Nuclear Medicine Tech PN
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Job Location:
Columbia, IN - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
LH Heart&Vasc West Columbia
Full Time
Day Shift
7:30a-3:30p
Sign-On Bonus:5000
Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers nearly 80 physician practices more than 9000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center a 607-bedteachinghospital in West Columbia South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcareand was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinctionstatus for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as bestin the Columbia Metroarea by U.S. News & World Report Lexington Healthdelivers more than 4000babies each year performs more than 34000surgeries annually and isthe regions third largest employer.
Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence the states first HeartCARE Center the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas and an Alzheimers care postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies as well as an informatics fellowship.
Job Summary
Utilize radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals to perform diagnostic and sometimes therapeutic examinations.
Minimum Qualifications
- MinimumEducation: Graduate of an approved School of Nuclear Medicine Technology or equivalent
- Minimum Years of Experience: None.
- Substitutable Education & Experience (optional): None
- Required Certifications/Licensure: Certification in Nuclear Medicine Technology or eligibility for certification and have a South Carolina Radiation Quality Standards Association license
- Required Training: None.
Essential Functions
- Demonstrates competence to provide developmentally appropriate care/treatment for thefollowing patient population:
- Infant (Birth to 1 year)
- Child (1 year through 12 years)
- Adolescent (13 years through 17 years)
- Adult (18 years to 65 years)
- Geriatric (over 65 years)
- Bariatric and Cardiac
- Organize daily work load.
- Order radiopharmaceuticals and kits as needed.
- Calculates correct dosage to be administered following prescribed procedures according toinformation on age weight and physical condition.
- Receives patients and explains procedures to them.
- Assesses the patients in order to record any pertinent information relating to the exam.
- Reviews and abstracts data from the patients chart.
- Sets up imaging systems for studies in accordance with current imaging protocols.
- Evaluates scan for acceptable quality prior to submitting for interpretation.
- Schedules patients for Nuclear Medicine exams as necessary.
- Maintains a clean and orderly work area to include stocking all items prior to the beginning ofthe work day.
- Operates all imaging systems and related devices.
- Performs Q.C procedures on all equipment.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Keeps supervisor abreast of any changes in imaging systems operation to ensure proper repairs can be made in a timely manner.
- Properly receives radioactive shipments according to DHEC regulations.
- Performs various tasks associated with processing distributing and storing radioactivematerials.
- Proficient in starting IVs and injecting Radiopharmaceuticals/Saline for certain procedures.
- Clocks in/out according to the hospital policy and approves time in Kronos.
- Attends staff meetings as required and completes all mandatory education requirements.
- Follows through with assignments and informs supervisor of progress or problems incompleting tasks.
- Recognize emergency patient conditions and initiates lifesaving first aid.
- Follows established guidelines for reporting a significant medical error or unanticipatedoutcome in the patients care which results in patient harm.
- Performs all other duties as assigned by authorized personnel or as required in an emergency(i.e. fire or disaster)
- Demonstrates good public relations and service excellence at all times.
- Adheres to policies of logging in/out of any information systems and maintains confidentiality ofpasswords security codes and adheres and follows HIPAA Guidelines.
- Serves and protects the hospital community by ensuring adherence to professional standardshospital policies and procedures accrediting organization standards and federal state andlocal requirements.
We are committed to offering quality cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:
- Day ONE medical dental and life insurance benefits
- Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
- Employer paid life insurance equal to 1x salary
- Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
- Adoption assistance
- LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan forgiveness
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment and to recruit select on-board and employ all employees without regard to race color religion sex age disability national origin veteran status or pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employees desires and abilities and the hospitals needs.
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