Senior Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Location: US-NY-Bronx
ID: 2023-10171
Type: Regular Full-Time
Hospital: NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi
Overview
Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) has an opportunity for a Senior Nuclear Medicine Technologist at NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi and North Central Bronx. The Hospitals are part of the NYC Health + Hospitals System (NYCHHC). Jacobi is a 457-bed, Level I Trauma Center and NCB has 213 licensed beds. The hospital maintains a strong academic affiliation with Albert Einstein Medical College to maintain its high healthcare delivery standards.
The mission of NYC Health + Hospitals is to extend equally to all New Yorkers, regardless of the ability to pay, comprehensive health services of the highest quality in an atmosphere of humane care, dignity, and respect. Their Values are built on a foundation of social and racial equity and have established the ICARE standards for all staff.
NYC Health + Hospitals is the nation's largest municipal health care delivery system in the United States, dedicated to providing the highest quality health care services to all New Yorkers with compassion, dignity, and respect, regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.
Responsibilities
Working as a Senior Nuclear Medicine Technologist at NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi will offer you a warm and caring work environment surrounded by supportive staff and physicians. We honor all legal holidays and on-call duties plus excellent benefits. Work schedule is 8 hours per day, starting at 7-3, 8-4, or 9-5 depending on rotation. This offers you a great work/life balance!
Radiopeptide protocols:
- F-Estradiol (Cerianna) PET imaging - only site in Bronx
- Ga-PSMA PET imaging
- Ga-Dotatate PET imaging
- Lu-PSMA (Pluvicto) therapy - available and ready
- Lu-Dotatate (Luta-Thera) therapy - available and ready
In addition, we will launch Rubidium cardiac PET imaging in Spring 2024.
Provides imaging services in the Nuclear Medicine department in conformance with the departmental standards and service excellence standards while ensuring patient safety. Performs all nuclear medicine procedures required within the department, at both Jacobi and NCB sites. Successful candidate may be asked to cover both sites on a given day, as needed.
PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS:
- Proficient in the use of the following equipment designed to measure and image radioactivity:
- Dose calibrators
- Hand-held radioactivity detectors (Geiger-Muller detectors, Scintillation probes and detectors)
- Well counters
- Gamma cameras
- Single or multiple head
- Planar or SPECT capable
- PET capable
- SPECT/CT
- Perform quality control of all instruments.
- Receive radioactive tracers and determine if there is contamination of radioactivity in packaging.
- Perform safe handling and disposal of radioactive materials.
- Record keeping of radioactive material arrival and disposal.
- Determine radioactive material activity for use in imaging patients; and proper (safe and sterile techniques for administration of tracers for use in patients by a variety of appropriate routes of administration, including oral, intravenous, and inhalation.
- Use equipment to produce and save interpretable images; and to use software to derive quantitative information from imaging data using dedicated software.
- Survey the laboratory for radioactive contamination and to handle contamination and spills.
- Assist clerical staff when needed in scheduling, checking in, and calling patients.
- Document procedures in the Epic electronic medical record as well as paper documents.
- Transmit images to the PACS system.
- Treat all patients with respect and dignity, and attend to their needs.
Qualifications
New Graduates who are board-eligible can be considered.
One of the following certifications preferred:
- NMTCB (CT) (Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board - CT)
- ARRT-(N)(CT) (American Registry of Radiologic Technologists - Nuclear Medicine and CT)
The individual must keep the New York State License up to date, with a minimum of 12 Continuing Education credits per year.
Benefits include:
- Competitive compensation package
- 10% 401K company contribution after one year of service
- Choice of a three-tiered nearly FREE medical plan
- Excellent dental insurance including orthodontics coverage
- Generous paid time off program
- Salary: $92,500.00
The Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY), a tax-exempt organization affiliated with NYC Health + Hospitals, is one of the largest physician groups in New York State and directly employs nearly 4,000 physicians and allied health professionals who serve seven of New York City's public hospitals, numerous public health community-based practices, and the city's Correctional Health Service.
Physician Affiliate Group of New York, P.C. ("PAGNY") is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. We require applications to be completed online.
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The annual base salary listed complies with the New York City law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The annual base salary listed is for full-time employment and does not include bonuses/incentive compensation or benefits. Actual total compensation depends on many factors, including experience, specialties, historical productivity, and historical collections. Actual total compensation may differ.
