Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Nuclear Medicine Technologist - Full-time

Location:Alamogordo NM

Required Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent.

• Graduate of Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation accredited Nuclear Medicine program or equivalent.

• Current American Heart HeartSaver or Basic Life Support (BLS) card.

• Certification by the American Registry of Radiologic Technicians or Nuclear Medicine certification.

• NM NMT License.

• Ability to respond within 30 minutes when on call.

• Knowledge and skills to provide services based on the physical psychosocial educational safety and other related criteria appropriate to the age-specific and/or cultural diversity of the population served.

• Ability to comply with unit and departmental scheduling guidelines and to start shifts on time.

• Ability to record patient-centered care information accurately concisely and legibly and to maintain patient records.

Job Description

What you will be doing:

• Preparing patients for scans of particular organs to furnish diagnostic information utilizing radioactive pharmaceuticals with intravenous injection.

• Operating nuclear medicine imaging equipment to acquire appropriate images.

• Maintaining required core competencies and complying with set policies and procedures.

• Checking patients charts and transferring them to examining tables.

• Recording information on patient care and examination and maintaining records on scans and test results.

• Preparing and labeling radiopharmaceuticals.

• Surveying the Hot Lab and scan room for contamination daily.

• Performing all daily weekly monthly semi-annual and annual surveys and quality control.

• Checking the emergency drug box in the Cardiopulmonary Nuclear Medicine department daily.

• Coordinating the scheduling of patient exams and ordering isotopes pharmaceuticals and other necessary supplies.

• Performing other related responsibilities as assigned.

What is in for you:-

• In order to provide general direction for Our Medical Center the Board of Directors hereby adopts the following statements of the overall mission for our facility.

• PROFESSIONAL - Exemplify competence integrity and respect when caring for patients and interacting with each other. We will govern our behavior to standards approved by this organization.

• RESPECTFUL - Be responsible for their attitude their behavior and their choices. We hold ourselves and each other accountable to the Mission Vision Values and Goals of the organization.

• INNOVATIVE - Actively support process improvement by embracing change creatively approaching challenges and opportunities to improve quality and service and reducing costs throughout our organization.

• DEDICATED -Provide an environment of selfless service that welcomes patient involvement.

• ENGAGED -Participate in initiatives and activities that promote a positive image of the organization and high quality at a low cost of care and support our community.

• Benefits: Medical dental vision life insurance 401k etc

• 8-hour shift between 7 am-7 pm with occasional call