Atlantic Health Systemposted 3 months ago
Morristown, NJ
10,001+ employees
Hospitals
About the position
Responsible for preparing and rendering radiopharmaceuticals in diagnostic and therapeutic studies, utilizing variety of equipment while following prescribed procedures.
Responsibilities
- Mixes stock solutions of radiopharmaceutical materials, calculates doses, and administers doses, under direction of physician.
- Calibrates equipment.
- Performs diagnostic studies on patients as prescribed by physician, using scanners or scintillation cameras to detect radiation emitted and to produce image of organ on photographic film.
- Measures radioactivity, using Geiger counters, scalers, and scintillation detectors.
- Administers therapeutic doses of radiopharmaceuticals under direction of physician.
- Follows radiation safety techniques in use and disposal of radioactive materials.
- Other duties as assigned.
