Medical Imaging Technologists - Nuclear Medicine
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Job description
These individuals produce metabolic and functional images by scintigraphy and radiation emission. They use radiopharmaceuticals (radioactive medications) to obtain images of body structures. They enable physicians to diagnose and treat lesions and diseases. They work in:
- Hospitals
- Oncology centres
- Clinics
- Radiology laboratories
- CEGEPs and universities
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Biological agents
- Radiation
Main tasks
- Prepare patients for biological samples or administer substances to them.
- Collect and interpret data.
- Perform diagnostic procedures on biological specimens and record results.
- Ensure the proper functioning of equipment.
- Monitor and care for patients during examinations.
- Apply safety procedures and instructions.
- Train and supervise students and other technologists.
Advancement and mobility
- Additional training enables some mobility between the three groups of Medical Radiation Technologists.
- These individuals may specialize in various fields (mammography, magnetic resonance imaging, etc.).
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
DCS in technologie de médecine nucléaire
Placement rate: 100%
Also required
- Membership in the Ordre des technologues en imagerie médicale, en radio-oncologie et en électrophysiologie médicale du Québec (OTIMROEPMQ [Quebec Order of Medical Imaging, Radiation Oncology, and Medical Electrophysiology Technologists]).
Sometimes required
Supervisors and Clinical Instructors
- Experience as a technologist in their field of practice.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Critical thought
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Information processing
- Reading comprehension
- Result evaluation
- Written expression
- Social perception
- Coordination
- Judgment and decision-making
- Service oriented
- Science
- Active learning
- Mathematics
- Solving complex problems
- Monitoring operations
- Operations and control
- Time management
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Awareness of issues
- Near vision
- Written comprehension
- Information organization
- Speech recognition
- Speech clarity
- Written expression
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Classification
- Basic numeracy
- Control accuracy
- Mathematical reasoning
- Perception speed
- Processing flexibility
- Hand-arm stability
Knowledge and attributes
- Autonomy
- Sense of responsibility
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Capacity to work in a team
- Versatility
- Rigour
- Attention to detail
- Capacity to be discrete
- Respect standards and regulations
- Knowledge of medicine or dentistry
Interests
- Conduct tests and trials, control processes
- Assist or care for people
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
Appellation d’emploi liée (à traduire)
Medical radiation technologists (CNP 32121)
Skill type
Health
Last update: January 29, 2026