Job Description

University of Utah Job Description

Job Summary

Performs diagnostic and theraptic procedures to assist the nuclear medicine physicians, while adhering to all radiation safety policies and functioning as a liason between the patient and physician.

Qualifications

Current licensure to practice as a  Radiologic Technologist in the State of Utah; NMTCB or (NM) ARRT certification and a Basic Life Support Provider card or obtain one within one month of hire required. Training and/or experience in the latest techniques of radiation safety, radiopharmaceutical preparation and computer processing techniques to perform patient examinations; and demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills are also required

Care is appropriate to the population served

Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

Disclaimer

This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.

Essential Functions

1. Administers radiopharmaceuticals to patients by I.V. injection, inhalation or oral administration.
2. Performs full range of nuclear medicine dynamic, static, SPECT and PET imaging procedures.
3. Maintains compliance with radiation safety policies and documentation requirements for receipt, disposal, and administration of radiopharmaceuticals.
4. Explains procedures to the patients.
5. Prepares the instrument sets and equipment, and assists the patient in positioning to obtain required diagnostic quality.
6. Communicates patient status and information to the appropriate physician.
7. Identifies and insures quality control measures for imaging and surveying equipment, dose calibrators and radiation safety monitors recording results.
8. Mentors nuclear medicine technology students in the clinical work environment and may educate students in an academic setting.
9. Assists in maintaining laboratory inventory and ordering supplies.
10. Verifies scan quality and performs computer image and data processing.
11. Calculates quantity of radiopharmaceutical activity and volume to be administered following prescribed procedures.
12. Assays specimens and prepares standards in scintillation counting systems, performs calculations and records results.
13. Schedules patients for exams.

Comments

Work Environment and Level of Frequency that may be required:

Nearly Continuously: Office environment.

Often: Infectious disease, oils (there is air or skin exposure to oils or other cutting fluids), hazards (includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, or exposure to chemicals).

Physical Requirements and Level of Frequency that may be required

Nearly Continuously: Hearing, listening, talking.

Often: Repetitive hand motion (such as typing), walking, standing, sitting. 

Seldom: Bending, reaching overhead.

The staff member must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit.  The individual must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of life span growth and development and the ability to assess data regarding the patient's status and provide care as described in the department's policies and procedures manual.