Nuclear Medicine Technologist - McLeod Cardiology Associates Myrtle Beach - PRN

Nuclear Medicine Technologist - McLeod Cardiology Associates Myrtle Beach - PRN

Myrtle Beach, SC, United States (On-site)

Job Description

• Performs diagnostic procedures to assist physicians, adhering to radiation safety policies and acting as liaison between patients and physicians.
• Administers radiopharmaceuticals to patients by I.V. injections, inhalations, or oral administration.
• Performs the full range of nuclear medicine dynamic, static, and SPECT imaging processes.
• Maintains compliance with radiation safety policies and documentation requirements for waste disposal and administration of radiopharmaceuticals, calculating quantities of activity and volume during procedures.
• Explains procedures to patients, obtains consent, and communicates patient status to physicians.
• Identifies and ensures quality control measures for imaging equipment, surveying equipment, dosage and radiation safety monitors, and records results, verifying scan quality and performing computer image and data processing.
• Assists in maintaining laboratory inventory and ordering supplies.
• Assays specimens and prepares standards in scintillation counting systems, performs calibrations, and records results.
• Follows all HIPAA regulations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Training and/or experience in radiation safety techniques, radiopharmaceutical preparation, computer processing for patient examinations, and demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills.
• Completion of a formal Nuclear Medicine Training Program.

• Certified Nuclear Med Technologist
• Basic Life Support