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