3215 Medical Radiation Technologists

Medical Radiation Technologists comprise technologists who work radiographic and radiation therapy equipment to manage radiation treatment and create images of body structures for the diagnosis and cure of injury and illness. They are working in hospitals, cancer treatment centers, clinics and radiological laboratories. Medical radiation technologists who are administrator or instructors are included in this unit group.

Example Titles of 3215 Medical Radiation Technologists:

Brachytherapy Technologist

Chief Radiographer

Chief Radiotherapy Technologist

Chief Technologist, Nuclear Medicine

Chief Technologist, Radiation Therapy

Chief Technologist, Radiography

Clinical Co-Ordinator, Nuclear Medicine

Clinical Co-Ordinator, Radiation Therapy

Clinical Co-Ordinator, Radiography

Clinical Instructor, Nuclear Medicine

Clinical Instructor, Radiation Therapy

Clinical Instructor, Radiography

Diagnostic Imaging Technologist

Diagnostic Medical Radiation Technologist

Diagnostic Radiography Technologist

Diagnostic Radiological Technician

Diagnostic Radiological Technologist

Diagnostic Radiology Technologist

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Technologist

Magnetic Resonance Technologist

Mammography Technician

Mammography Technologist

Medical Radiation Technologist

Medical Radiation Technologists Supervisor

Mri (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Technologist

Nmri (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Technologist

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Nmri) Technologist

Nuclear Medicine Chief Technologist

Nuclear Medicine Clinical Instructor

Nuclear Medicine Supervisor

Nuclear Medicine Technical Co-Ordinator

Nuclear Medicine Technical Director

Nuclear Medicine Technician

Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Nuclear Medicine Technologists Supervisor

Oncology Technologist

Oncology Technologist, Radiation Therapy

Pet (Positron-Emission Tomography) Technologist

Positron-Emission Tomography (Pet) Technologist

Radiation Oncology Simulator Technologist

Radiation Oncology Technician

Radiation Oncology Technologist

Radiation Technologist – Cancer Therapy

Radiation Technologist – Oncology

Radiation Therapist

Radiation Therapists Supervisor

Radiation Therapy Chief Technologist

Radiation Therapy Clinical Co-Ordinator

Radiation Therapy Clinical Instructor

Radiation Therapy Technical Co-Ordinator

Radiation Therapy Technologist (Rtt)

Radiographer, Medical

Radiographic Technologist

Radiography Chief Technologist

Radiography Clinical Co-Ordinator

Radiography Clinical Instructor

Radiography Supervisor

Radiography Technical Co-Ordinator

Radiography Technical Director

Radiography Technologist

Radiography Technologists Supervisor

Radioisotope Technician

Radioisotope Technologist

Radiological Technician

Radiological Technologist

Radiology Technologist

Radiotherapy Technician

Radiotherapy Technologist

Registered Radiology Technologist

Registered Technologist In Nuclear Medicine (Rtnm)

Registered Technologist In Radiation Therapy

Registered Technologist In Radiography (Rtr)

Rtnm (Registered Technologist In Nuclear Medicine)

Rtr (Registered Technologist In Radiography)

Rtt (Radiation Therapy Technologist)

Senior Radiation Therapy Technologist

Supervisor, Medical Radiation Technologists

Supervisor, Nuclear Medicine

Supervisor, Nuclear Medicine Technologists

Supervisor, Radiation Therapists

Supervisor, Radiography

Supervisor, Radiography Technologists

Technical Co-Ordinator, Nuclear Medicine

Technical Co-Ordinator, Radiation Therapy

Technical Co-Ordinator, Radiography

Technical Director, Nuclear Medicine

Technical Director, Radiography

Technician, Mammography

Technician, Nuclear Medicine

Technician, Radiation Oncology

Technician, Radioisotope

Technician, Radiotherapy

Technician, X-Ray (Radiology)

Technologist, Brachytherapy

Technologist, Diagnostic Medical Radiation

Technologist, Diagnostic Radiography

Technologist, Magnetic Resonance

Technologist, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri)

Technologist, Mammography

Technologist, Medical Radiation

Technologist, Mri (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

Technologist, Nmri (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

Technologist, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Nmri)

Technologist, Nuclear Medicine

Technologist, Oncology

Technologist, Pet (Positron-Emission Tomography

Technologist, Positron-Emission Tomography (Pet)

Technologist, Radiation Oncology

Technologist, Radiation Oncology Simulator

Technologist, Radiation Therapy

Technologist, Radiography

Technologist, Radioisotope

Technologist, Radiology

Technologist, Radiotherapy

Therapeutic Radiological Technician

X-Ray (Radiology) Technician

X-Ray Machine Operator – Medical

X-Ray Technician

X-Ray Technician – Military

Main duties of 3215 Medical Radiation Technologists:

Radiological technologists carry out a number of or all of the following duties:

•Operate X-ray, radiographic and fluoroscopic equipment, mechanized tomography (CT) scanners, mammography units and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners to create radiographs or anatomic images of the human body for the analysis by radiologists of disease or injury.

•Record and procedure patient data.

•Perform essential confirmation and quality control checks on radiographic and film processing equipment.

•Provide suitable care for the patient during the radiographic examination.

•Apply emission protection measures.

•May teach and oversee student radiographers or supervise other radiological technologists.

•Radiological technologists may concentrate in areas such as computerized tomography, angiography, mammography, magnetic resonance imaging, interventional radiology, dosimetry, stereotaxy or brachytherapy.

Nuclear medicine technologists perform some or all of the following duties:

•Prepare radiopharmaceuticals, for example radionuclides and other materials and administer them to patients or to biological samples.

•Operate radiation detection equipment, such as gamma cameras, scanners, scintillation counters, tom densitometers and ionization chambers, to acquire data for use by nuclear medicine physicians in the diagnosis of disease.

•Perform analytic procedures using radioactive materials on biological specimens, for example blood, urine and faeces.

•Record and procedure results of procedures.

•Check equipment to guarantee proper operation.

•Provide suitable care for the patient during the examination.

•Apply radiation defense measures.

•May train and oversee student nuclear medicine technologists or oversee other nuclear medicine technologists.

Radiation therapists perform some or all of the following duties:

•Operate linear accelerators, cobalt 60, X-ray and other radiation therapy apparatus to manage radiation treatment prescribed by radiation oncologists.

•Check radiation therapy equipment to make sure proper operation.

•Lend a hand with radiation oncologists and clinical physicists with preparation of radiation treatment plan.

•Assist in the homework of sealed radioactive materials for example cobalt, radium, cesium and isotopes and the construction of devices such as plaster casts and acrylic moulds to assist with administration of radiation treatment.

•Monitor the patient's bodily and psychological well-being during the entire course of treatment

•Counsel the patient concerning side effects of radiation

•May train and oversee student radiotherapy technologists or manage other radiotherapy technologists.

Employment requirements for 3215 Medical Radiation Technologists:

•Completion of a 2-3 college, hospital or other approved program in diagnostic radiography (for radiological technologists), nuclear medicine technology (for nuclear medicine technologists) or radiation therapy (for radiation therapists)

or

A bachelor of health sciences in radiography, nuclear medicine or radiation therapy

and

A period of supervised practical training is required.

•Licensure with a regulatory body is necessary in all provinces.

•Certification by the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists is required in all provinces except Quebec.

•Experience as a medical radiation technologist is requisite for supervisors and instructors.

Additional information about of 3215 Medical Radiation Technologists:

•There is no mobility between the 3 types of medical radiation technologists without additional training.