A Nuclear Medicine Technologist should be able to:

•  Exert force and lift objects of 50 pounds routinely.
•  Have full use of both arms, wrists and shoulders.
•  Perform simple motor skills for unrestricted time periods.
  •  Push, pull, bend and stoop.
  •  Work standing on their feet 80% of the time.
  •  Reach and work overhead.
•  Perform manipulative skills.
  •  Position and assist patients.
  •  Assist or move patients from wheelchairs and stretchers onto imaging tables.
•  Perform tasks requiring eye-hand coordination.
  •  For example, venipuncture.
•  Perform tasks requiring satisfactory visual and auditory acuity.
  •  Read printed words in a textbook, read camera control panel and computer screens, read patient dose and medical charts, and read scintigraphic images.
  •  Hear instructions from health care professionals and be able to respond to verbal requests by patients at a distance of 6 to 10 feet.
  •  Give clear verbal commands to patients assigned for an imaging procedure at a distance of 6 to 10 feet.
•  Communicate effectively with patients and other health care professionals.
•  Interact compassionately and effectively with the sick and injured.
•  Protect self and others from unnecessary radiation exposure.
•  Assess the condition of patients assigned for an imaging procedure.
•  Write legibly with proper spelling of medical terms.
•  Demonstrate professional demeanor and behavior and must perform in an ethical manner in relation to peers, faculty, staff and patients.
•  Conform to appropriate standards of dress, appearance, language and public behavior.
•  Show respect for individuals of different age, ethnic background, religion and/or sexual orientation.
•  Organize and accurately perform the individual steps in a nuclear medicine procedure in the proper sequence.