Description
Join Our Team!
Tower Saint John’s Imaging is always looking to add experienced healthcare professionals to our team environment.
We offer highly competitive pay and excellent benefits. We are currently looking for a Part-Time, experienced PET/CT Technologist for a busy Imaging Center. Our practice is perfectly located in Santa Monica, CA . Applicant must have AART certificate or NMTCB, CA state certification from the Department of Public Health, CPR and venipuncture. Minimum of 1+ years of experience.
Essential Responsibilities
- Competent in performing PET/CT scans, including bone and brain.
- Trained in quality control for PET/CT imaging systems and radiation devices on daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis as needed.
- Perform high quality PET/CT exams on incoming patients.
- Assure proper doses are ordered for each day.
- Monitor patients' wellbeing during exam; recognize patient discomfort or medical problems and take appropriate action.
- Guide patients through this sometimes-difficult process by kindly talking to them through the steps and answering questions and concerns regarding exam procedures and process.
- Respond to Physician questions regarding patients.
- Participate in research projects and or meetings, and complete other tasks as assigned by Lead PET Tech.
Core Job Duties
- Communicates effectively and courteously with all internal and external contacts. Uses skill and judgment to ensure written and verbal outputs are clear, accurate, grammatically correct, and professional.
- Maintains current knowledge of company policies and procedures.
- Meets all applicable safety regulations for the position and work environment, including prompt injury and incident reporting and use of personal protective gear when required.
- Uses critical thinking skills to work with documents and forms and interprets information furnished in written, oral, diagram, drawing or schedule format. Able to review quantitative and qualitative work and identify questionable items.
- Meets time and attendance requirements and organizes workload to meet daily objectives.
- Other duties as assigned.
Other Duties
Other duties include but not limited to checking in/out radiation packages, taking accurate patient histories, starting IV's, proper handling/injection of isotopes, and writing protocols when needed. Ability to perform diagnostic CT a plus. Maintain records, radiation waste logs, radiation badges, radiation safety training, imaging the phantom (quarterly) after GE performs PM, and 12-hour normalization. Responsible for scheduling physicist for quarterly check on equipment, records, and linearity, assist physicist with annual ACR, and GE engineer for quarterly maintenance. Work closely with RSO to keep appropriate records reviewed and signed.
Requirements
Education and Experience
- Education – Completion of ACR approved school for Nuclear Medicine.
- Work Experience – 1 year experience of PET/CT or similar relevant experience.
- Certifications and Licensures – Current CRT License, State certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist with Radiology and/or CT certification, current ARRT Certificate, CT, RT (X-ray), current BLS provider card, and Venipuncture Certificate.
- Medical – Strong working knowledge of medical terminology and cross sectional anatomy.
- Equipment –CT, PET, and X-Ray equipment; computers.
Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge of blood borne pathogen requirements and MRI safety.
- Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
- Ability to work flexible schedules as needed.
- Strong organizational skills, problem solving skills, basic computer skills.
- Working knowledge of Radiation Safety, GE scanner, Exleris platform, Hot Lab Syntrex, Atombomb well counter and dose calibrator, Ludlum survey meters, and Landauer film badges.
Physical Requirements and Exposures
- Frequent standing, walking and sitting, occasional bending, stooping, kneeling and crouching.
- Occasional lifting of materials weighing up to 30 pounds.
- Exposure to potential hazards such as radiation emitting equipment , extreme heat or cold, chemicals, bio-hazard waste and sharp instruments.
- Noise level: typical of an office and medical clinic environment.
Additional Information
- Must be willing to work overtime when requested and authorized.
- Responsible for completion of continuing education credits sufficient to retain current licensure at own cost and on own time.
