Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Baylor St. Lukes Medical Center is an 881-bed quaternary care academic medical center that is a joint venture between Baylor College of Medicine and CHI St. Lukes Health. Located in the Texas Medical Center the hospital is the home of the Texas Heart Institute a cardiovascular research and education institution founded in 1962 by Denton A. Cooley MD. The hospital was the first facility in Texas and the Southwest designated a Magnet hospital for Nursing Excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center receiving the award five consecutive times. Baylor St. Lukes also has three community emergency centers offering adult and pediatric care for the Greater Houston area.

CHI St. Lukes Health now part of CommonSpirit Health formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health has been serving our community since 1954. Operating 137 hospitals and more than 1000 care sites across 21 states making our services accessible to nearly 1 in 4 U.S. proudly provide a vast array of services that help us keep our community safe and healthy.

We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:

Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
Free Premium Membership to with preloaded credits for children and dependent adults
Care for Caregivers: Resilience Through Adversity is a series of sessions designed to help caregivers build their resilience and advance their mental well-being during these difficult times
Flexible spending accounts
Voluntary Protection: Group Accident Critical Illness and Identity Theft
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Tuition Assistance for career growth and development
Matching Retirement Programs
Wellness Programs

Position Responsibilities:

• Interact with patients guests and other hospital personnel in a friendly responsive manner to insure that quality patient care is provided; provide accurate patient/family education concerning testing.
• Perform imaging procedures as outlined in the nuclear medicine procedure manual. Examples of these procedures include the performance of planar planar whole body gated planar SPECT SPECT-CT gated SPECT and mobile studies
• Perform computer acquisition and processing necessary for the display analysis and interpretation of the patients condition
• Participate in clinical education programs for the nuclear medicine personnel including training of nuclear medicine technologists students and house staff; as well as contributory involvement in staff in-services.
• Order prepare receive dispense and perform required regulatory and quality control procedures on radiopharmaceuticals; administer intravenous and oral radiopharmaceuticals under the guidelines established by the Chief of Service; and report immediately any irregularity or problem to the radiation safety officer and medical director
• Perform quality control on all instrumentation in the nuclear medicine department review data collected and report problems immediately to the supervisor or radiation safety officer
• Perform dosage administration which includes intradermal subcutaneous peri-areolar intramuscular intravenous and oral and IV setup as outlined in hospital policy
• Adherence to the rotational position methodology with a focus on punctuality.
• Set up and perform EKG during pharmaceutical stress exercise testing and emergency situations
• Participate in on-call activities
• Complete all computer and paperwork associated with the nuclear medicine procedure in an accurate and timely manner
• Provide documentation including electronic forms that is accurate legible and complete.
• Assist with clerical duties during call and after hours to insure that all studies are completed and reported; assist with scheduling of in and out patients
• Adhere to all policies and regulations regarding the safe handling dispensing monitoring and disposing of radioactive material
• Keep current in all aspects of hospital required training
• Maintain a safe and clean work area
• Comply with all regulatory requirements at state and federal level.

Education and Licensure:

• Associates Degree (preferred)
• NMTCB or Registered by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists ARRT (N) ; must maintain current
• Certified by State of Texas MRT
• CPR/BLS certification

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum of one (1) year experience (preferred)

Minimum Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Good alpha/numeric dexterity and handwriting skills
• Interpersonal skills for communication with patients physicians visitors and other hospital personnel.
• Good written and oral communication skills