Nuclear Med Technologist

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Somerset (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

The Somerset Cardiac Imaging Center, an outpatient department of Baptist Health Corbin, seeks a Nuclear Medicine Technologist for full-time 1st shift in Somerset, KY. You will perform Nuclear Medicine imaging procedures, maintain safety and regulatory standards, and collaborate with cardiology and medical staff to deliver high-quality diagnostic services.

Requirements include a Nuclear Medicine education program, ARRT(N) or NMTCB certification, KY license, and BLS within 90 days.

Qualifications

• Completion of a Nuclear Medicine education program is required.
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• ARRT(N) or NMTCB certification.
• Current Kentucky Radiation License.
• BLS within 90 days of hire.
• Advanced ARRT Registry within 1 year.

Responsibilities

• Performs Nuclear Medicine imaging procedures and ensures high-quality diagnostic images.
• Provides safe patient care, including patient verification, monitoring, venipuncture, and radiation protection.
• Maintains imaging protocols, equipment quality control, regulatory records, and radioactive waste requirements.
• Coordinates patient flow and works with Cardiologist, nursing, transport, and other departments.
• Assists with staff training, competency, and supervision of imaging students.
• Ensures compliance with hospital policies, safety standards, and Nuclear Medicine regulations.

Skills

Nuclear Medicine

Radiation Safety

Patient Care

Teamwork

Education

Nuclear Medicine education program

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

Summary Job Description

Nuclear Med Tech Full-Time, 1st Shift Sommerset, Ky The Somerset Cardiac Imaging Center, an outpatient department of Baptist Health Corbin, is dedicated to providing comprehensive cardiovascular diagnostic services in a patient-centered environment. Team members work closely with cardiologists, providers, and clinical staff to deliver high-quality testing and support the early detection and management of heart disease. Our department fosters a collaborative culture where clinical excellence, compassion, and professional growth are valued as we work together to improve the health of the communities we serve. Provides health care services using radioisotopes to assist in diagnosis or treatment (therapies). Performs Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT related procedures, computer processing, and related techniques to produce images for the interpretation by a Radiologist or a licensed independent practitioner. Exercises professional judgment in performance of service and maintains a demeanor complimentary to medical ethics. Recognizes various patient conditions in order to provide appropriate patient care to ensure successful completion of the exam or procedure.

Job Description

• Performs Nuclear Medicine imaging procedures and ensures high-quality diagnostic images.
• Provides safe patient care, including patient verification, monitoring, venipuncture, and radiation protection.
• Maintains imaging protocols, equipment quality control, regulatory records, and radioactive waste requirements.
• Coordinates patient flow and works with Cardiologist, nursing, transport, and other departments.
• Assists with staff training, competency, and supervision of imaging students.
• Ensures compliance with hospital policies, safety standards, and Nuclear Medicine regulations.

Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED
• Completion of a Nuclear Medicine education program
• Less than 1 year of related experience
• ARRT (N) or NMTCB certification
• Current Kentucky Radiation License
• BLS within 90 days of hire
• Advanced ARRT Registry within 1 year

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• PTO Sell Back Program
• Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
• Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support
• Retirement with Company Match

If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

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Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet or Pathway to Excellence designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.