The Supervisory Nuclear Medicine Technologist has responsibility for supervision of Nuclear Medicine Technologists. The supervisor also has accountabilities for all administrative aspects of the Nuclear Medicine Service.
Also responsible for providing a wide range of specialized nuclear medicine procedures, including diagnostic imaging, therapy with unsealed radioactive materials, radioassay, in-vivo or in-vitro cell labeling; evaluating abnormal results; using and maintaining equipment.
Functions Supervisory Nuclear Medicine Technologist will: a. Prepare, assay, and administer radiopharmaceutical doses by injection, inhalation or ingestion as prescribed. b. Be proficient in introducing intravenous catheters in patients for administration of radiopharmaceuticals and/ or medications. c. 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. d. 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. e. Obtain pertinent clinical data from the patient, electronic chart, requisition, and interviewing the patient and/or family. f. Move wheelchairs and litter patients safely using ergonomic methods of patient transfer. g.
Operate nuclear medicine equipment such as gamma cameras, well counters, GM survey meters, thyroid uptake system, and dose calibrators for various patient procedures as needed. h. Understand and be able to perform exposure rate calculations. i. Perform a full range of nuclear medicine diagnostic imaging, non-imaging, invitro and therapeutic procedures, including highly specialized computer assisted studies such as gated cardiac, tomographic and quantitative j.
Keep up to date with new imaging agents, procedures and methods. Write imaging protocols for use in department. k. Analyze procedure images for quality. Obtain additional images when necessary. l. Be knowledgeable in three-dimensional anatomy. m. Correctly administer radioactive pharmaceuticals to patients. Utilizes necessary quality management methods of patient identification such as using two unique identifiers and using active rather than passive identification. n.
Perform radio-nuclide therapy in collaboration with the Nuclear Medicine Physician. Receive and assay prescribed therapeutic doses. Fill out appropriate forms and administer dose with the nuclear medicine physician. Instruct patient, family and nursing staff in radiation safety precautions. Perform radiation surveys, post appropriate caution signs, and distribute personnel monitoring devices as required. Monitor and properly store any radioactive waste for disposal. o.
Demonstrate a thorough understanding of personnel requiring film badges. Read and understand the film badge exposure report. Determine exposure patterns and recommend actions to reduce exposure levels to the public, radiation workers and self. p. Prepare studies for nuclear medicine physician's interpretation by insuring completeness of all forms involved in the procedure. Record appropriate data and related information on the proper patient worksheet and images. q.
Schedule patient procedures, taking into consideration camera availability, scan length, patient condition, the need for multiple nuclear medicine studies, other clinic appointments of the patient, contraindications for the test and urgency of the request. Inform patient of all pertinent preparations for his/her scan, i.e. NPO, follow certain diet, bowel prep, etc. r.
Perform required technical procedures for safe receipt, handling, transport, usage and disposal of radioactive materials, assuring compliance with Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), National Health Physics Program (NHPP), Department of Transportation (DOT) and license conditions. Recognize potential radiation contamination by visual and mechanical methods.
Take necessary actions to minimize contamination and exposure including contacting the Radio pharmacy and radiation safety officer if needed. s. Understand, utilize and practice the concepts of ALARA principle; maintaining radiation exposures as low as reasonably achievable. Analyze dosimetry reports and institute or recommend additional radiation safety precautions as necessary to reduce exposure levels. Work Schedule: 0700-1730 T-F Telework: Ad-Hoc Virtual: No
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
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Gary.Byles@va.gov · 919-824-1988
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $106727 – $138748/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-22.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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