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Nuclear Med Technician

Yuma, Arizona · Healthcare
 Nuclear Med Technician  

 
Candidate must have at least two years of Nuclear Med Tech experience within the past three years
Candidate must  have PET experience within the past year
Must live live 100+ miles near zip code 85364  
 
 

General Certification Requirements (BLS, etc.)    BLS,    AZDHS

Certs/ARRT (MR) or NMTCB (Nuclear Med Tech Cert Board) & any other specialty certification requirements  AZDHS license and either ARRT(N) or CNMT.

All   Nuclear  Med. Techs  need to be certified through AZDHS to work in Arizona. 

 They can use either a CNMT license or ARRT (N) license to get the AZ certification.

How many scanners/rooms does this department have?  
 "1 PET scanner 
3 Nuc Med Cameras"    

  PET 70% of the time and Nuc Med 30%  
 
Common types of imaging/studies performed & Job Duties    "PET CT brain, PET CT whole body, no cardiac 

Nuclear  Med: bone scan, whole body scan, brain scans, cardiac pool, cardiac MPI spect, CSF Cisternogram, gastric emptying,  HIDA scans, GI blood loss, lung perfusion, parathyroid, renal scans, sentinel node, thyroid, whole body, thyroid uptake, PSA scans soon

"    PET CT brain, PET CT whole body

Experience or 'Must have' skills    "MUST have IV experience. 

Open to first time travelers with 1 year of experience.

PET and NM experience preferred

Average # of scans/studies per day    PET 8-10 (1 tech), and Nuc Med 12-15 (split between 2 techs)  
 
EMR &/or PACS (Picture Archive & Communication System: software & hardware) do they use     Epic, PACS- eUnity (General viewer), MIMS (PET viewer)     

Department Specific Equipment (GE, Phillips, Siemens)    "PET- Mobile unit Phillips Gemini, new machine in Sept

Nuc Med- Siemens "    

  Lead Tech who functions as an alternate radiation safety officer, will work closely with any new hires    

Do they use RRA's (Registered Radiology Assistants)?    No
Radiologist in-house?    Multiple in house 24/7    
Do they have to start IV's?  (if applicable to the department)    Yes    

M-F  - 7-3 and 8-4 
Weekend Requirements    On call rotation    
Holiday Requirements    On call rotation    

OUTSTANDING SALARY AND BENEFITS PACKAGE!  

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