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