Occupation Atlasnuclear medicine radiographer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5efb4fff-8c5f-4697-9587-034d9f6af094
nuclear medicine radiographer
Nuclear medicine radiographers plan, prepare and perform nuclear medicine examinations, post-processing and treatment with a wide range of equipment and techniques using X-rays, magnetic resonance imaging and radiopharmaceuticals.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
RICRealistic · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.99
- I Investigative5.57
- C Conventional5.20
- S Social3.08
- E Enterprising1.31
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Nuclear Medicine Technologists (29-2033.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (55)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adhere to organisational code of ethics
- administer contrast media
- administer radiopharmaceuticals
- analyse X-ray imagery
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- apply radiation protection procedures
- apply radiological health sciences
- calculate exposure to radiation
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- conduct cancer screening tests
- conduct video telemetry
- contribute to continuity of health care
- deal with emergency care situations
- determine imaging techniques to be performed
- determine medical images' diagnostic suitability
- determine patient's exposure factors
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- evidence-based radiography practice
- first aid
- follow clinical guidelines
- handle radiopharmaceuticals
- health care legislation
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- hygiene in a health care setting
- implant brachytherapy treatments
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- maintain imaging equipment
- manage healthcare users' data
- manage radiology information system
- medical contrast agents
- medical oncology
- medical terminology
- operate medical imaging equipment
- paediatrics
- perform nuclear medicine procedures
- pharmaceutical products
- post-process medical images
- prepare for nuclear medicine procedures
- prepare patients for imaging procedures
- provide psychological support to patients
- radiation physics in healthcare
- radiation protection
- radiobiology
- respond to changing situations in health care
- undertake post-examination activities
- use nuclear medicine techniques
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Optional (12)
- administer radiotherapy
- conduct health related research
- conduct radiotherapy computer planning
- development trends in radiography
- electroencephalography
- identify progression of disease
- interpret medical images
- perform clinical research in radiography
- prepare radiopharmaceuticals
- psychology
- use foreign languages for health-related research
- use foreign languages in patient care
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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