Job Description
Nuclear Med Technician Candidate must have at least two years of Nuclear Med Tech experience within the past three years
Candidate must have PET experience within the past year
Must live live 100+ miles near zip code 85364
General Certification Requirements (BLS, etc.) BLS, AZDHS
Certs/ARRT (MR) or NMTCB (Nuclear Med Tech Cert Board) & any other specialty certification requirements AZDHS license and either ARRT(N) or CNMT.
All Nuclear Med. Techs need to be certified through AZDHS to work in Arizona.
They can use either a CNMT license or ARRT (N) license to get the AZ certification.
How many scanners/rooms does this department have?
"1 PET scanner
3 Nuc Med Cameras"
PET 70% of the time and Nuc Med 30%
Common types of imaging/studies performed & Job Duties "PET CT brain, PET CT whole body, no cardiac
Nuclear Med: bone scan, whole body scan, brain scans, cardiac pool, cardiac MPI spect, CSF Cisternogram, gastric emptying, HIDA scans, GI blood loss, lung perfusion, parathyroid, renal scans, sentinel node, thyroid, whole body, thyroid uptake, PSA scans soon
" PET CT brain, PET CT whole body
Experience or 'Must have' skills "MUST have IV experience.
Open to first time travelers with 1 year of experience. PET and NM experience preferred
Average # of scans/studies per day PET 8-10 (1 tech), and Nuc Med 12-15 (split between 2 techs)
EMR &/or PACS (Picture Archive & Communication System: software & hardware) do they use Epic, PACS- eUnity (General viewer), MIMS (PET viewer)
Department Specific Equipment (GE, Phillips, Siemens) "PET- Mobile unit Phillips Gemini, new machine in Sept
Nuc Med- Siemens "
Lead Tech who functions as an alternate radiation safety officer, will work closely with any new hires
Do they use RRA's (Registered Radiology Assistants)? No
Radiologist in-house? Multiple in house 24/7
Do they have to start IV's? (if applicable to the department) Yes
M-F - 7-3 and 8-4
Weekend Requirements On call rotation
Holiday Requirements On call rotation
OUTSTANDING SALARY AND BENEFITS PACKAGE!
Job Tags
Holiday work, Weekend work,