Nuclear Medicine Technologist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of Nuclear Medicine Technology.
• New Jersey Nuclear Medicine Technology License.
• American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) registration or NMTCB certification.
• AHA Heartsaver AED credential.
• Basic computer skills.
• Effective verbal communication skills.
• Ability to perform on-call, holiday, and weekend work when required.

Nice To Haves

• Associate’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical services according to nuclear medicine practice standards and support optimal patient care and efficient departmental operations.
• Act as a resource to radiography students and other technologists.
• Provide excellent patient care and recognize and appropriately address clinical or emergent problems that could interfere with examinations.
• Send images correctly to PACS.
• Use venipuncture techniques and practices to administer intravenous radionuclides.
• Apply nuclear medicine principles and theory, anatomy, positioning, and imaging techniques to obtain optimal studies.
• Follow radiation protection and safety protocols for patients and staff and maintain radiation exposure within ALARA limits.
• Promote patient safety through use of guard rails, braking mechanisms, shielding, and patient monitoring.
• Assist physicians with studies using department protocols and appropriate radiation protection and infection-control procedures.
• Follow department policies and protocols to optimize studies for interpretation.
• Complete ancillary tasks that support efficient and consistent departmental operations.
• Correctly identify patients and files.
• Accurately enter written and electronic comments and other pertinent data to assist radiologists in interpreting imaging studies.

Benefits

• Medical plan
• Prescription drug coverage and in-house employee pharmacy
• Dental plan
• Vision plan
• Flexible Spending Account, including healthcare and dependent care FSAs
• Retirement Savings and Investment Plan
• Basic group term life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Supplemental group term life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Long-term disability benefits
• Short-term disability benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Commuter transit benefits
• Commuter parking benefits
• Voluntary legal services
• Voluntary accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance
• Voluntary identity theft insurance
• Voluntary pet insurance
• Paid Time-Off Program
• $15,000 bonus advertised