Nuclear Medicine Technologist - $48-60 per hour
Company: Stability Direct
Location: Hackensack
Posted on: September 27, 2024
Job Description:
Job DescriptionStability Direct is seeking a Nuclear Medicine
Technologist for a job in Hackensack, New Jersey.Job Description &
Requirements
- Specialty: Nuclear Medicine Technologist
- Discipline: Allied Health Professional
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: Ongoing
- 40 hours per week
- Shift: 8 hours
- Employment Type: StaffStability Healthcare is proud to partner
with an New Jersey-based facility. The system has a national
reputation for providing culturally sensitive care to a diverse
population, drawing patients from across the New York City region
to its specialty centers and renowned doctors. Holy Name's mission
to provide technologically advanced, compassionate and personalized
care extends across a continuum that encompasses education,
prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and wellness
maintenance. The system is known as a high-quality, low-cost
provider of extraordinary clinical care given by compassionate,
highly trained physicians and staff.
A Brief Overview
Perform a variety of duties in preparing patients for imaging of
particular organs to furnish diagnostic information. Operates
various nuclear medicine equipment to produce diagnostic results
and measures therapeutic radioactive materials in specific body
areas.
What you will do
- Performs all Nuclear Medicine Scanning procedures as outlined
in Nuclear Medicine procedure manual.
- Operates each Nuclear Medicine Scanner and ancillary equipment
thoroughly and with competence.
- Monitors and records all radioactive materials received in the
department for leakage or damage.
- Maintains and documents all records as required by NRC and
DEP.
- Prepares radioactive doses and materials for daily patient
administration.
- Maintains quality control procedures on all equipment.
- Operates all nuclear imaging equipment and ancillary equipment
thoroughly and with competence.
- Performs all Nuclear Medicine procedures as outlined in the
manual.
- Assists physician in performing procedures and computer
enhancing of images.
- Responsibilities will require the ability to read, write and
rationally comprehend the English language.
- Selects proper techniques in imaging on an individual patient
basis.
- Maintains records of examination data and other pertinent
information on patients.
- Consults with patients to obtain a complete clinical history.
Gathers pertinent clinical data.
- Responsibilities may require an adjusted work schedule,
overtime, evening/ weekend hours in order to meet the operational
needs of the Department and/or Hospital.
- Participates in quality improvement activities set forth by
administrative staff.
- Reviews patient charts for proper exam of physician's
orders.
- Schedules cases to coordinate with other patient
examinations.
- Protects self and patients from injury and unnecessary
radiation through direct visual observation.
- Differentiates anatomical abnormalities, notifies
Radiologist
- Clinically instructs any students rotating through Nuclear
Medicine.
- Performs all computer processing and imaging to ensure quality
enhancement.
- Troubleshoots any problems that occur with equipment before
calling for service.
- Participates in "on-call" rotation in accordance with the needs
of the department.
- Rotates to all shifts as needed.
- Assists and transports patients in emergency situations to
designated areas. Arranges for transportation to and from nursing
units.
- Adjusts personal schedule in case of fluctuations in workload
of the department.
- Demonstrates ability to recognize priorities and deal with them
promptly.
- Attends all staff meetings.
- Reports any suggestions or opportunities for improvement to
manager.
- Complies with CE guidelines set forth by ARRT and/or
NMTCB
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Education Qualifications
- Graduate of an AMA approved Nuclear Medicine Program
Required
Experience Qualifications
- Training and experience in radiation safety and protection
Required
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Knowledge Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation, in-vivo and
in-vitro procedures, computer programming and radiation safety.
Licenses and Certifications
- NJDEP License - Nuclear Medicine Technology Upon Hire Required
and
- ARRT - American Registry of Radiologic Technologists Upon Hire
Required or
- NMTCB - Nuclear Medicine Tech Upon Hire Required and
- NJDEP Limited CT Fusion License within 1 Year Required
Full Time
Days - M-F 8a-5:30p, no weekends
Stability Direct Job ID #5132. Posted job title: Nuclear Med
Technologist - Cardiographic LabAbout Stability DirectStability
Direct, Stability Healthcare's boutique permanent placement
division was formed in 2022 with a mission of becoming a service
leader in the industry. In a very short period of time, we have
become the staffing partner of choice for award-winning and
reputable health systems across the country including Adventist
Health, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Jupiter Medical
Center, Roper Hospital, and Southeast Georgia Health System. With
decades of wide-ranging direct placement experience and an
unwavering dedication to white glove service, we have found that by
utilizing a truly collaborative and personalized approach that we
are able to solve even the most complex staffing challenges that
hospitals face today.
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