Medical Radiation Technologists NOC 3215
Medical radiation technologists are on the list of professions with a high demand for Canadian immigration within the category of federal skilled workers . They operate photographic equipment
Radiotherapy and radiotherapy for the administration of radiation therapy and the production of images of body structures for the diagnosis and treatment of injuries and diseases. They work in hospitals, cancer treatment centers, clinics, radiology laboratories. Medical radiation technicians who are supervisors or trainers are included in this group.
Possible job titles:
- Brachytherapy technician
- Head of Radiology
- Chief radiotherapy technologist
- Diagnostic imaging technician
- Medical diagnostic radiology technician
- Diagnostic radiography technician
- Diagnostic radiology technician
- Diagnostic radiology technician
- Diagnostic radiology technician
- Magnetic resonance technician
- Mammography technician
- Mammography technician
- Medical radiation technician
- Medical radiology technician supervisor
- Mri (magnetic resonance imaging).
- Ri nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) (nuclear magnetic resonance imaging).
- Chief nuclear medicine technician
- Clinical instructor of nuclear medicine
- Supervisor of nuclear medicine
- Technical Coordinator of nuclear medicine
- Technical director of nuclear medicine
- Nuclear medicine technician
- Nuclear medicine technologist
- Supervisor of nuclear medicine technicians
- Oncological technologist
- Pet (pet).
- Radiation oncology simulation technician
- Radiation oncology technician
- Radiation oncology technician
- Radiation technician-cancer treatment
- Radiation therapist
- Radiotherapy supervisor
- Chief radiotherapy technologist
- Clinical coordinator of radiation therapy
- Clinical radiotherapy instructor
- Technical Coordinator of radiation therapy
- Radiotherapy Technician (RT)
- Radiology technician, medical
- Radiography technician
- Chief radiography technician
- Coordinator of clinical radiography
- Clinical radiography instructor
- Radiology supervisor
- Technical Coordinator of radiography
- Technical director of radiography
- Radiography technician
- Supervisor of radiography technicians
- Radioisotope technician
- Radioisotope technologist
- Radiation technician
- Radiation technician
- Radiology technician
- Radiotherapy Technician
- Radiotherapy Technician
- Registered radiology technician
- Registered nuclear medicine technician (RnM)
- Registered Radiotherapy Technician
- Registered radiography technician (RTR)
- Ranam (registered nuclear medicine technician)
- Rter (registered radiography technician)
- RT (radiotherapy technologist)
- Chief radiotherapy technologist
- Therapeutic radiology technician
- Radiology technician (radiologist).
- Radiology device operator-medical
- X-ray technician
- Radiology technician-military
Main job duties:
Radiology technicians perform some or all of the following tasks:
Mri (CT) mri (MRI) for the production of radiographs or anatomical images of the human body for the diagnosis of disease or injury by radiologists
Registration and processing of patient data
Conducting basic verification and quality control checks on radiography and film processing equipment
Providing proper care to the patient during the radiological examination
Application of radiation protection measures
He may train and supervise radiology students or supervise other radiology technicians.
Radiology technologists may specialize in areas such as computed tomography, angiography, mammography, magnetic resonance imaging, interventional radiology, dosimetry, stereotactic distribution or brachytherapy.
Nuclear medicine technicians perform some or all of the following tasks:
Prepare radiopharmaceuticals, such as radionuclides and other substances and give them to patients or to biological samples
Operation of radiation detection equipment, such as gamma cameras, scanners, flash meters, CT Densitometers, ionization chambers, to obtain data for use by nuclear medicine doctors in the diagnosis of the disease
Carrying out diagnostic procedures using radioactive substances on biological samples, such as blood, urine, feces
Recording and processing the results of actions
Checking equipment to ensure proper operation
Providing proper care to the patient during the examination
Application of radiation protection measures
He may train and supervise student nuclear medicine technicians or supervise other nuclear medicine technicians.
Radiation therapists perform some or all of the following tasks:
Operation of linear accelerators, cobalt-60, x-ray and other radiotherapy equipment for the administration of radiation therapy prescribed by radiation oncologists
Inspection of radiotherapy equipment to ensure proper operation
Assisting radiation oncologists and clinical physicists in preparing a radiation therapy plan
Assist in the preparation of sealed radioactive materials such as cobalt, radium, cesium and isotopes and the construction of devices such as plaster casts and acrylic casts to assist in the administration of radiation therapy
Monitoring the physical and psychological condition of the patient during the entire treatment period
Advising the patient on the side effects of radiation
He may train and supervise student radiotherapy technicians or supervise other radiotherapy technicians.
Recruitment requirements:
- Completion of a two-to three-year college, hospital, or other accredited program in diagnostic radiography (for radiology technicians), nuclear medicine technology (for Nuclear Medicine technicians) or radiotherapy (for radiotherapists) or Bachelor of Health Sciences in
- Filming
- Radiotherapy, nuclear medicine or radiotherapy
- Period
- Supervised practical training is required.
- Licensing with a regulatory body is required in all provinces.
- Certification from the Canadian Society of medical radiation technicians is required in all provinces except Quebec.
- Experience as a medical radiation technician is required for supervisors and trainers.