Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Description

Summary: As a nuclear medicine technologist, you will use expert knowledge and judgment in radionuclide administration, imaging techniques, and patient treatment to provide quality images and appropriate care. Highlights: 1. Provide quality images with accuracy and efficiency. 2. Administer radionuclides and position patients for diagnostic imaging. 3. Practice professional communication and maintain a professional image. Apply Now Overview: The images you provide will help our medical staff determine pient situions and provide approprie care. Your work as a nuclear medicine technologist will involve your expert knowledge and judgment in regard to radionuclide administrion, imaging technique and pient trement. Together with the entire imaging services department, you will strive to make life better for others.   Responsibilities: IMAGING: Provides quality images with accuracy and efficiency, using optimal skills and knowledge of all equipment. Administers radionuclides according to department policies and training. Positions pient for diagnostic imaging according to department procedures, training, and machine requirements. Operes imaging equipment, determines and sets exposure factors, sets technique utilizing all relevant factors to ensure accure and quality images with minimal and acceptable repe res. Uses computer image processing to select and optimize images. Develops and presents films and reled pient informion to the nuclear medicine / ultrasound physician for diagnosis. Assists with pient transport by moving pients using standard procedures. DOCUMENTATION: Ghers complete documention of all pertinent informion to provide accure and timely service to customers. Identifies pient by checking pient's I.D., full name and medical record number according to department procedure. Reviews pient chart and orders to insure correct examinion. Labels images completely with demographic, position and other needed documention. Logs activities, ghers charging informion and charges exams as required. Follows department and hospital procedures and policies. Performs quality control and quality assurance, records results and reports variance from normal equipment function.   PERSONAL & PATIENT CARE AND SAFETY: Quality pient care approprie to age of neone, pediric, adolescent, adult and geriric pients is provided using professional judgment in accordance with written standards so there is no injury to self or others. Protects pients and others in the area by using proper machine settings and radiion safety standards. Practices universal and blood and body fluid precautions and sterile practices according to procedures. Communices and uses knowledge of reled anomy and physiology to insure approprie and effective care to neone, pediric, adolescent, adult and geriric pients. Maintains awareness of pient stus and takes approprie actions to meet their needs. Starts IV’s using proper technique and administers medicions under the     direction of the LIP.   PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR: Practices professional communicions, appearance, conduct, punctuality, tendance and titude th leads to physician, pient and co-worker respect and confidence. Informs pient and/or family of all needed informion concerning the exam performed. Uses professional judgment and presents a professional image of competency to customer and staff. Maintains professional appearance, punctuality, flexibility, confidentiality and guest relions. Handles stressful situions in ways th promote positive outcomes. Takes personal initiive to maintain current in educion (journals, books, in-services, seminars, etc.) and certificion. Participes in presenting professional informion to colleagues. Qualificions: Educion: Gradue of approved Nuclear Medicine Technology program or Radiologic Technology program with Nuclear Medicine Specialty is required.   Experience: One-year experience in Nuclear Medicine preferred.   Skills: Keyboard skills and ability to navige electronic systems applicable to job functions.   Licensure: Licensure/Certificion: Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist (CNMT) or registrion in Nuclear Medicine (ARRT-N) required. Current ste license in Nuclear Medicine required for all employees who perform this job in the ste of Oregon. Current Radiologic Technologist Certificion required for all employees who perform this job in the ste of Washington. AHA BLS for Healthcare Providers. Pay Range: USD $48.69 - USD $69.65 /Hr. Our Commitment to Health and Equal Opportunity: Our Legacy is good for health for Our People, Our Pients, Our Communities, Our World. Above all, we will do the right thing. If you are passione about our mission and believe you can contribute to our team, we encourage you to apply—even if you don't meet every qualificion listed. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can grow and succeed. Legacy Health is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits unlawful discriminion and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion or creed, citizenship stus, sex, sexual oriention, gender identity, pregnancy, age, nional origin, disability stus, genetic informion, veteran stus, or any other characteristic protected by law.   To learn more about our employee benefits click here: www.legacyhealth.org/For-Health-Professionals/careers/benefiting-you Apply Now