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 has 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, and regardless of immigration status or ability to pay. 

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 to attend to their needs.