Senior Nuclear Medicine Technologist/PET Scanning-Nuclear Medicine

Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City

Oversees and tracks shortages of materials, orders and approves replenishments when necessary

Prepares radiopharmaceuticals for use in patient studies. Performs quality control checks of pharmaceuticals

Performs calibration, chemical purity checks and percentage yields to ensure the integrity of solutions to avoid unnecessary radiation exposure

Assists and follows physician's orders to determine appropriate radiopharmaceutical and dosage.

Facilitates and presents program image recording system and forwards recorded images in the proper format to physicians

Provides aseptic dispensing of precise radiopharmaceutical patient doses, and is competent in the intravenous, oral and inhalation administration of radiopharmaceuticals and radio-labeled blood products to patients

Manages to record and is able to recognize potential risks and contraindications to radiopharmaceutical administrations, and should be able to assist patients.

Performs quality assurance checks on dose calibrator equipment used to assay radiopharmaceutical doses

Ensures effective cleaning of the sterile isolator prior to use; performs radionuclide and chemical purity checks; uses settle plates to monitor airborne microbial contamination, and monitors for radiation contamination

Conducts daily or periodic checks and calibration of imaging and non-imaging equipment, and radiation contamination monitoring.

Accountabilities

• Ensures physical accuracy and hand-eye coordination while performing venopuncture on and insertion of cannulae into adult patients, taking blood samples as required for Nuclear Medicine, and other, tests
• Ensures patients receive the highest standard of medical care.
• Updates patient examination history file, recording unusual conditions and document all records