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