The scope of practice of the Nuclear Medicine Technologist includes, but is not limited to the following areas and responsibilities:• Patient Care: Requires the exercise of judgment to assess and respond to the patient’s needs prior to, during and after procedures in the Nuclear Medicine Department.• Quality Control: Requires the evaluation and maintenance of a quality control program for all instrumentation to ensure its proper performance and stability.• Diagnostic Procedures: Requires the utilization of appropriate techniques to ensure quality diagnostic images and/or laboratory results.• Radiopharmaceuticals: Involves the procurement, preparation, quality control, dose calculation, identification, documentation, administration, disposal, storage and safe handling of radioactive materials.• Radionuclide Therapy: Assists an authorized user in the application and management of radiotherapeutic procedures.• Radiation Safety: Educates the public while practicing techniques that will minimize radiation exposure to the patient, general public and health care personnel consistent with the concept of ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable).
Education: -A high school diploma or GED; Graduate of an accredited School of Nuclear Medicine.
Licenses/Certificates: Must be ARRT (R), ARRT (N) or CNMT registered. BCLS required.Licenses/Certificates: Must be ARRT (R), ARRT (N) or CNMT registered. BCLS required.
Huntsville Hospital is an 881-bed hospital that serves as the regional referral center for North Alabama and southern Tennessee. Huntsville Hospital is governed by the Health Care Authority of the City of Huntsville and is the second-largest hospital in Alabama. In recent years, the hospital has expanded its services throughout the region with the development of Huntsville Hospital Health System, which includes hospitals in Huntsville, Madison, Athens, Decatur, Boaz, Guntersville, Moulton, Red Bay, Sheffield, Scottsboro, and Fayetteville, Tenn. The Health System includes more than 2,300 patient beds and 19,500 employees.
