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Nuclear Medicine Technologist (Fusion Imaging Technologist)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 8 days ago
About the Role
This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until filled or September 30, 2026. All eligible applicants will be reviewed and referred to the hiring manager at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis.
What You'll Do
- →Prepare, assay, and administer radiopharmaceutical doses by injection, inhalation or ingestion as prescribed.
- →Be proficient in introducing intravenous catheters in patients for administration of radiopharmaceuticals and/or medications.
- →Be knowledgeable regarding possible side effects of radiopharmaceuticals and other medications, such as Lasix and captopril, to be administered.
- →Take immediate action to remedy any noted effects.
- →Receive patients, explain procedure, answer questions relating to the procedure, position patient for all necessary views and tend to their comfort for the duration of the procedure.
- →Obtain pertinent clinical data from the patient, electronic chart, requisition, and interviewing the patient and/or family.
- →Move wheelchair and litter patients safely by using ergonomic methods of patient transfer.
- →Operate nuclear medicine equipment such as gamma cameras, well counters, GM survey meters, thyroid uptake system, and dose calibrators for various patient procedures.
- →Understand and be able to perform exposure rate calculations.
- →Ability to document excessive radiation exposure in the working environment.
- →Perform a full range of nuclear medicine diagnostic imaging, non-imaging, invitro and therapeutic procedures, including highly specialized computer assisted studies such as gated, tomographic, quantitative procedures including SPECT/CT.
- →Keep up to date with new imaging agents, procedures and methods.
- →Write imaging protocols for use in department.
- →Analyze procedure images for quality.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 79a1e342-256d-4279-a57d-8a593fb65ace
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