Supervisory Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Summary

The position is located in the Nuclear Medicine Service at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center. Incumbent performs administrative and technical work in support of Nuclear Medicine.

About the Role

The Supervisory Nuclear Medicine Technologist works under the direction of the ACOS of Radiology. The employee and supervisor, in consultation, develop deadlines, projects, and work to be done. The incumbent is assigned continuing responsibility for independently planning and carrying out the duties and resolving most of the conflicts which arise. Coordinating the work with others as necessary and interpreting policy in terms of established objectives and determining the approach to be taken and the methodology to be used. The supervisory nuclear medicine technologist will work independently with input from the Chief when necessary. The supervisor nuclear medicine technologist will keep the Chief of the service and other nuclear medicine physicians informed of important issues and potentially controversial matters.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and plan monthly staff meetings
• Write and maintain functional statements for all Hybrid Title 38 staff members
• Research and respond to patient safety, equipment issues and recalls involving the Nuclear Medicine Service
• Manage procurement and contracting for Nuclear Medicine Service
• Provide budgetary analysis and projection for the service
• Acknowledge and resolve customer, employee complaints
• Provide administrative reports to management both orally and in writing
• Write and research new nuclear medicine protocols
• Request, evaluate, and recommend replacement nuclear medicine equipment
• Initiate changes in personnel status, hiring, promotions, awards, discipline
• Interview candidates for vacancies within the service, recommend appointments, advancements, or when appropriate, disciplinary actions; evaluate performance and identify continuing education and training needs
• Provide annual performance appraisal and semiannual progress reports for nuclear medicine staff
• Collect and report of quality management data
• Act as the COTR for the Nuclear Medicine Service
• Provide instruction to clinical staff, patients, and family members
• Instruct nursing students, radiology students, new technologists, residents, and others on techniques, procedures, and equipment
• Develop and initiate new protocols which apply to current research findings
• Analyze dosimetry reports and institute or recommend additional radiation safety precautions as necessary to reduce exposure levels
• Perform required technical procedures for safe receipt, handling, transport, usage, and disposal of radioactive material, assuring compliance with Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), National Health Physics Program (NHPP), and Department of Transportation (DOT) and license conditions
• Schedule patient procedures, taking into consideration camera availability, scan length, patient condition, the need for multiple nuclear medicine studies, other clinic appointments of the patient, contraindications for the test, and urgency of the request
• Prepare studies for nuclear medicine physician’s interpretation by ensuring completeness of all forms involved in the procedure
• Record appropriate data and related information on the proper patient worksheet and images
• Perform radionuclide therapy in collaboration with the nuclear medicine physician
• Receive and assay prescribed therapeutic doses
• Monitor and properly store any radioactive waste for disposal
• Perform a full range of nuclear medicine diagnostic imaging, non-imaging, in-vitro, and therapeutic procedures
• Prepares and administers radiopharmaceuticals/pharmaceuticals through various routes of administration, including but not limited to oral, inhalant, intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, and intradermal (under the direction of an authorized user)
• Provide clinical instruction to student nuclear medicine technologists from affiliated programs and facilitate the attainment of established program objectives

Requirements

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• Certification: All applicants must be certified in nuclear medicine technology by the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board (NMTCB) or the American Registry of Radiologic Technology (ARRT) (N) NMTCB or ARRT (N) certification eligibility requirements are normally satisfied by one of the following: (1) Completion of a NMTCB-recognized nuclear medicine technology program - OR (2) Completion of a nuclear medicine technology program accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology (JRCNMT) - or other accrediting agencies as recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) - culminating in a certificate, associate, baccalaureate, or master's degree
• Educational programs must have structured clinical training sufficient to provide clinical competency in radiation safety, instrumentation, clinical procedures, and radio-pharmacy, as deemed acceptable by the NMTCB
• English Language Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C.7403(f)
• Assignments: For all assignments above the journey level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity (difficulty), range of variety, and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time
• NMTs at this level are fully functional as an advanced NMT and carry out their assigned tasks independently
• Individuals in this assignment assume full administrative and professional responsibility for planning and directing the nuclear medicine program and technologists above the journey level at a medical center or independent outpatient clinic
• They also have supervisory responsibility over a program
• Grade Requirements: Experience: For assignments above the journey level, the candidate must have 1 year of creditable experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS11) directly related to the position being filled, and must fully meet the KSAs at that level
• Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities: In addition to the experience or education above, the candidate must demonstrate all the following technical KSAs and demonstrate the potential to acquire the assignment specific KSAs as designated by an asterisk (*): *Ability to assign and evaluate work of subordinate staff as well as resolve problems that may interfere with the delivery of nuclear medicine services by staff members *Skill in providing complex nuclear medicine patient procedures *Ability to develop and initiate new protocols which apply to current research findings *Skill in providing administrative reports both orally and in writing [with higher level authorities (i.e. - NHPP - TJC - NRC - Inspector General - executive leadership)] *Ability to interview candidates for positions in the section, recommend appointments, advancements, or when appropriate, disciplinary action, evaluate performance, and identify continuing education and training needs

  Qualifications

  • Experience: For assignments above the journey level, the candidate must have 1 year of creditable experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS11) directly related to the position being filled, and must fully meet the KSAs at that level
  • Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities: In addition to the experience or education above, the candidate must demonstrate all the following technical KSAs and demonstrate the potential to acquire the assignment specific KSAs as designated by an asterisk (*): *Ability to assign and evaluate work of subordinate staff as well as resolve problems that may interfere with the delivery of nuclear medicine services by staff members *Skill in providing complex nuclear medicine patient procedures *Ability to develop and initiate new protocols which apply to current research findings *Skill in providing administrative reports both orally and in writing [with higher level authorities (i.e. - NHPP - TJC - NRC - Inspector General - executive leadership)] *Ability to interview candidates for positions in the section, recommend appointments, advancements, or when appropriate, disciplinary action, evaluate performance, and identify continuing education and training needs

  Skills

  Technical KSAs and demonstrated potential to acquire the assignment specific KSAs as designated by an asterisk (*): *Ability to assign and evaluate work of subordinate staff as well as resolve problems that may interfere with the delivery of nuclear medicine services by staff members *Skill in providing complex nuclear medicine patient procedures *Ability to develop and initiate new protocols which apply to current research findings *Skill in providing administrative reports both orally and in writing [with higher level authorities (i.e. - NHPP - TJC - NRC - Inspector General - executive leadership)] *Ability to interview candidates for positions in the section, recommend appointments, advancements, or when appropriate, disciplinary actions; evaluate performance and identify continuing education and training needs

  Benefits

  Not specified

  Pay

  GS-12

  Schedule

  8:00 am to 4:30 pm

  Telework

  Not Available

  Virtual

  This is not a virtual position

  Functional Statement #

  943660

  Relocation/Recruitment Incentives

  Not Authorized

  Permanent Change of Station (PCS)

  Not Authorized