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Job Responsibilities
- Participates in all Radiology Management Systems functions as they relate to patient procedures.
- Demonstrates adequate radiation safety practices as it relates to patients and co‐workers.
- Maintain and be familiar with required documentation necessary for licensing agencies.
- Provide patient education as needed.
- Demonstrates knowledge on the proper handling and disposing of radioactive waste material.
- Develops effective communication with referring physicians, radiologists and other department customers to ensure the delivery of nuclear medicine procedures.
- Performs a broad range of diagnostic imaging procedures including SPECT and SPECT / CT
- Prepares image data for interpretation including proper documentation and labeling, image data processing and formatting, data calculations and SPECT reconstruction
- Practices within Federal and State guideline.
- Orders, receives, documents, stores and returns radiopharmaceuticals in accordance with NY DOH.
- Prepares, documents, dispenses and administers radiopharmaceuticals in accordance with NY DOH..
- Transfers and retrieves image data to PACS and documents the study in EPIC.
- Performs radioactive waste collection / disposal
- Performs and documents daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly quality control procedures on equipment in accordance with ACR. Reports deviations to appropriate personnel.
- Demonstrates proficiency in starting intravenous catheter line and injecting radioisotopes. Removes IVs
Position Quailifications
Minimum Required :
Associate's degree in Applied Science in Nuclear MedicineNYS Radiologic Technologist license in Nuclear Medicine AND NMTCB or ARRT(N) eligibleNMTCB or ARRT(N) certified within 6 months of hirePreferred :
Bachelor's of Science degree in Nuclear Medicine.#IND1
Work Environment
All work is performed in the department which consists of many rooms. These rooms are air conditioned as well as heated, areas are occasionally subject to fumes. Delivery of services may also be performed at bedside in different patient care areas. Procedures use radioactive material which is either in gas or liquid form.Age of Patients Served
All Age GroupsHIPAA Roles‐Based Access to Patient Information
Clinical ‐ Access to patient information that is not restricted (an example of restricted information is ARU) ‐ Level 3