How to hire nuclear medicine technologists

Job description template

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[Job title] at [Company name]
[City, State] · [Full-time / Part-time] · [Pay range]

About the role
[Two or three sentences about your team, the work and why it matters.]

What you will do
• Administer radiopharmaceuticals or radiation intravenously to detect or treat diseases, using radioisotope equipment, under direction of a physician.
• Calculate, measure, and record radiation dosage or radiopharmaceuticals received, used, and disposed, using computer and following physician's prescription.
• Detect and map radiopharmaceuticals in patients' bodies, using a camera to produce photographic or computer images.
• Explain test procedures and safety precautions to patients and provide them with assistance during test procedures.
• Prepare stock radiopharmaceuticals, adhering to safety standards that minimize radiation exposure to workers and patients.
• Process cardiac function studies, using computer.
• Produce a computer-generated or film image for interpretation by a physician.
• Record and process results of procedures.

What you bring
• [Required license, certification or years of experience, if any]
• [Education, only if you truly need it. Typical to start in this job: Associate's degree]
• Strong critical thinking, active listening, speaking, monitoring, reading comprehension and writing skills
• Working knowledge of customer and personal service, biology, English Language and physics
• [Anything else you would really turn someone away for]

Pay and benefits
[Pay range]. For reference, the U.S. median for this job is $48.74 an hour ($101,370 a year).
[Benefits, schedule and anything else candidates should know.]

How to apply
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Interview questions for nuclear medicine technologists

Ask every candidate the same questions, in the same order, and write down what they say. Questions about past work show what someone has actually done.

1. Tell me about a time you had to administer radiopharmaceuticals or radiation intravenously to detect or treat diseases, using radioisotope equipment, under direction of a physician. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
2. Tell me about a time you had to calculate, measure, and record radiation dosage or radiopharmaceuticals received, used, and disposed, using computer and following physician's prescription. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
3. Tell me about a time you had to detect and map radiopharmaceuticals in patients' bodies, using a camera to produce photographic or computer images. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
4. Tell me about a time you had to explain test procedures and safety precautions to patients and provide them with assistance during test procedures. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
5. Describe a decision at work where the obvious answer was wrong. How did you work out the better choice?
6. Tell me about a time you had to understand a request or problem that was explained poorly. How did you make sure you got it right?
7. Explain something technical from your last job as you would to a new coworker.
8. Why this job, and why now? What would make you stay here for the long term?

Good answers name a real situation, what the person did themselves and what happened. Avoid questions about age, family plans, religion, health, national origin or anything else unrelated to the job.

What nuclear medicine technologists do

• Administer radiopharmaceuticals or radiation intravenously to detect or treat diseases, using radioisotope equipment, under direction of a physician.
• Calculate, measure, and record radiation dosage or radiopharmaceuticals received, used, and disposed, using computer and following physician's prescription.
• Detect and map radiopharmaceuticals in patients' bodies, using a camera to produce photographic or computer images.
• Explain test procedures and safety precautions to patients and provide them with assistance during test procedures.
• Prepare stock radiopharmaceuticals, adhering to safety standards that minimize radiation exposure to workers and patients.
• Process cardiac function studies, using computer.
• Produce a computer-generated or film image for interpretation by a physician.
• Record and process results of procedures.

Skills that matter most

Critical ThinkingActive ListeningSpeakingMonitoringReading ComprehensionWritingCustomer and Personal ServiceBiologyEnglish LanguagePhysics

Education, experience and outlook for nuclear medicine technologists

• Typical education to start: Associate's degree (BLS)
• Related work experience most have: 1 to 2 years (O*NET)
• Job outlook: +4.4% over ten years, about as fast as average · about 800 openings a year (BLS)

What to pay nuclear medicine technologists

Pay depends a lot on where the job is. Highest and lowest median yearly pay by state:

See nuclear medicine technologists pay in every state

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Job duties and skills: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. JAI Bot has modified this information; USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Pay: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, May 2025. Interview questions and the job description template: JAI Bot, based on the duties and skills above.