What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nuclear Med Tech, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, 40 Hours (Days, Weekends Every position at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center?
I. Position Function:
- Under the direction of a nuclear medicine physician, performs imaging utilizing diagnostic equipment.
- Performs radio-pharmacy procedures, quality control procedures, and daily monitoring procedures under the nuclear medicine physician according to NRC guidelines.
II. Job Relationships:
- Supervised and/or reportable to the Nuclear Medicine supervisor.
- Must be able to collaborate and effectively communicate with physicians, other health care professionals, and patients.
III. Authority:
To decided if a test is correctly ordered, to provide the additional views for a quality study. Reportable top the NRC and JCAHO.
IV. A. Responsibilities/Essential Functions:
- 1.) "Provides superior customer service to internal and external clients, customers, and patients as referenced in the Service Excellence Standards."
- Injection of patients with radio-pharmaceuticals. Checking paperwork to insure the test is ordered correctly.
- Radio-pharmacy - prepare kits and draw up doses, quality control according to NRC rules and regulations.
- Quality Control of gamma cameras. Daily, weekly, spect Q>C> and assist in quality assurance studies.
- Patient imaging - all studies, spect, cardiac, brain, portable and on-call emergency studies. Correct views done.
- Correct films taken - labeled properly. Paperwork is in order for the physician to read.
- Patient scheduling - to insure proper test is ordered with applicable diagnosis - in a timely fashion. GOOD PHONE SKILLS.
- Proper techniques for moving patients. Patient care, bedpans, emesis basins.
- Perform bone density studies.
- Assist physician with patient therapy. Also 131I total body drinks. Quality Management Program.
- Ordering and receiving shipments of radioactivity - packing generator.
- Aware of NRC rules and regulations.
- Clean-up at the end of the day, monitoring 2 books, patient room if necessary, radio-pharmacy books.
B. Responsibilities/Non-Essential Functions:
- Ordering supplies - gloves, syringes, etc.
- Clean work areas, laundry supplies.
- Rotate shifts - (7:00 AM - 3:30 PM, 8:30 PM - 5:00 AM, etc.).
- Take call.
- Packing generator per DOT requirements.
V. Reporting Requirements:
- Reports immediately to supervisor of any deviation of normal operations.
- Reports immediately to supervisor of any unusual occurrences related to patients and machines during imaging.
- Reports all incidents.
- Reports all spills or misadministrations to supervisor.
VI. Accountability:
- Shall be accountable for maintaining the confidentiality and security of all hospital-related, medical staff-related, and patient-related data and information.
- Shall be accountable for abiding by all relevant hospital policies and procedures.
- Shall be accountable correct calculations in radio-pharmacy and in calculating patient results.
- Shall be accountable for proper patient identification by asking the patient's name and checking ID bracelet.
- Shall be accountable for observing all policies and procedures of the department.
- Shall be accountable for observing all NRC rules and regulations.
VII. Qualifications:
Minimum Education:
- 2 year degree
Minimum Experience:
- Nuclear medicine school internship
Minimum skills/abilities:
- Successful completion of Nuclear Medicine School internship.
Certification/Licensure:
- Massachusetts State License
- National Registry ARRT or CNMT
Training:
- Nuclear medicine internship
Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans
