Healthcare
Nuclear Medicine Technologists
Prepare, administer, and measure radioactive isotopes in therapeutic, diagnostic, and tracer studies using a variety of radioisotope equipment. Prepare stock solutions of radioactive materials and calculate doses to be administered by radiologists. Subject patients to radiation. Execute blood volume, red cell survival, and fat absorption studies following standard laboratory techniques.
Median salary
$97,020
Typical range
$76k – $128k
Job outlook
+3% (about average)
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Education
Typical entry: Associate degree
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Junior Nuclear Medicine Technologists
Entry / Junior
$75,570
~2 yrs to advance
Nuclear Medicine Technologists
Established
$97,020
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Nuclear Medicine Technologists
Senior
$112,555
Key skills
A typical day
- •Administer radiopharmaceuticals or radiation intravenously to detect or treat diseases, using radioisotope equipment, under direction of a physician.
- •Detect and map radiopharmaceuticals in patients' bodies, using a camera to produce photographic or computer images.
- •Process cardiac function studies, using computer.
- •Calculate, measure, and record radiation dosage or radiopharmaceuticals received, used, and disposed, using computer and following physician's prescription.
- •Record and process results of procedures.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Healthcare
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- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- Duke University6% admit · $105,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
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