Diagnostic Imaging Technician - Nuclear Medicine, Tanzania

Position Title: Diagnostic Imaging Technician - Nuclear Medicine

Location: Tanzania

Agency: Aga Khan Health Services

Sector: Social Development

About the Agency

Aga Khan Health Services: With community health programmes in large geographical areas in Central and South Asia, as well as East Africa, and more than 200 health facilities including nine hospitals, the Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS) is one of the most comprehensive private not-for-profit health care systems in the developing world. Building on the Ismaili Community's health care efforts in the first half of the 20th century, AKHS now provides primary health care and curative medical care in Afghanistan, India, Kenya, Pakistan, and Tanzania, and provides technical assistance to government in health service delivery in Kenya, Syria and Tajikistan. More information......

The position

• Uses specialized equipment to perform nuclear medicine imaging.
• Selects imaging protocols and required accessories, and makes adjustments based on the specific examination requirements
• Records and processes the image
• Manipulates the recorded image using computer applications
• Cleans and inspects equipment and performs preventive maintenance
• Receives patients, schedules appointments, prepares and processes examination requests and related records, and files images and reports
• Enters and maintains data in nuclear medicine information systems.
• Reviews images to ensure quality standards are met.
• Performs equipment quality control checks.
• Duties to include administrative procedures including Composite Health Care System data entry. Receives patients, schedules appointments, prepares and processes examination requests and related records, and files images and reports.

The requirements

• Completion of an accredited nuclear medicine course is required
• Experience of doing intravenous canulation
• Technique of handling radioactive material and generator
• Knowledge of handling radioactive spillover
• Must be knowledgeable in anatomy and physiology; medical terminology and ethics; legal aspects of medicine; healthcare accreditation standards; radiation physics, biology, and protection; basic electronics theory; techniques of operating Nuclear Medicine imaging equipment; patient care and monitoring techniques; image recording media and processing techniques; quality control procedures; aseptic and sterile techniques; infection control; basic life support; medical records administration; and algebra, nuclear physics, clinical chemistry, nuclear pharmacology, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulations concerning use of radionuclide

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