Senior Nuclear Medicine Technologist - Per Diem, West Valley Hospital

UCLA Health

Salary: $71 – $79 per hour

Job description and requirements

General Information Press space or enter keys to toggle section visibility Work Location: West Hills, CA, USA Onsite or Remote Fully On-Site Work Schedule variable days/hours based on operational needs Posted Date 01/23/2026 Salary Range: $75.05 - 83.39 Hourly Employment Type 6 - Staff: Per Diem Duration indefinite Job # 28371 Primary Duties and Responsibilities Press space or enter keys to toggle section visibility Join our team as a Per Diem Senior Nuclear Medicine Technologist and contribute your advanced expertise to delivering precise, high quality diagnostic imaging for our West Valley Hospital patients. In this key role, you will operate nuclear medicine equipment with expert proficiency, ensuring safe, accurate, and efficient examinations that support exceptional patient care. Primary duties include: • Provide per diem coverage during after-hours, weekends, and staff vacations or leaves. • Conduct patient interviews, communicating clearly and compassionately with patients of all ages to explain procedures, provide reassurance, and promote a positive experience. • Prepare, perform quality control, calibrate, and administer radiopharmaceutical compounds. • Handle, prepare, witness, and administer adjunctive medications under direct physician supervision. • Perform patient imaging and therapeutic procedures, including computer processing and image enhancement. Salary Range: $75.05-83.39/hour Job Qualifications Press space or enter keys to toggle section visibility • Current certification as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist by the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board (NMTCB) or the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT). • Valid California Nuclear Medicine Technology (CNMT) license issued by the Department of Health Services, Radiologic Health Branch. • At least one year of experience as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist. • Flexibility to work variable days and hours based on operational needs, including after-hours shifts (potentially up to midnight). As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer. Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review. • Back to Search Results
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General Information

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Work Location: West Hills, CA, USA Onsite or Remote Fully On-Site Work Schedule variable days/hours based on operational needs Posted Date 01/23/2026 Salary Range: $75.05 - 83.39 Hourly Employment Type 6 - Staff: Per Diem Duration indefinite Job # 28371

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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Join our team as a Per Diem Senior Nuclear Medicine Technologist and contribute your advanced expertise to delivering precise, high quality diagnostic imaging for our West Valley Hospital patients. In this key role, you will operate nuclear medicine equipment with expert proficiency, ensuring safe, accurate, and efficient examinations that support exceptional patient care. Primary duties include:

• Provide per diem coverage during after-hours, weekends, and staff vacations or leaves.

• Conduct patient interviews, communicating clearly and compassionately with patients of all ages to explain procedures, provide reassurance, and promote a positive experience.

• Prepare, perform quality control, calibrate, and administer radiopharmaceutical compounds.

• Handle, prepare, witness, and administer adjunctive medications under direct physician supervision.

• Perform patient imaging and therapeutic procedures, including computer processing and image enhancement.

Salary Range: $75.05-83.39/hour


Job Qualifications

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• Current certification as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist by the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board (NMTCB) or the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT).

• Valid California Nuclear Medicine Technology (CNMT) license issued by the Department of Health Services, Radiologic Health Branch.

• At least one year of experience as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist.

• Flexibility to work variable days and hours based on operational needs, including after-hours shifts (potentially up to midnight).



As a condition of employment
, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.
Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.

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