Nuclear Med Technologist/CT Hybrid

Job description

Department Overview The Nuclear Medicine/CT Technologist performs a comprehensive range of diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine procedures that utilize a variety of equipment for use in diagnosis and treatment of patient disease. Nuclear Medicine Technologists work with infant, pediatric, adult and geriatric patients. Function/Duties of Position: Nuclear Medicine: - Performs all phases of diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine procedures. These procedures include but are not limited to imaging bone, liver, kidney, brain, infection, and tumor localization and pharmacologic / stress exercise myocardial perfusion. Prepares various diagnostic and therapeutic isotopes for patient administration. - Utilizes applications of Planar, In-vitro, SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography), SPECT/CT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computerized Tomography), and PET/CT (Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Tomography) to optimize each image during the examination to obtain the highest quality study with the least discomfort to the patient. - Assists the physician in invasive and/or specialized procedures, such as a therapy, sentinel node injection/ localizatio...