Nuclear Med Tech-PRN

Rutherford Regional Health System is a 143-bed acute care facility that offers a broad array of inpatient and outpatient care. Rutherford Regional is dedicated to providing patients with a full range of services to meet their healthcare needs. We provide our services in a caring professional environment through the teamwork of our medical staff and employees.

Rutherford Regional Health Systems partnership with Duke LifePoint Healthcare is bringing the pieces together to transform healthcare in Rutherford County. Duke LifePoint Healthcare is a joint venture of Duke University Health System one of the countrys leading academic health systems and LifePoint Health a leading healthcare company dedicated to Making Communities Healthier. These two forces joined because of the shared interest in collaborating with hospitals healthcare providers and patients to bring high quality innovative healthcare services to communities. Duke LifePoint combines Dukes unparalleled expertise in clinical excellence and quality care with LifePoints extensive resources and knowledge and experience operating community hospitals and healthcare organizations.

Prepares and administers radiopharmaceuticals as well as other medications to patients and performs the diagnostic study per physician orders.

Essential Functions:

• Administers radiopharmaceuticals and medications for patient imaging and therapeutic procedures.
• Processes data and enhances digital images using advanced computer technology.
• Provides images data analysis and patient information for diagnostic interpretation or therapeutic procedures.
• Evaluates images to determine the technical quality and calibration of instrumentation.
• Processes the images for radiologist review.
• Assesses patient condition ensures patient safety through proper use of restraint/support devices.
• Reviews each examination for technical accuracy presents completed examination for interpretation and communicates pertinent data to persons responsible for the care of the patient following the procedure.
• Coordinates Nuclear Medicine examination to ensure the quality and continuity of patient care and assists with the management of the workflow of the department to ensure the completion of work assignments in the absence of the Nuclear Medicine supervisor/team leader.
• Uses computer system in documenting correctly and accurately patient information to ensure the quality of patient care: (a) patients full name (b) patients medical record number (c) patients date of birth (d) examinations performed.
• Demonstrates the ability to perform all necessary computer operations to ensure proper examination documentation and charges.