Job Description

Collaborates with other members of the healthcare team to promote optimum imaging procedures.  Provides imaging services as defined by Title 17 (Radiologic Health Branch) and Title 22 (Department of Health Services) for the State of California.  Applying the principles in assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating and modifying patient imaging care as an active, continuous process.

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrates job-specific, technical and clinical competence
• Demonstrates and upholds organizational values and excellence standards
• Demonstrates concern for meeting or exceeding internal and external customer expectation/requirements in a manner that provides satisfaction for the customer
• Works effectively as a team member
• Responds promptly to requests for information
• Communicates effectively with other technologists, radiologists, physicists and other members of the health care team to ensure the message is getting across appropriately
• Interacts with patients, families, and visitors in a professional, compassionate manner
• Supports organizational objectives over individual needs
• Fosters a culture of continuous improvement
• Responds to change with a positive attitude and willingness to learn new ways to accomplish work activities and objectives
• Engaged in discovering ways to increase value and drive waste from processes
• Complies with regulatory standards and laws as applicable to their license
• Meets deadlines without reminders

Job Specific Competencies

• Prepares radioactive doses, calculating an confirming the activity to be used
• Administers radioactive, adjunctive, and imaging medications. This includes, but is not limited to, the following: Oral, intravenous, intramuscular, intradermal, subcutaneous, inhalation
• Limits radiation exposure to the patient and other staff members
• Ensures the environment is safe at all times for patients and other staff members
• Explains the Nuclear Medicine process to the patient in a way that is informative but also reassuring
• Positions, transfers and properly immobilizes patients as required
• Performs Nuclear Medicine scanning procedures to include instructing patients and selecting techniques
• Performs scanning, reconstruction of proper images, and post processing
• Preforms QA on all images prior to ending the exam and sending images to PACS
• Accurately completes documentation according to hospital and department guidelines, e.g., EHR documentation of exam performed, rationale for exam, tech notes, consent forms, etc.
• Preforms quality control on Nuclear Medicine equipment based on recommendations from the physicist, service engineer, and/or manufacturer as required
• Evaluates personnel and department work volume and flow to insure efficient departmental patient care prioritizing work according to urgency and resources.
• Follows safety procedures and guidelines and reports unsafe practices and conditions
• Consistently and appropriately follows Universal Precautions
• Keeps updated on NM developments through professional journals, on the job training and other educational opportunities
• Maintains clinical competency assuming reasonability for continuing education and on-going modality updates
• Assists in performing first aid, CPR and AED
• Participates in peer competencies
• Participates in the training and onboarding of new team members
• Reports equipment issues to clinical engineering and vendor service engineer
• Is aware of and works within hospital and department safety guidelines, including reporting potential hazards and hazardous behavior
• Uses appropriate body mechanics and lifting devices as needed

Qualifications

Graduate of an accredited Nuclear Medicine Technology program.  Registered by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologist in Nuclear Medicine, ARRT (NM) or NMTCB upon hire or within 4 months of hire.

Preferred:  Siemens equipment experience

                    Prior experience in acute care hospital setting

License/Certification/Registration Requirements

1. California Department of Public Health (CDPH) License in Nuclear Medicine

2. American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) in Nuclear Medicine (NM) or NMTCB for graduates after 2007

3. BLS

Salary Range:

$74.87 - $95.14 USD Hourly