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