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Job Description

Diagnose and treat diseases using radioactive materials and techniques. May monitor radionuclide preparation, administration, and disposition.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1069.05

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Nuclear Medicine Physicians”.

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Tasks for “Physician”

Prepare comprehensive interpretive reports of findings.
Perform cardiovascular nuclear medicine procedures such as exercise testing and pharmacologic stress testing.
Interpret imaging data and confer with other medical specialists to formulate diagnoses.
Test dosage evaluation instruments and survey meters to ensure they are operating properly.
Direct nuclear medicine technologists or technicians regarding desired dosages, techniques, positions, and projections.
Schedule examinations and staff activities.
Determine appropriate tests or protocols based on patients' needs or conditions.
Prescribe radionuclides and dosages to be administered to individual patients.
Advise other physicians of the clinical indications, limitations, assessments, or risks of diagnostic and therapeutic applications of radioactive materials.
Monitor cleanup of radioactive spills to ensure that proper procedures are followed and that decontamination activities are conducted.
Compare nuclear medicine procedures with other types of procedures such as computed tomography, ultrasonography, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, and angiography.
Administer radioisotopes to clinical patients or research subjects.
Consult with anesthesiologists regarding recommended dosages or combinations of sedative drugs.
Establish and enforce radiation protection standards for patients and staff.
Interview and physically examine patients prior to testing.
Consult with patients following radiation treatments to provide information and assess outcomes or to recommend further consultation or treatments as appropriate.
Check and approve the quality of diagnostic images before patients are discharged.
Monitor handling of radioactive materials to ensure that established procedures are followed.
Calculate, measure, or prepare radioisotope dosages.
Teach nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, or other specialties at graduate educational level.
Review procedure requests and patients' medical histories to determine applicability of procedures and radioisotopes to be used.
Provide advice on the selection of nuclear medicine supplies or equipment.
Monitor quality control of radionuclide preparation, administration, or disposition ensuring that activities comply with applicable regulations and standards.
Direct the safe management and disposal of radioactive substances.
Formulate plans and procedures for nuclear medicine departments.
Conduct laboratory procedures, such as radioimmunoassay studies of blood or urine, using radionuclides.

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