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