produce photographic or computer images.
- 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.
- Produce a computer-generated or film image for interpretation by a physician.
- Process cardiac function studies, using computer.
- Position radiation fields, radiation beams, and patient to allow for most effective treatment of patient's disease, using computer.
- Dispose of radioactive materials and store radiopharmaceuticals, following radiation safety procedures.
- Explain test procedures and safety precautions to patients and provide them with assistance during test procedures.
- Administer radiopharmaceuticals or radiation intravenously to detect or treat diseases, using radioisotope equipment, under direction of a physician.
- Train or supervise student or subordinate nuclear medicine technologists.
- Develop treatment procedures for nuclear medicine treatment programs.
- Prepare stock radiopharmaceuticals, adhering to safety standards that minimize radiation exposure to workers and patients.
- Calculate, measure, and record radiation dosage or radiopharmaceuticals received, used, and disposed, using computer and following physician's prescription.
- Add radioactive substances to biological specimens, such as blood, urine, or feces, to determine therapeutic drug or hormone levels.
- Measure glandular activity, blood volume, red cell survival, or radioactivity of patient, using scanners, Geiger counters, scintillometers, or other laboratory equipment.
Related Technology & Tools
- Positron emission tomography PET calibration phantoms
- Intravenous IV sets
- Medical single photo emission computed tomography SPECT equipment
- Specimen collection containers
- Syringe shields
- Beta vial shields
- Computed tomography CT scanners
- Safety goggles
- Radiation monitoring film badges
- Radiation shielding lead vests
- Digital ratemeters
- Dual headed gamma cameras
- Thermoluminescent dosimeters
- Oxygen delivery regulators
- Radiation protection eyewear
- Radiation shielding lead aprons
- Dose calibrators
- Evacuated blood collection tubes
- Mobile gamma cameras
- Medical gamma cameras
- Blood drawing syringes
- Peripheral intravenous catheters
- Microhematocrit centrifuges
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Laptop computers
- Ultrasound bone density scanners
- Electrocardiography EKG units
- Surgical masks
- Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
- Geiger-Mueller meters
- Linear accelerator collimator equipment
- Patient positioning blocks
- Finger film badges
- Radiation uptake detectors
- Automatic film developing equipment
- Large-field gamma cameras
- Single positron emission computed tomography SPECT calibration phantoms
- Radiation measurement phantoms
- Pulse oximeters
- Strip chart recorders
- Radiation shielding gloves
- Triple-head gamma cameras
- Intramuscular hypodermic needles
- Scintillation crystal detectors
- Rotating gamma cameras
- Gamma scintillation counters
- Well counters
- Dual channel spectrometer systems
- Ion chamber survey meters
- Metal laboratory tongs
- Medical positron emission tomography PET scanners
- Automated multisample liquid scintillation counters
- Infusion pumps
- Radiation survey meters
- Medical image laser printers
- Wipe test counters
- Automated blood pressure cuffs
- Medical picture archiving computer systems PACS
- Personal computers
- Spectrometers
- Desktop computers
- Medovation RadRunner
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Gamma camera software
- Radiopharmacy inventory databases
- MEDITECH software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office