Nuclear Medicine PET Technician

Integrated Oncology Network LLC
US - California - Fresno
October 31, 2024

Partnering With Physicians To Provide Best In Class Patient Care

Founded in 2002, Integrated Oncology Network is committed to helping our physicians deliver the right care, at the right time and in the right setting. We strongly believe that preserving the independent practice of medicine where patients are cared for closer to home and surrounded by our dedicated clinicians yields better outcomes. By creating a care continuum between our clinicians, patients and their support networks we deliver an unparalleled approach to the patient's care journey.

Pay Range - $55-$73 depending on experience!!

Job Purpose:

The Nuclear Medicine Technologist is critical to the overall performance and efficiency of the imaging center. This position interacts with all of the various facets of the company, its patients, all Center team members and Physician Offices .

Essential Functions:

Greet patients and families and escort the patient throughout the facility.
Inject radiopharmaceuticals and scan patients with diagnostic imaging equipment.
Verify completeness/integrity of scan order from physicians office at least 48 hours in advance.
Process images and push to pacs.
Compare scan order/scan/clinical for veracity, accuracy, and data thoroughness.
Archive & verify to PACS & to DVD daily.
Order radiopharmaceuticals and credit unused radiopharmaceuticals daily.
Run QC scanning equipment; facilitate repairs if necessary.
Perform QA on all equipment; maintain QA logs, patient logs, and equipment maintenance logs.
Ensure scanning equipment is in good working order and facilitate repairs if necessary.
Obtain working knowledge of PET/CT imaging; educate physicians on PET/CT.
Develop marketing strategy with Clinical Educators
Work with patients, physicians, nurses, clinicians, educators, and vendors.
Develop / implement procedures that improve efficiencies and reduce costs.
Correctly, legibly, and accurately scan data into document imaging software (RIS) - Charge Out Process
Regular attendance and punctuality.
Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
Ensures that all processing and reporting deadlines are consistently achieved.
Perform any other functions as required by management.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

Ability to work a flexible schedule (including overtime, and weekends,) as necessary.
Graduate of an accredited School of Nuclear Medicine.
Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist certification (CNMT)
Must possess either the ARRT (N) or the NMTCB certification.
Current ACLS or BCLS certification

Preferred Skills

CT experience
Experience with GE PET/CT camera

Required Competencies

Excellent judgment, dependability, conscientious performance. Detail oriented. Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills. Caring and empathic. High ethical standards. Mechanical ability and manual dexterity for operating complicated equipments.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is required to walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach hands and arms; talk and hear. Employee must lift and/or move 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, speech clarity, climb, balance, and stoop, kneel, and bend.

Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to environmental risk of radiation exposure, and biohazard exposure.

Read the full job description and apply online on the recuiter's web-site

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