Nuclear Medicine Technologist - 711029

Company: Christus Health
Location: Alamogordo
Posted on: October 12, 2024

Job Description:

Description

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• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide services based on the physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and other related criteria appropriate to the age specific and/or cultural diversity of the population served in his/her assigned area.
  
• Maintains required core competencies.
  
• Complies with set Policies and Procedures (i. e. name tag, dress code, parking, smoking, etc.)
  
• Prepares patient for exam, administers premedication, radioactive isotopes and transfers patients to examining table after checking chart.
  
• Complies with unit and departmental scheduling guidelines. Is prepared to start shift on time.
  
• Performs skills according to accepted standards as listed within the orientations skills check list.
  
• Surveys amount of radiation given off by radioactive material shipped to the department.
  
• Measures the radioactive dosage prescribed for a patient with a dose calibrator. Scans patient and makes proper settings.
  
• Maintains supplies, restocks and reports as needed.
  
• Records information on patient care and examination, maintains records on scans and test results and files patient records.
  
• Properly prepares and labels radiopharmaceuticals.
  
• Always wears film badge above the collar. - Turns in film badges monthly for evaluation and follows up on results. - Always wears film badge ring when on duty.
  
• Surveys Hot Lab and scan room for contamination daily.
  
• Performs all daily, weekly, monthly, semi-annual and annual surveys and QC.
  
• Written documentation is accurate, concise, and legible.
  
• Performs daily checks on the emergency drug box in Nuclear Medicine department.
  
• Coordinates scheduling of patient exams, orders isotopes, pharmaceuticals and other supplies as needed.
  
  
  Requirements
  EducationRequired: - - - -High SchoolPreferred: - - - -Associate in Applied SciencesLicenses & CertificationsRequired: - - - -C-CNMT - - - -L-Nuclear Medicine NMTPreferred: - - - -C-BLS

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