Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Kingman, Arizona
Kingman Regional Medical Center

Nuclear Medicine Tech

Overview

• Specialty: Radiology / Cardiology
• Location: Kingman, Arizona
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 26 weeks
• Start: ASAP
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8-hour day shifts (06:30–15:00), with rotating call
• Hours: 8 per day, 40 per week

Restrictions

• 100-mile radius rule: clinicians who live within 100 miles of the facility cannot be considered.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Nuclear Medicine Technologist license in Arizona
• Nuclear Medicine Technologist experience, with a minimum of 1 year
• Nuclear Medicine Technologist experience within the last year
• ARRT (N) certification
• CNMT certification
• PET certification
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Technologist experience
• Experience working with cardiac patients
• Cardiac stress experience
• BLS certification issued by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) certification issued by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross

Preferred

• Experience with the charting system (Meditech). Not required.

Background Screening

• 7-year background search completed within 30 days of start, updated annually. Includes SS trace, county searches for the last 7 years of locations lived, worked, or attended school, and a nationwide sex offender search.
• EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks, required annually.
• 9-panel drug screen within 30 days of start. Instant drug screen is acceptable. Not renewed annually.

Health and Immunizations

• Physical exam within 1 year of start. Not required annually.
• Fit test within 1 year of start, updated annually.
• Negative PPD, QuantiFERON (QGold), or T-SPOT within 1 year of start, updated annually. A past positive chest X-ray within 5 years of start is accepted, with an annual TB questionnaire.
• Rubeola, mumps, and rubella: candidates born in 1957 or later must provide a titer or proof of 2 MMR doses at least 28 days apart. Candidates born before 1957 are confirmed against client policy.
• Hepatitis B: titer, declination, or 3-dose vaccine series.
• Varicella: titer, 2 vaccines at least 4 weeks apart, or history of chickenpox.
• Influenza: vaccine or declination required during flu season (10/1–3/31).

Documents and Onboarding

• Government-issued photo ID.
• Passport-style photo with a solid background for badge.
• 2 references within 3 years of start.
• Skills checklist, updated annually.
• Facility-specific job description and forms, completed as a priority: security and confidentiality agreement, behavioral expectations, right-to-know, HIPAA and information security training, and agency candidate form.
• Medication/pharmacology competency exam and competency exam, required as applicable by profession and specialty.