Senior Nuclear Medicine Technician

Overview

Employed by PAGNY for NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi, located in the Bronx, accommodates more than 325,000 outpatient visits, more than 100,000 emergency room visits and more than 20,000 inpatient admissions annually. The hospital is renowned for The Trauma Center, staffed to treat any traumatic injury or illness, the fully accredited Breast Health Center, and The Burn Center, with more than 40 years of work in burn care. The hospital also serves patients of many other needs. The hospital maintains an academic affiliation with Albert Einstein Medical College.

 

Employed by PAGNY for NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx handle more than 156,000 outpatient visits, more than 50,000 emergency room visits and more than 7,500 admissions annually in the 232-bed facility. The hospital maintains an academic affiliation with the James J. Peters VA Medical Center. 

 

Responsibilities

Working as a Senior Nuclear Medicine Techcician 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 to 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

 

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is one of the largest multi-disciplinary groups in the country whose main purpose is to nurture and embolden the healthcare providers who take care of the most fragile and vulnerable patients in New York City.  PAGNY