Job Description
Description
Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.
Summary:
The Nuclear Medicine Technologist performs diagnostic procedures by administering radiopharmaceuticals, operating highly technical instruments, and analyzing the acquired data under the direction of a physician.
Responsibilities:
• Conducts radiological imaging screening, ensuring both the safe function of equipment and pursuing the best quality imaging from the procedure.
• Reads and comprehends imaging and radiopharmaceutical orders, engaging with radiologist when orders are unclear, complex or warrant deeper review.
• Interviews patients to understand risk factors and prior medical history components that may warrant a more in-depth examination for safety, e.g. for pregnancy risk.
• Gathers consent for injection for applicable orders. Establishes intravenous access and applies radiopharmaceutical(s).
• Receives delivered radiopharmaceuticals, ensures proper documentation and proper preparation and/or disposal. Assists with planning and administration of overall radiological safety program.
• Selects appropriate scanning protocols and imaging parameters using extensive knowledge of human anatomy, pathology and the capabilities/limitations of both hardware and specific imaging sequences.
• Guides patients, some distressed, through their examination, applying subject matter expertise and cultural competency to explain the exam. Sets expectations and calms patient for effective imaging.
Other information:
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
• Must have registered credentialing with the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board (NMTCB)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
Preferred
• One year of clinical Nuclear Medicine experience preferred
Job Details
Legal Employer: Pardee - HCHC
Entity: Pardee UNC Health Care
Organization Unit: Nuclear Medicine
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: PARD RAD
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
Description
Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.
Summary:
The Nuclear Medicine Technologist performs diagnostic procedures by administering radiopharmaceuticals, operating highly technical instruments, and analyzing the acquired data under the direction of a physician.
Responsibilities:
• Conducts radiological imaging screening, ensuring both the safe function of equipment and pursuing the best quality imaging from the procedure.
• Reads and comprehends imaging and radiopharmaceutical orders, engaging with radiologist when orders are unclear, complex or warrant deeper review.
• Interviews patients to understand risk factors and prior medical history components that may warrant a more in-depth examination for safety, e.g. for pregnancy risk.
• Gathers consent for injection for applicable orders. Establishes intravenous access and applies radiopharmaceutical(s).
• Receives delivered radiopharmaceuticals, ensures proper documentation and proper preparation and/or disposal. Assists with planning and administration of overall radiological safety program.
• Selects appropriate scanning protocols and imaging parameters using extensive knowledge of human anatomy, pathology and the capabilities/limitations of both hardware and specific imaging sequences.
• Guides patients, some distressed, through their examination, applying subject matter expertise and cultural competency to explain the exam. Sets expectations and calms patient for effective imaging.
Other information:
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
• Must have registered credentialing with the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board (NMTCB)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
Preferred
• One year of clinical Nuclear Medicine experience preferred
Job Details
Legal Employer: Pardee - HCHC
Entity: Pardee UNC Health Care
Organization Unit: Nuclear Medicine
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: PARD RAD
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
About UNC Health
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.
UNC Health and its 33,000 employees, continue to serve as North Carolina’s Health Care System, caring for patients from all 100 counties and beyond our borders. We continue to leverage the world class research conducted in the UNC School of Medicine, translating that innovation to life-saving and life-changing therapies, procedures, and techniques for the patients who rely on us.
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