Nuclear Med Technician Yuma, AZ

Overview

Nuclear Med Technician job at Health Career Associates. Yuma, AZ. Nuclear Med Technician

• 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
• PET CT brain and PET CT whole body duties are part of routine tasks (PET 70% of the time; Nuclear Med 30%)
• Average number of scans/studies per day: PET 8-10 (1 tech), Nuclear Med 12-15 (split between 2 techs)
• EMR and/or PACS usage (e.g., Epic, PACS-eUnity, MIMS PET viewer)
• Department equipment: PET - Mobile unit Phillips Gemini; new machine in Sept;
  Nuclear Med - Siemens
• Lead Tech functions as an alternate radiation safety officer and collaborates with new hires
• In-house radiology team:
  Radiologist in-house 24/7
• IVs: start IVs as applicable to the department
• On-call rotation for weekends and holidays

• 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 100+ miles near zip code 85364
• General Certification Requirements: BLS; AZDHS Certs/ARRT (MR) or NMTCB (Nuclear Med Tech Cert Board) and 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 obtain the AZ certification
• Experience or open to first-time travelers with 1 year of experience; IV experience preferred

• Monday–Friday, 7:00–3:00 and 8:00–4:00 (as applicable)
• On-call rotation for weekends
• On-call rotation for holidays

OUTSTANDING SALARY AND BENEFITS PACKAGE!