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