Nuclear Med Tech

Location : St. Elizabeth's Medical Center Posted Date : 3 / 7 / 2024 Job Type : Full Time Department : 0101.53050 SEH Nuclear Medicine

Nuclear Med Tech

Nuclear Medicine Technologist- Full time, 40 hrs / wk, day shift, weekends / holidays required as needed, On Call required

We are fighting for a healthier world and a new era of wellness!

Over a decade ago, we set out to build an entirely different kind of health care company from the ground up one that unlocks access to affordable, high-quality, and economically sustainable care and wellness in ways never imagined.

Today, we are one of the largest private, physician-led health care networks caring for millions of people across the U.

S. Our transformative, fully integrated model represents a new beginning for America’s health care system and others around the world.

We have hospitals across 7 states serving over 800 communities, with more than 43,000 employees. We are ushering in a new day of world class health care.

From renowned pediatricians, sports medicine specialists and cardiac surgeons to state-of-the-art hospitals, urgent care centers and medical practices, we can offer easier access to high-quality affordable health care to people nationwide when they need it and where they want it.

St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, a Boston University Teaching Hospital, provides patients and families access to some of Boston’s most respected physicians and advanced treatments offering specialized care, including :

• Advanced Center for Cardiac Surgery
• da Vinci® Robotic surgery program; Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgery
• Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
• Award-winning bariatric surgery program
• Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
• State-of-the-art emergency care with short wait times

Our medical staff, made up of some of the highest rated physicians in Boston, treats patients in our community practices in neighborhoods, including Allston, Boston, Brighton, Brookline, Newton, Watertown and Weston.

Benefits :

• Grow with a health system that supports career advancement
• Competitive Pay & Salary Increases
• Employee Referral Program
• Locations close to home, that support work-life balance
• Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
• 401k via Fidelity, for eligible employees, with company match
• Tuition Assistance / Reimbursement
• Family atmosphere and team approach that provides flexibility
• Opportunities to grow your career, and not change your employer
• And much more!

Job Summary

• 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.

Qualifications

Minimum Education / Experience : â

• 2 year degree
• Nuclear medicine school internship

Minimum skills / abilities :

Successful completion of Nuclear Medicine School internship.

Certification / Licensure :

• Massachusetts State License
• National Registry ARRT or CNMT

Job Responsibilities

• 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>

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.

Steward Health Care is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Steward Health Care does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and / or expression or any other non-job-related characteristic.

About Steward Health Care

Over a decade ago, Steward Health Care System emerged as a different kind of health care company designed to usher in a new era of wellness.

One that provides our patients better, more proactive care at a sustainable cost, our providers unrivaled coordination of care, and our communities greater prosperity and stability.

As the country's largest physician-led, minority-owned, integrated health care system, our doctors can be certain that we share their interests and those of their patients.

Together we are on a mission to revolutionize the way health care is delivered - creating healthier lives, thriving communities and a better world.

Steward is among the nation’s largest and most successful accountable care organizations (ACO), with more than 5,500 providers and 43,000 health care professionals who care for 12.

3 million patients a year through a closely integrated network of hospitals, multispecialty medical groups, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities and behavioral health centers.

Based in Dallas, Steward currently operates more than 30 community hospitals across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.