Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Lexington, Kentucky
University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital

Nuclear Medicine Tech

Specialty: Radiology / Cardiology Location: Lexington, Kentucky Employment Type: Travel/Contract Contract Length: 14 weeks Schedule: Day shift, 5 x 8 hours (9:30 to 18:00), 40 hours per week

Required Qualifications

• Valid Nuclear Medicine Technologist license in Kentucky
• Nuclear Medicine Technologist with 2 years of experience
• Nuclear Medicine Technologist experience within the last year
• BLS certification issued by American Heart Association or RQI

Preferred Qualifications

• PET/CT experience (not required)

Role Details

• Patient care: Travelers will provide care for General NM routine studies, such as Bones, Gastrics, Hepatos, and Renals.
• PET/CT rotation: If PET/CT trained, travelers may rotate through the PET department.
• Equipment: Siemens cameras (Symbias, Intevo SPECT/CT, and Biograph MCT Flow PET/CT).
• Call: Required once every 9 weeks.

  • Weekday call: The call person stays late only if there is a late patient. The department is usually done by 6:00 PM.
  • Weekend call: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, covering GI bleeds, bio-leaks, VQs, and brain death cases. The team was called in five times last year.
• Schedule note: Day shift hours may shift slightly due to scheduled patients.

Restrictions

• Local travelers within 75 miles are not accepted.

Other Requirements

• Background check: Completed within 1 year of start and updated annually. Includes county criminal search for all locations lived and worked in the last 7 years, national criminal search, sex offender search, SSN trace, and education verification.
• Exclusion checks: EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks within 30 days of start and updated annually.
• Employment history: Verification of 7 years of employment. Gaps longer than 30 days must be explained.
• References: Two supervisor references verified within 6 months of start. Manager or supervisor references are preferred. Charge RN references are accepted if they state the reference supervised directly.
• Education: Education verification is required. A signed official transcript may be used as a placeholder or in lieu of verification if verification cannot be completed. A diploma is accepted only after efforts to retrieve an official transcript have failed.
• State license: Verification required within 30 days of start. Allied candidates must review the allied license report.
• Tech certification: National tech certification verification is required for allied candidates.
• Other certifications:

  • ACLS (AHA only; RQI accepted), renewed if expiring during assignment
  • PALS (AHA only; RQI accepted; ENPC accepted in lieu of PALS)
• Competencies:

  • Color blind testing online, within 1 year of start, 80% passing score
  • Unit-specific competency exam within 1 year of start and renewed annually, 80% passing score or Modified Angoff score, whichever is higher
  • Skills checklists, updated annually
• Health documents:

  • Physical exam within 1 year of start, updated annually. Must be signed by a physician, MD, NP, or PA and state the candidate is in good health, free from communicable diseases, and has no physical limitations to perform job duties.
  • TDAP within 10 years of start.
  • TB test (PPD or TSPOT/QuantiFERON) within 1 year, renewed annually. Chest X-ray within 5 years is required if the TB test is positive.
  • Measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella immunity: positive titer or two vaccines, with a booster if the titer is equivocal or negative.
  • Hepatitis B: positive titer, 3-dose series, or declination, renewed annually.
  • Drug testing within 1 year of start, updated annually. Rapid drug screens are not acceptable.
  • Flu vaccination for the current season, due on the document due date. Receipts are not accepted.
  • COVID vaccine series or medical/religious exemption, updated annually.
  • Fit mask testing within 1 year, updated annually. Acceptable masks include specific N95 models and Halyard regular or small.
• Other documents: Employment application, acceptable use policy, confidentiality agreement, electronic communications policy, and password policy (billing candidates must sign these before start).