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