Nuclear Medicine Tech / Part Time | Grove City Hospital

Highmark Health•Grove City, OH

About The Position

This job performs various nuclear imaging procedures and therapies in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice and the organization’s policies, values, and mission. The role includes positioning patients, performing imaging procedures, assessing image quality, resolving image quality issues, and entering, transmitting, and reporting scan results. The technologist reviews patient history and physician orders, explains procedures and equipment to patients, and monitors patients’ conditions during care. The position also involves ordering, preparing, administering, storing, and disposing of radiopharmaceuticals according to established protocols and applicable regulations. The technologist prepares equipment and supplies, selects exposure factors and imaging parameters, follows safety standards, performs equipment quality control, and troubleshoots or reports malfunctions. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Associate’s degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school, or six months to one year of relevant experience and/or education as determined by the company in lieu of an associate’s degree.
Nuclear certification and registration through the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) or certification through the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board (CNMT); nuclear medicine technology certification is required within 12 months of hire.
Maintain active nuclear medicine certification when required under the stated employment requirements.
American Heart Association CPR certification.
Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
Comply with HIPAA, company privacy and information-security policies, the Code of Business Conduct, applicable laws and regulations, and company training requirements.

Nice To Haves

Prior nuclear medicine experience.

Responsibilities

Position patients and perform imaging procedures.
Analyze imaging results, identify image-quality issues, and take appropriate corrective action, including repositioning patients or repeating procedures.
Enter, transmit, and report scan results.
Review patient history and physician orders.
Educate patients about procedures, equipment, and examinations to support their understanding and cooperation.
Order, prepare, administer, store, and dispose of radiopharmaceuticals according to established protocols and applicable regulations and standards.
Continuously monitor patient condition and report or respond to changes as appropriate.
Prepare equipment and supplies and select appropriate exposure factors and imaging parameters.
Implement safety standards and perform appropriate equipment quality-control procedures.
Troubleshoot, resolve, or report equipment malfunctions as necessary.
Perform other duties as assigned.