- Performing nuclear medicine procedures, PET, and theranostic procedures on patients as requested by a physician or other licensed provider for the diagnosis of disease and injury.
- Systematically evaluating the quality of imaging procedures and following established standards and procedures.
- Communicating with patients to ensure correct exam is performed and to establish rapport.
- Ensuring patient safety by explaining the procedure, preparing the patient and area for procedure, and adhering to safety requirements, infection-control, protocols, and techniques.
- Safeguarding patients, team members, and themselves by adhering to all radiation safety requirements, policies, protocols and techniques.
- Verifying that correct radioactive drug has been selected for the exam or treatment.
- Assisting the department in maintaining supplies inventory and ordering radiopharmaceuticals for patient care.
- Working collaboratively with colleagues, nursing partners, medical staff, and Radiologists.
- Observing changes in the medical condition of patients and effectively communicating changes to nursing partners, physicians, and emergency response teams as needed.
- Demonstrating and maintaining current knowledge, continued education and skills appropriate care for all age groups.
- Providing services timely, accurately, and cost-efficiently in compliance with established system and regulatory standards, policies and procedures.
- Serving as trainer by providing a quality education to new team members and students.
- Adhering to policies, procedures and workflows, including PACS, EMR, image exchange systems, modality worklist integrity, record management, and Biomedical services.
- Possessing general computer skills, including Microsoft Office, information security, electronic medical documentation, and email.
- Being able to take call, if required.
- Certified by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists in Nuclear Medicine - ARRT (N), or by the NMTCB (Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board) as a Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist (CNMT).