Nuclear Medicine Tech - PN

Lexington Health, Inc.; Columbia, Northern (SC, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day ONE benefits

403(b) match plan

Employer paid life insurance

Disability coverage after 90 days

Student loan forgiveness

Job summary

Lexington Health, Inc. is seeking a Nuclear Medicine Technologist for LH Heart & Vasc West Columbia on a full-time day shift (7:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.). The role performs diagnostic radionuclide exams with a $5,000 sign-on bonus, handles radiopharmaceuticals, ensures quality control, and delivers patient-centered care while adhering to regulatory standards. Employment includes comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: Graduate of an approved School of Nuclear Medicine Technology or equivalent.
• Minimum Years of Experience: None.
• Required Certifications/Licensure: Certification in Nuclear Medicine Technology or eligibility for certification and SC license.
• Required Training: None.

Responsibilities

• Organize daily workload and schedule patients for Nuclear Medicine exams.
• Order radiopharmaceuticals and kits as needed.
• Calculate dosages based on age/weight/condition.
• Explain procedures to patients and obtain pertinent information from charts.
• Set up imaging systems and ensure QC for image quality.
• Maintain clean, stocked work area and operate imaging devices.
• Follow HIPAA and confidentiality guidelines.
• Respond to emergencies and ensure patient safety.

Skills

Nuclear medicine

Patient care

Radiopharmaceuticals

Education

Approved Nuclear Medicine Technology program

Tools

Imaging systems

Job description

LH Heart&Vasc West Columbia
Full Time
Day Shift
7a-330p

Sign-On Bonus:5,000

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bedteachinghospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcareand was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as bestin the Columbia Metroarea by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Healthdelivers more than 4,000babies each year, performs more than 34,000surgeries annually and isthe region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center.Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Job Summary

Utilize radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals to perform diagnostic and sometimes therapeutic examinations.

Minimum Qualifications

• MinimumEducation: Graduate of an approved School of Nuclear Medicine Technology or equivalent
• Minimum Years of Experience: None.
• Substitutable Education & Experience (optional): None
• Required Certifications/Licensure: Certification in Nuclear Medicine Technology or eligibility for certification and have a South Carolina Radiation Quality Standards Association license
• Required Training: None.

Essential Functions

• Demonstrates competence to provide developmentally appropriate care/treatment for thefollowing patient population:
  • Infant (Birth to 1 year)
  • Child (1 year through 12 years)
  • Adolescent (13 years through 17 years)
  • Adult (18 years to 65 years)
  • Geriatric (over 65 years)
  • Bariatric and Cardiac
• Organize daily work load.
• Order radiopharmaceuticals and kits as needed.
• Calculates correct dosage to be administered following prescribed procedures, according toinformation on age, weight and physical condition.
• Receives patients and explains procedures to them.
• Assess the patients in order to record any pertinent information relating to the exam.
• Reviews and abstracts data from the patient’s chart.
• Sets up imaging systems for studies in accordance with current imaging protocols.
• Evaluates scan for acceptable quality prior to submitting for interpretation.
• Schedules patients for Nuclear Medicine exams as necessary.
• Maintains a clean and orderly work area to include stocking all items prior to the beginning ofthe work day.
• Operates all imaging systems and related devices.
• Performs Q.C procedures on all equipment.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Keeps supervisor abreast of any changes in imaging systems operation to ensure proper repairs can be made in a timely manner.
• Properly receives radioactive shipments according to DHEC regulations.
• Performs various tasks associated with processing, distributing and storing radioactivematerials.
• Proficient in starting IV’s and injecting Radiopharmaceuticals/Saline and/or pharmacologic stress agents for certain procedures.
• Clocks in/out according to the hospital policy and approves time in Kronos.
• Attends staff meetings as required and completes all mandatory education requirements.
• Follows through with assignments and informs supervisor of progress or problems incompleting tasks.
• Recognize emergency patient conditions and initiates lifesaving first aid.
• Follows established guidelines for reporting a significant medical error or unanticipatedoutcome in the patient's care which results in patient harm.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by authorized personnel or as required in an emergency(i.e. fire or disaster)
• Demonstrates good public relations and service excellence at all times.
• Adheres to policies of logging in/out of any information systems and maintains confidentiality ofpasswords, security codes and adheres and follows HIPAA Guidelines.
• Serves and protects the hospital community by ensuring adherence to professional standards,hospital policies and procedures, accrediting organization standards, and federal, state andlocal requirements.

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our benefit eligible employees and their families:

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Student loan forgiveness

Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.