Nuclear Medicine Technologist/PET/CT

Summary: The Nuclear Medicine PET/CT Technologist whose priorities will be to review patient order, image per protocol, and post-process while following Single Flow protocols emulate LEAN principles. This will be accomplished by coaching, teaching, and assisting daily operations as needed with a focus on IHS’s standard for excellent patient care.  

Location: Encinitas and Hillcrest

Status: Full-Time and Per Diem 

Imaging Healthcare Specialists is an advanced diagnostic imaging provider with 11 locations providing the best outcomes for our patients.  Over the past three decades, we’ve earned an outstanding reputation for the most advanced imaging technology, highly specialized expertise and exceptional customer service for physicians and patients.  We have a relentless focus on the voice of the customer that fuels our continuous improvement and we are expanding our efforts to provide our patients and exceptional experience. Currently, we are looking for a Nuclear Med PET/CT Technologist to join the team!

Essential Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Hands-on engagement in understanding and applying Lean
• Maintains an unrelenting focus on improvement and providing customer value
• Makes learning and practicing of Lean principals a daily priority.
• Primary focus will be to follow and teach Single Patient flow protocols to stay with one patient throughout their visit.
• Obtain patients' histories from electronic records, patient interviews, dictated reports, or by communicating with referring clinicians.
• Responsible to review patient orders image requests, patient questions and perform image procedures while upholding IHS patient service quality standards.
• Prepare comprehensive interpretive reports of findings. Perform or interpret the outcomes of diagnostic imaging procedures including magnetic resonance imaging.
• Act as instructor to other technicians on company desired techniques for imaging and best practices.
• Review or transmit images and information using picture archiving or communications systems.
• Coaches team that communicates examination results or diagnostic information to referring physicians, patients, or families.
• Evaluate medical information to determine patients' risk factors, such as allergies to contrast agents, or to make decisions regarding the appropriateness of procedures.
• Confer with medical professionals regarding image-based diagnoses.
• Provide suggestions to management for any coaching and performance coaching while observing technicians.
• Assist Modality Manager enforce standards for protection of patients or personnel.
• Monitor and assist with procedures to ensure adequate quality control of images. Interpret images using computer-aided detection or diagnosis systems.
• Responsible to maintain schedule of technicians for assigned modality.
• Must finalize and post process all image procedures and prepare for review by other departments while completing the Single Patient flow.
• Must prepare and respond to correspondence for unread exams, QA Notes, shift reports, incident reports and inquiry statuses
• Will be required to report any non-operable equipment and maintenance needs of imaging equipment to your supervisor.
• Must perform and lead a team that images procedures while upholding IHS patient service quality standards.
• Will contribute to company goals by acting as a backup for other IHS departments as required.
• Will help facilitate maintenance needs of imaging equipment and prepare reports to Modality Manager for review and approval.

Why Should You Work For IHS? 

• Career Development and Growth Opportunities
  • Technologists trained to be Mammography, CT and MRI Technologists
  • Lean Development (Enterprise Excellence) 
  • Leadership Growth and Development Training
• 4 Weeks of PTO for part time and full time team members
• Yearly Compensation Reviews
• Medical, Dental, Vison, HSA Contribution and 401k matching 
• Community Involvement

If you are interested in this exciting job opportunity, please submit your resume in response to this ad. All resumes must be in the form of an attachment or will not be reviewed.
 
Our company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and ensures its employment decisions comply with principles embodied in Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, Executive Order 11246, Revised Order Number 4, and applicable state regulations

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