From medical physics expert to nuclear medicine radiographer
10 of the 55 essential skills of a nuclear medicine radiographer are already essential for a medical physics expert — about 18% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 45
- would be new
- 18%
- of the target job covered
- 55
- essential skills of a nuclear medicine radiographer
What a nuclear medicine radiographer does
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.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply radiation protection procedures
- calculate exposure to radiation
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow clinical guidelines
- radiation physics in healthcare
- radiation protection
What would be new
45 skillsEssential for a nuclear medicine radiographer and not for a medical physics expert. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- adhere to organisational code of ethics
- administer contrast media
- administer radiopharmaceuticals
- analyse X-ray imagery
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- apply radiological health sciences
- communicate in healthcare
- conduct cancer screening tests
- conduct video telemetry
- 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
- evidence-based radiography practice
- first aid
- 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
and 5 more
Other moves from medical physics expert
2 roles- diagnostic radiographer13 skills in common
- radiographer11 skills in common
← medical physics expertnuclear medicine radiographer →The other way round
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How far are you from being a nuclear medicine radiographer?
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