Nuclear Medicine Technologist - Full-timeLocation: 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 DescriptionWhat 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