Job Summary
Nuclear Medicine Technologist — specializing in Nuclear Medicine at a healthcare facility. This role involves performing all Cardiac, General, and Special Nuclear Medicine procedures, including dynamic, planar, SPECT, and SPECT/CT imaging. The position requires ensuring patient safety, maintaining equipment, and adhering to safety standards.
Job Details
- Certifications: ARRT, BLS Certification; Education Requirements: 1 year(s) of experience in Nuclear Medicine Technology; Location Requirements: Not specified; Years of Experience: 1 year(s).
- Schedule: 8-hour days, 40 hours per week.
- Responsible for operating specialized Nuclear Medicine scanners to produce high-quality images.
- Prepare, measure, and administer diagnostic and therapeutic isotopes and radiopharmaceuticals.
- Manage radioactive shipments and records of administration and disposal in cooperation with IEMA standards.
- Acquire information necessary for scan interpretation through patient consultation and communication with referring physicians.
- Perform intravenous injections and IV insertions; conduct daily, weekly, and monthly quality control on Nuclear Medicine scanners and related equipment.
- Maintain work areas in a clean condition and monitor inventory.
- Act as a point of contact for questions from physician practices, nursing floors, patients, and families.
- Prepare scanners and associated computer systems for various scans, ensuring equipment is maintained and operational.
- Must be competent in acquiring necessary information for scan interpretation and in communicating with patients and physicians.
- Must be licensed by the state and submit the necessary licensing documentation.
- Willing to accept local placements within a 50-mile radius.
Benefits
- The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
- Private housing or generous housing allowance
- Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
- Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
- Competitive salaries
- Referral bonuses
- Travel reimbursement
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Direct deposit/free checking
- Unlimited free CE credits
