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