What are my main responsibilities as a medical physicist in nuclear medicine?
Your responsibilities and duties can be summarized as: • participating in the continuing review of the nuclear medicine practice’s resources (including budget, equipment and staffing), operations, policies and procedures; • planning, in conjunction with the nuclear medicine physician and the radiation protection officer (RPO), the facilities for nuclear medicine practice; • preparing performance specifications for equipment with regard to radiation protection; • carrying out acceptance testing of equipment; • supervising equipment maintenance; • designing, implementing and supervising QA procedures; • performing dose calculations; • participating in the investigation and evaluation of incidents and accidents; • contributing to the radiation protection training programme.
