Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Company: SCL Health
Location: Grand Junction
Posted on: May 8, 2022

Job Description:

You. You bring your body, mind, heart and spirit to your work as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist.Your compassion is tangible: patients feel it in the hand they hold. Families feel it in your prayers. Colleagues feel it in your support.You're equally comfortable with operating imaging equipment, preparing/administering radio-pharmaceuticals, administering/recording isotope dosages, and collecting/analyzing biologic specimens.You're great at what you do, but you want to be part of something even greater. Because you believe that while individuals can be strong, the right team is invincible. Us. SCL Health Medical Group is part of SCL Health, a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. With locations throughout Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, we offer a wide variety of primary and specialty care services.Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind and social well-being. To that end, we've launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning. We. Together we'll align mission and careers, values and workplace. We'll honor each other's dignity and surpass the standards we set. We'll encourage joy, demand safety and take pride in our integrity.We'll laugh at each other's jokes (even the bad ones). We'll hello and high five. We'll celebrate milestones and acknowledge the value of spirituality in healing.We're proud of what we know, which includes how much there is to learn. Your day. As a Nuclear Medicine Tech, you need to know how to: Operate and maintain quality control for all imaging equipment and radioactivity assaying devices in the Nuclear Medicine Department. Prepare radio-pharmaceuticals for patient use, administer radio-pharmaceuticals to patients and perform nuclear medicine procedures. Operate nuclear medicine computers to enhance the diagnostic value of information obtained from nuclear medicine procedures. Follow internal protocols when processing computer studies to achieve high quality films by choice of filters, slice selection, display parameters, image intensity and labeling techniques. Maintain records and logs as required by department protocols and licensure requirements; log patient dose administered, progress notes and other pertinent data. Schedule patients for nuclear medicine examinations, question patients and/or review patient charts for facts of patient history which are pertinent to interpretation of nuclear medicine examinations by the radiologist. Prepare, measure, and administer radiopharmaceuticals under direction of physician. Administer and record isotope dosages in accordance with established departmental protocol. Observe patients during procedures and report any abnormal activity. Collect, prepare, and analyze biologic specimens and prepare data for interpretation. Follow radiation safety techniques when disposing radioactive materials. Your experience. We hire people, not resumes. But we also expect excellence, which is why we require: High School Diploma or equivalent, required Current/valid American Registry of Radiologic Technologist (ARRT) or Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist (CNMT) certification, required Minimum of two (2) years of radiology experience, required Associate's Degree, preferred Your next move. Now that you know more about being a Nuclear Medicine Tech on our team we hope you'll join us. At SCL Health you'll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place.

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