Senior Nuclear Medicine Technologist/PET Scanning-Nuclear Medicine

Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City - SSMC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City - SSMC seeks a qualified professional in Nuclear Medicine for a critical role in conducting operations and supervising staff. Candidates should possess a relevant degree and a minimum of 4 years of clinical experience, with at least 2 years in a senior supervisory capacity. The position offers opportunities to enhance patient care and ensures adherence to high operational standards in a prestigious healthcare setting in the UAE.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years clinical experience in Nuclear Medicine; 2 years at a senior level.
• UAE National: Minimum 2 years relevant experience in an acute care hospital.
• Knowledge of computer science and nuclear hematology is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and track shortages of materials and order replenishments.
• Prepare and perform quality control checks of radiopharmaceuticals.
• Deliver precise radiopharmaceutical doses and monitor for risks.
• Conduct regular checks and calibrations of imaging equipment.

Skills

Nuclear Medicine

Quality Control

Patient Care

Aseptic Techniques

Radiopharmaceuticals

Education

Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Nuclear Medicine Imaging

Associate degree in Nuclear Medicine

Bachelor/Diploma/Associate degree in Radiography/Radiology Technology

Job description

Job Description

The role is responsible for independently conducting all operations related to nuclear medicine. The role is also responsible to monitor and/or supervise junior employees and make sure that all standards of operational procedures are being followed.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and tracks shortages of materials, orders and approves replenishments when necessary.
• Prepares radiopharmaceuticals for use in patient studies. Performs quality control checks of pharmaceuticals.
• Performs calibration, chemical purity checks and percentage yields to ensure the integrity of solutions to avoid unnecessary radiation exposure.
• Assists and follows physician's orders to determine appropriate radiopharmaceutical and dosage.
• Facilitates and presents program image recording system and forwards recorded images in the proper format to physicians.
• Provides aseptic dispensing of precise radiopharmaceutical patient doses, and is competent in the intravenous, oral and inhalation administration of radiopharmaceuticals and radio-labeled blood products to patients.
• Manages to record and is able to recognize potential risks and contraindications to radiopharmaceutical administrations, and should be able to assist patients.
• Performs quality assurance checks on dose calibrator equipment used to assay radiopharmaceutical doses.
• Ensures effective cleaning of the sterile isolator prior to use; performs radionuclide and chemical purity checks; uses settle plates to monitor airborne microbial contamination, and monitors for radiation contamination.
• Conducts daily or periodic checks and calibration of imaging and non-imaging equipment, and radiation contamination monitoring.

Accountabilities

• Ensures physical accuracy and hand-eye coordination while performing venopuncture on and insertion of cannulae into adult patients, taking blood samples as required for Nuclear Medicine, and other tests.
• Ensures patients receive the highest standard of medical care.
• Updates patient examination history file, recording unusual conditions and document all records.

Qualifications

• Required: NLT 4 years clinical experience in Nuclear Medicine; 2 of them at a senior supervisory or management level.
• UAE National: NLT 2 years relevant experience in an acute care hospital.
• Knowledge of computer science will be expected.
• Knowledge of nuclear hematology will be advantageous.

Desired

• N.A.

Educational Qualification – Required

• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma or its equivalent from an accredited institution in Nuclear Medicine Imaging (minimum three (3) years course duration) and One (1) year of experience post qualification in the Nuclear Medicine field.
• Associate degree (minimum two (2) years course duration) from an accredited program in Nuclear Medicine and Valid Registration or Certification.
• Two (2) years of experience post qualification in the Nuclear Medicine field.
• Bachelor/Diploma/Associate degree in a Radiography /Radiology Technology or Medical Imaging program and Diploma/Master of minimum one (1) year in Nuclear Medicine, Two (2) years of experience post qualification in the Nuclear Medicine field and Valid Registration or Certification.
• Bachelor/Diploma/Associate degree in a Radiography /Radiology Technology or Medical Imaging program and Diploma/Master of minimum one (1) year in Nuclear Medicine and Two (2) years of experience post qualification in the Nuclear Medicine field.

Desired – Educational

• Master's in Nuclear Medicine or relevant clinical MSc in a relevant field (will reduce 1 year from the required years of experience).