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Nuclear Medicine Technologist - Full-time
Location: Alamogordo, NM
Required Qualifications:
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High School diploma or equivalent.
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Graduate of Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation accredited Nuclear Medicine program or equivalent.
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Current American Heart – HeartSaver or Basic Life Support (BLS) card.
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Certification by the American Registry of Radiologic Technicians or Nuclear Medicine certification.
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NM NMT License.
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Ability to respond within 30 minutes when on call.
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Knowledge and skills to provide services based on the physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and other related criteria appropriate to the age-specific and/or cultural diversity of the population served.
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Ability to comply with unit and departmental scheduling guidelines, and to start shifts on time.
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Ability to record patient-centered care information accurately, concisely, and legibly, and to maintain patient records.
Job Description
What you will be doing:
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Preparing patients for scans of particular organs to furnish diagnostic information, utilizing radioactive pharmaceuticals with intravenous injection.
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Operating nuclear medicine imaging equipment to acquire appropriate images.
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Maintaining required core competencies and complying with set policies and procedures.
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Checking patients' charts and transferring them to examining tables.
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Recording information on patient care and examination, and maintaining records on scans and test results.
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Preparing and labeling radiopharmaceuticals.
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Surveying the Hot Lab and scan room for contamination daily.
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Performing all daily, weekly, monthly, semi-annual, and annual surveys and quality control.
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Checking the emergency drug box in the Cardiopulmonary Nuclear Medicine department daily.
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Coordinating the scheduling of patient exams, and ordering isotopes, pharmaceuticals, and other necessary supplies.
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Performing other related responsibilities as assigned.
What is in for you:-
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In order to provide general direction for Our Medical Center, the Board of Directors hereby adopts the following statements of the overall mission for our facility.
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PROFESSIONAL - Exemplify competence, integrity, and respect when caring for patients and interacting with each other. We will govern our behavior to standards approved by this organization.
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RESPECTFUL - Be responsible for their attitude, their behavior, and their choices. We hold ourselves and each other accountable to the Mission, Vision Values, and Goals of the organization.
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INNOVATIVE - Actively support process improvement by embracing change, creatively approaching challenges and opportunities to improve quality, and service, and reducing costs throughout our organization.
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DEDICATED - Provide an environment of selfless service that welcomes patient involvement.
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ENGAGED - Participate in initiatives and activities that promote a positive image of the organization and high quality at a low cost of care, and support our community.
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Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k, etc
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8-hour shift between 7 am-7 pm with occasional call
