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Supervisory Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 46 days ago
About the Role
The Supervisory Nuclear Medicine Technologist is responsible for providing a wide range of specialized nuclear medicine procedures, including diagnostic imaging, therapy with unsealed radioactive materials, radio bioassay, cell labeling; evaluating abnormal results; using and maintaining equipment; setting up and monitoring quality control; and working within guidelines.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but are not limited to: Responsible for supervision of Nuclear Medicine Technologists.
- →Prepare, assay, and administer radiopharmaceutical doses by injection, inhalation or ingestion as prescribed.
- →Introduce intravenous catheters in patients for administration of radiopharmaceuticals and/or medications.
- →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.
- →Operate nuclear medicine equipment such as gamma cameras, well counters, Geiger-Muller (GM) survey meters, thyroid uptake system, and dose calibrators for various patient procedures as needed.
- →Perform full range of nuclear medicine diagnostic imaging, non-imaging, and therapeutic procedures, including highly specialized computer assisted studies such as gated cardiac, tomographic and quantitative analysis.
- →Analyze procedure images for quality.
- →Obtain additional images when necessary.
- →Utilize necessary quality management methods of patient identification such as using two unique identifiers and using active rather than passive identification.
- →Appropriately utilizes the Nuclear Medicine Information System (NMIS).
- →Perform radionuclide therapy in collaboration with the Nuclear Medicine Physician.
- →Receive and assay prescribed therapeutic doses.
- →Determine exposure patterns and recommend actions to reduce exposure levels to the public, radiation workers and self.
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 dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 876da484-36bd-48fe-80ea-185d2acf2fcc
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