Nuclear Medicine Technologist
New Brunswick has various opportunities for nuclear medicine technologists, who provide nuclear medicine services to treat patients for certain medical conditions on the order of a physician. Nuclear medicine is the use of low-level radioactive substances which are injected, swallowed, or inhaled to produce diagnostic images of how the body functions. For example, bone scans, cardiac stress testing, and lung scans. Nuclear medicine technologists also act as an aid to nuclear medicine physicians by acquiring data through radiation detection equipment in order to diagnosis diseases.
Generally, nuclear medicine technologists are excellent problem solvers, often independent, and hard working. They must keep their patients at ease, which requires a strong sense of empathy, good communication skills, and problem solving. Attention to detail and a broad knowledge of nuclear medicine and technology are crucial when recording and processing results of procedures, observing radiation safety and protection measures for patients and personnel, and much more.