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Cardinal Health

Distributes medicines and medical supplies

Nuclear Medicine PET CT Technologist

Diagnostics & Laboratory ProfessionalsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSugar Land, TX, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Graduate of an accredited School of Nuclear Medicine.
  • Certified as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist (CNMT) by the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board (NMTCB), or registered as a Technologist (RT) and certified in nuclear medicine by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT).
  • Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Responsibilities

  • Greet patients and families and escort patients throughout the facility.
  • Inject radiopharmaceuticals and scan patients with diagnostic imaging equipment.
  • Verify the completeness and integrity of scan orders from physicians’ offices at least 48 hours in advance.
  • Process images and send them to the Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).
  • Compare scan orders, scans, and clinical information for veracity, accuracy, and data thoroughness.
  • Archive and verify information to PACS and DVD daily.
  • Order radiopharmaceuticals and credit unused radiopharmaceuticals daily.
  • Run quality control (QC) scans on equipment and facilitate repairs when necessary.
  • Perform quality assurance (QA) on all equipment and maintain QA, patient, and equipment maintenance logs.
  • Ensure scanning equipment is in good working order and facilitate repairs when necessary.
  • Develop working knowledge of PET/CT imaging and educate physicians on PET/CT.
  • Develop marketing strategy with Clinical Educators.
  • Work with patients, physicians, nurses, clinicians, educators, and vendors.
  • Develop and implement procedures that improve efficiencies and reduce costs.
  • Accurately scan data into document imaging software (RIS) for the charge-out process.
  • Maintain regular attendance and punctuality.
  • Contribute to team efforts by accomplishing related results as needed.
  • Consistently achieve processing and reporting deadlines.
  • Perform other functions as required by management.
  • Apply basic concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to perform routine tasks.
  • Work on projects of limited scope and complexity.
  • Follow established procedures to resolve readily identifiable technical problems.
  • Work under direct supervision and receive detailed instructions.
  • Develop competence by performing structured work assignments.

Desired Qualifications

  • Four to eight years of experience is preferred.
  • Previous PET imaging experience is highly preferred.
  • CT imaging experience is preferred.
  • Experience with a GE PET/CT camera is preferred.

About the Company

Cardinal Health

Distributes medicines and medical supplies

Cardinal Health distributes pharmaceuticals and medical products to pharmacies, hospitals, clinics and physician offices, mainly in the United States. Its largest business buys branded, generic and specialty medicines from drugmakers and delivers them to retail chains, independent pharmacies and health systems. The company also makes and sources Cardinal Health brand medical and surgical supplies, runs nuclear pharmacies that prepare radioactive drugs for imaging, and ships home-health supplies directly to patients. It earns most of its revenue from the margin on products it distributes, plus manufacturing, logistics and services for specialty physician practices. Cardinal Health was founded in 1971 and is based in Dublin, Ohio.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
$204.5M
Headquarters
Dublin, OH
Founded
1971

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