Cardiac Nuclear Medicine Tech - NC Heart and Vascular: Wakefield at UNC Health Care

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Summary: This position performs diagnostic procedures in the field of Nuclear Medicine in the outpatient setting. Specifically, this position administers radiopharmaceuticals, operates highly technical instruments, and analyzes the acquired data. The Nuclear Medicine Technologist takes direction as well from the physicians in the clinical setting.

Hours: Per diem (clinic is open from 8am-4:30pm, Monday through Friday)

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Job Responsibilities:

1. Administration & Record of Radiopharmaceutical: Identifies each patient, confirms date of birth, clinic location and identification. Achieves venous access and administers radiopharmaceutical. Records route of administration, dose and technologist's initials.

2. Describes exam to patient, obtains informed consent, completes necessary paperwork for study input of patient information into radiology management system for record keeping and charge generation.

3. Evaluates requisition, chart, and lab results. Performs patient assessment. Identifies patient. Confirms females of childbearing age are not pregnant. Arranges for pregnancy testing upon orders from the physician.

4. Radiopharmaceutical Handling: receives radiopharmaceuticals, and documents and disposes of them properly. Follows guidelines set up by Radiation Safety Office and NRC.

5. Radiopharmaceutical selection, dosage and quality control review, assuring each dose to be administered is correct for the ordered procedure, correct activity, acceptable quality control, and properly recorded in the dose records.

6. Set up acquisition and performs according to protocol, maintains patient comfort, care, and safety. Analyzes images and evaluates for correctness. Processes films and submits to physician for approval.

7. Uses RIS, CIS, SMS and PACS to generate proper documentation. Completes all RIS orders with the appropriate and accurate charges added.

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EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS Graduation from an accredited Nuclear Medicine Technology program.

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS Registered as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist by the American Registry of Radiological Sciences or registry eligible and become registered within one (1) year from date of hire. Must maintain registry status and continuing education requirements annually. Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS None required but prefer prior experience in a clinical outpatient setting.

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Rex NCHV Wakefield

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 8.00

Salary Range: $27.89 - $40.09 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.