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