Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Overview

: The University of Utah is a Level 1 Trauma Center and is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. Our five hospitals and eleven clinics provide excellence in our comprehensive services, medical advancement, and overall patient outcomes. Responsibilities

• Administers radiopharmaceuticals to patients by IV injection, inhalation or oral administration.
• Performs full range of nuclear medicine dynamic, static, SPECT and PET imaging procedures.
• Maintains compliance with radiation safety policies and documentation requirements for receipt, disposal, and administration of radiopharmaceuticals.
• Explains procedures to the patients.
• Prepares the instrument sets and equipment, and assists the patient in positioning to obtain required diagnostic quality.
• Communicates patient status and information to the appropriate physician.
• Identifies and ensures quality control measures for imaging and surveying equipment, dose calibrators and radiation safety monitors recording results.
• Mentors nuclear medicine technology students in the clinical work environment and may educate students in an academic setting.
• Assists in maintaining laboratory inventory and ordering supplies.
• Verifies scan quality and performs computer image and data processing.
• Calculates quantity of radiopharmaceutical activity and volume to be administered following prescribed procedures.
• Assays specimens and prepares standards in scintillation counting systems, performs calculations and records results.
• Performs procedures on emergency call. Optimizes imaging procedures and uses appropriate judgment to maximize image quality.
• Functions independently, working in cooperation with coworkers and coordinating patient needs and procedures with physicians.
• Serves as a liaison between the physicians and patients. Communicates any special patient and procedure needs.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Qualifications

Qualifications

Required

Licenses Required

Qualifications (Preferred)

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.

Physical Requirements Carrying, Color Determination, Far Vision, Lifting, Listening, Manual Dexterity, Near Vision, Pulling and / or Pushing, Reaching, Sitting, Speaking, Standing, Stooping and Crouching, Walking

Multi-lingual Candidates Welcomed

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