Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Practice where advanced diagnostics meet personal care and community connection

Imagine building a career as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist where your expertise helps guide life-changing diagnoses and treatments, and where the care you provide has a direct impact on patients every day.

Welcome to Newfoundland and Labrador, a place where Nuclear Medicine Technologists are valued members of the healthcare team, bringing advanced imaging and patient-centred care together to support better health outcomes across the province.

Here, your skills are trusted, your contributions are recognized, and your work plays an essential role in helping patients and care teams make informed decisions. Relocation and signing incentives may be available, with enhanced support for opportunities in rural and remote communities.

Job Summary

The Nuclear Medicine Technologist IIA is responsible for performing standardized and complex diagnostic and therapeutic Nuclear Medicine procedures. This includes;

• Preparing, measuring, dispensing, and administering radiopharmaceuticals and radioisotopes for diagnostic and therapeutic use.
• Assessing patients for exams and explaining procedures and tests
• Performing quality control testing on all equipment
• Participating in research, and is involved in quality control and radiation safety techniques
• Other related duties as required

Job Qualifications

• Graduation from a recognized (accredited) program in Nuclear Medicine Technology is required.
• Current registration and member in good standing with the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT) in Nuclear Medicine is required.
• A satisfactory record of work performance and attendance is required.

* Effective May 1, 2025, all Medical Radiation Technologists and X - Ray Health Professionals will require registration with the Newfoundland and Labrador Council of Health Professionals (NLCHP) in the appropriate discipline(s) in order to practice in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Pay Range and compensation package

LX29 (CAD34.41 - CAD43.66 per hour) plus a bi-weekly pensionable Market Adjustment up to a maximum of $576.92 (currently approved until July 29, 2027, with possibility of extension)

The following Incentives may be applicable, can be combined and require a Return in Service Commitment:

1. Signing bonus up to $10,000
2. Bursary up to $10,000
3. Come Home Incentive up to $50,000
4. Relocation support For more information on bursaries/incentives please visit www.workinhealthnl.ca/incentives or email Sign in to view email

*subject to Government of Newfoundland and Labrador approval annually

Job Demands

By applying for this job, you acknowledge an understanding that regular requirements and demands of this job include (but are not limited to):

• Regularly lifts, moves, repositions, pushes, or pulls objects (i.e. supplies, equipment, cameras, lead vests, and patients), less than 10 lbs., between 10-50 lbs., and over 50 lbs.
• Regularly stands or walks when performing procedures or scanning patients. Occasionally, works in awkward or cramped positions where maintaining balance is required while operating heavy machinery or equipment to perform scans.
• Scanning patients requires controlled movements while physically handling cameras. Occasionally will sit to review images and use fine finger/precision movements to work on the computer, walk, and bend to give injections using fine motor skills.
• Visual concentration is required when reading physicians' orders, positioning patients, drawing up radiation into syringes, calculating and measuring dosages, inserting venipuncture and intravenous (IV) lines, giving injections, examining detailed computer images, computer processing, and monitoring patients during procedures.