Outpatient Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Company	Medical University of South Carolina
Location	Charleston, SC, USA
Salary	$Not Provided – $Not Provided
Type	Full-Time
Degrees
Experience Level	Entry Level/New Grad, Junior

Must be a certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist (CNMT)
Licensure from the South Carolina Radiation Quality Standards Association is required
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) required, either a certification from an American Heart Association (AHA) BLS for Healthcare Providers (or AHA recognized equivalent) or an American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuer and Healthcare Provider.

Perform a variety of duties required to prepare patients and conduct diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine examinations
Updates, logs, and performs Quality Control surveys for contamination of daily shipments of stock radiopharmaceuticals in accordance with NRC regulations
Prepares patient doses, identifies, verifies, and documents all radiopharmaceuticals
Performs Quality Control assessments on camera systems, calibration instruments, and radiopharmaceuticals
Interviews patients, explains procedures, and administers prescribed radiopharmaceuticals following appropriate two identifier process
Maintains safety standards and records necessary information of usage and disposal of radioactive media in compliance with Nuclear Regulatory requirements
Maintains accreditation status with ACR
Places daily order for radiopharmaceuticals
Performs cardiac studies in conjunction with the Cardiology Department and prepares the digital data for review by the radiologist and cardiologist
Upon completion of patient studies, sends images to SECTRA confirming study with all appropriate labels with associated comments in the EPIC System
Performs cardiac gated computer analysis on digital images
Completes general, unit, department specific competencies including age specific competencies and dysrhythmia course
Performs other related duties as required