Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Description
About the Position: This position is located at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center's Department of Radiology Nuclear Medicine Section in Bethesda, MD. Duty hours will range within 0700 to 1600 with 1 hour lunch. On-call will vary after training. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation
Maintain documentation for regulatory agency compliance within the Nuclear Medicine section.
Provide training to both military and civilian technologists and to students, nuclear medicine fellows, radiology and nuclear pharmacy residents.
Prepare appropriate doses of radiopharmaceutical compounds to be used in specific diagnostic procedures.
Perform quality control procedures to ensure pharmaceutical quality of agents before administering to patients.
Administer radiopharmaceuticals to patients either intravenously, orally or by inhalation.
Operate imaging equipment, such as SPECT/ PET/CT in accordance with operation manuals.
Provide imaging studies with the use of radiopharmaceuticals for doctors to use in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of defects and/or diseases.