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