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