NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNOLOGIST, Per Diem Days

Company: Northern Nevada Medical Center
Location: Sparks
Posted on: April 28, 2025

Job Description:

Responsibilities

When it comes to choosing a hospital, one thing is clear: quality and convenience count. Northern Nevada Medical Center's tradition of providing quality healthcare in a comfortable, accessible environment means peace of mind for the thousands of patients served by the hospital each year. Northern Nevada Medical Center is a 124-bed acute care hospital located on 23 hillside acres at 2375 E. Prater Way in Sparks, Nevada. What we at Northern Nevada Medical Center value:• Compassion: We treat everyone with kindness and warmth because we genuinely care about every patient, employee and physician like they are family.• Empathy: We put ourselves in our patient's shoes and deliver clinical care with a personalized touch.• Teamwork: We foster a caring and friendly work environment to bring the best possible outcomes in our patient's lives.• Quality: We strive to provide excellence in clinical care.• Ethics: We conduct our business with the highest ethical and moral standards.• Respect: We promise to honor the dignity, individuality and rights of everyone.• Service Excellence: We provide personalized and professional service that exceeds the expectations of those we serve.• Innovation: We continually invest in technology and process improvements to develop new and better ways of delivering clinical care. Learn more at northernnevadahealth.com This Nuclear Medicine Technolgist is per diem and offers a convenient day shift schedule. Under the supervision of the diagnostic imaging services medical director and department director, the nuclear medicine technologist is responsible for preparing, measuring and administering radiopharmaceuticals for use in diagnostic studies per specific physician orders and department policies and procedures. Performs and assists with nuclear medicine studies. Is responsible for patient safety protocols. Maintains all federal, state, local and regulatory agency requirements. Participates in CQI activities. Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Receiving, relaying and documenting verbal, written and electronic orders in the patient's medical record.
• Corroborating patient's clinical history with procedure, ensuing information is documented and available for use by a licensed independent practitioner.
• Applying principles of ALARA to minimize exposure to patient, self and others.
• Identifying, preparing and/or administering radioisotopes as prescribed by a licensed independent practitioner. Benefits for full and part time employees:
  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
  • 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
  • Tuition Reimbursement/Repayment Program
  • Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
  • More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com About Universal Health Services:One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America's Largest Public Companies. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com
    Qualifications
    
    
    Graduation from approved school of ARRTs with certification. Licensed in Diagnostic Radiology or Nuclear Medicine.Current BLS certification.Required to take call / standby in Nuclear Medicine and NNMC as needed EEO StatementAll UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success. Avoid and Report Recruitment Scams At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHSand our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.

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