Nuclear Medicine Technologist - Per Diem
About The Position
Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today. The Department of Radiation Oncology in Duarte at City of Hope brings an array of innovative technologies, protocols, and research procedures. Our Teams are exposed to challenging, interesting, and exciting new treatment technologies. Our team members work on state-of-the-art machines and procedures that save lives, specifically within Radiation Oncology: Tomotherapy, RefleXion, Truebeam, Identity, and Vision RT surface guidance technology as well as HDR, brachytherapy, clinical trial patients, disease-focused specialty practice, to name a few. The RefleXion unit uses advanced technology with a radiopharmaceutical agent that cancer cells absorb creating a biological beacon for targeted radiation treatments. These innovations in technology help cultivate professional growth and learning for one's career!
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited Nuclear Medicine Program
- New Graduates accepted
- California State Certification in Nuclear Medicine
- Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist Certification (CNMT) or R.T. (N) (ARRT)
- BLS
Responsibilities
- Deliver a prescribed and planned course of radiation therapy to patients of all ages.
- Operate MRI control console for each patient’s scan, including selection of proper imaging techniques and operates various peripheral hardware
- Reinforce recommendations given to patient by healthcare professional concerning reaction to treatment and care of radiated area, prevention, or treatment of generalized and local side effects
- Perform simulation procedures as prescribed by physician and assist in dosimetry procedures
- Perform diagnostic testing on equipment, general maintenance, and quality assurance as is appropriate
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
