Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Role Overview

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$15,000.00 Sign On Bonus! Competitive salary and benefits!!

Full‑time, 40 hours per week, benefit eligible position.

As a Nuclear Medicine Technologist, your diagnostic imaging specialty plays a pivotal role in providing top quality patient care. Through your expertise, utilizing specialized equipment, radioactive materials and innovative procedures, we are able to achieve accurate diagnoses, which is vital in the creation of treatment plans for our patients.

• CNMT or ARRT(N) certification required
• Licensed by the State of Maine as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist
• Current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS certification or due within one month of expiration required
• Current DOT HAZMAT training certificate renewable every three years

We are all about our team members' growth and health. That is why we prioritize work/life balance, community‑based wellness initiatives and tuition reimbursement or student loan repayment for all of our team members.

Outside work, our team members enjoy endless opportunities for entertainment that Maine has to offer. Outdoor enthusiasts can enjoy skiing, boating along the coast and hiking at state or national parks. Centrally located to several popular attractions, residents can embark on day trips to Boston, North Conway, New Hampshire and Boothbay Harbor. Maine is a wonderful place to raise a family, with safe communities and great public and private schools.

• Central Maine Healthcare is an integrated healthcare delivery system serving 400,000 people living in central, western and Midcoast Maine.
• CMH's hospital facilities include Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Bridgton Hospital and Rumford Hospital.
• CMH also supports Central Maine Medical Group, a primary and specialty care practice organization.
• Other system services include the Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute, a regional trauma program, Life Flight of Maine's southern Maine base, the Central Maine Comprehensive Cancer Center and other high‑quality clinical services.
• Internal team members who apply for a role that has a sign‑on bonus for external candidates will not be eligible for the sign‑on bonus. Team members who have been gone from CMH for one year or more are eligible for a sign‑on bonus payment.

• Prepares, measures and administers radiopharmaceuticals for use in diagnostic and therapeutic studies.
• Is responsible for direct patient safety and following all procedural protocols.
• Performs and assists with nuclear medicine and PET/CT exams.
• Maintains all federal, state, and local regulatory agency requirements.
• Maintains all JCAHO and ACR accreditation requirements.
• Is able to perform Regional Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT support at multiple contract sites as a contract technologist.
• Assists in clinical instruction for radiology and nursing students in the field of nuclear medicine.
• Maintains patient care quality standards as it relates to all age groups of patients ranging from newborn to elderly.

• Prepares stock solutions of radiopharmaceuticals and materials; calculates and administers doses under the direct supervision of a radiologist.
• Follows the five medication rights and reduces the potential for medication errors.
• Calibrates equipment.
• Performs diagnostic nuclear medicine and PET/CT exams on patients as prescribed by physician.
• Uses nuclear scintillation cameras, CT and PET/CT scanners for detection and correction of radiation emitted to produce image of organ on PACs archival system.
• Measures radioactivity using Geiger counters, scalers and scintillation detectors.
• Follows radiation safety techniques and policies in the use and disposal of radioactive materials.
• Provides care appropriate to condition and age of the patient, including pediatric, geriatric and general population.
• Instructs and prepares patient for exams.
• Demonstrates the ability to assess patient pain interfering with imaging procedure - makes…