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