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Cardiac Nuclear Medicine Tech- Rex NCHV Wakefield

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Job ID: 171786
Location: Raleigh, NC
Facility/Division: UNC REX Healthcare
Status: Per Diem
Shift: Day Job

Job Description

Description

Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.

Join Our Outpatient Nuclear Medicine Team – Per Diem Opportunity!

 UNC Health is looking for a Per Diem Nuclear Medicine Technologist to join our growing outpatient team at various North Carolina Heart & Vascular clinics. 

If you're looking for flexibility, great work-life balance, and a supportive, team-oriented culture, we’d love to connect with you! We offer:

  •  Flexible scheduling
  •  Positive, encouraging work environment
  •  Strong, approachable leadership
  •  Ongoing training and educational opportunities
  •  A team that values collaboration, respect, and excellence Come be a part of a place where your skills are valued, and your growth is supported. 

This Position performs diagnostic procedures in the field of Nuclear Medicine in the outpatient setting. Specifically, this position administers radiopharmaceuticals, operates highly technical instruments, and analyzes the acquired data. The Nuclear Medicine Technologist takes direction as well from the physicians in the clinic setting.

Description of Job Responsibilities

1. Administration & Record of Radiopharmaceutical: Identifies each patient, confirms date of birth, clinic location and identification. Achieves venous access and administers radiopharmaceutical. Records route of administration, dose and technologist's initials.
2. Describes exam to patient, obtains informed consent, completes necessary paperwork for study input of patient information into radiology management system for record keeping and charge generation.
3. Evaluates requisition, chart, and lab results. Performs patient assessment. Identifies patient. Confirms females of childbearing age are not pregnant. Arranges for pregnancy testing upon orders from the physician.
4. Radiopharmaceutical Handling: receives radiopharmaceuticals, and documents and disposes of them properly. Follows guidelines set up by Radiation Safety Office and NRC.
5. Radiopharmaceutical selection, dosage and quality control review, assuring each dose to be administered is correct for the ordered procedure, correct activity, acceptable quality control, and properly recorded in the dose records.
6. Set up acquisition and performs according to protocol, maintains patient comfort, care, and safety. Analyzes images and evaluates for correctness. Processes films and submits to physician for approval.
7. Uses RIS, CIS, SMS and PACS to generate proper documentation. Completes all RIS orders with the appropriate and accurate charges added.

Other Information

Education Requirements

Graduation from an accredited Nuclear Medicine Technology program.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

Registered as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist by the American Registry of Radiological Sciences or registry eligible and become registered within one (1) year from date of hire. Must maintain registry status and continuing education requirements annually.
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification

Professional Experience Requirements

None required but prefer prior experience in a clinical outpatient setting.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Rex NCHV Wakefield

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 8.00

Salary Range: $30.73 - $44.18 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No


This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.


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UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [email protected] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

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