REGISTERED NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNOLOGIST (JR233832)

Montefiore Hudson Valley Collaborative; Village of Tarrytown (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Montefiore Medical Center in New York seeks a Nuclear Medicine Technologist to be responsible for preparation, calibration and administration of radiopharmaceuticals under supervision. The role includes performing quality control and operating imaging equipment, including SPECT/CT when applicable.

The position involves patient care before, during, and after procedures, with duties expanding to CT functions as needed.

Qualifications

• Licensed Nuclear Medicine Technologist with current certification.
• Experience with SPECT/CT imaging and radiopharmaceutical administration.
• Strong knowledge of quality control procedures.
• Ability to schedule patients and coordinate workflow.

Responsibilities

• Provide empathetic, instructional patient care and perform radiopharmaceutical preparation, calibration and administration under an authorized user's direction.
• Qualified technologists can perform CT functions in conjunction with SPECT/CT exams.
• Maintain quality control programs and ensure instrument credibility and reliability.
• Schedule patients efficiently and assign technologist workloads.
• Assess patient needs before, during and after visits and respond appropriately.

Skills

Nuclear Medicine

SPECT/CT

CT Imaging

Quality Control

Patient Care

Administrative Scheduling

Tools

Gamma Cameras

Dose Calibrators

Well Counters

Lung Ventilation Equipment

EKG Machine

Job description

Introduction

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Overview

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Responsibilities

• The Responsibilities of the Nuclear Medicine Technologistinclude an empathetic and instructional approach to patient care, the preparation, calibration and administration of radiopharmaceuticals and pharmaceuticals (under the direction of an authorized user), the performance of quality control procedures and the operation of imaging, laboratory, and computer instrumentation.
• Qualified technologists can perform CT functions in conjunction with SPECT/CT exams.
• Knowledge of the following:
  • Quality Control: Requires the evaluation and maintenance of quality control program for instrumentation to ensure its credibility and reliability.
  • Administrative Procedures: Requires the exercise of judgment to schedule patients in a timely arranged manner. Uses judgment to assign work schedules to technologists.
  • Nuclear Medicine gamma cameras with and without SPECT/CT; data processing computers; doses calibrators; well counters; EKG machine, thyroid probe; survey meters; film processor; film copiers; lung ventilation equipment; Hospital computer systems applicable to job functions.
  • Patient Care: Requires the exercise of judgment to assess and responds to patient's needs prior to, during and after visits in the Nuclear Medicine Division. Determine which patients should receive immediate care in the absence of the supervisor.

Please note: In the event of vacation or emergency will be required to travel to other nuclear cardiology sites including but not limited to - 1578 Williamsbridge Rd and 20 Cedar St.