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Nuclear Medicine Technologist roles qualify as E-3 visa specialty occupations, requiring a bachelor's degree in nuclear medicine technology or a related clinical field. Australian-trained technologists can secure employer sponsorship without entering a lottery, and two-year E-3 visas renew indefinitely as long as you hold a qualifying position.
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Get Access To All JobsWHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the No. 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you’ll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!
JOB SUMMARY
Works under minimal supervision to be responsible for performing a full range of technical expertise on modality specific imaging equipment including imaging procedures, exam protocols, accreditation, operation, and facilitation of equipment maintenance.
BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:
- PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
- 100% coverage for preventive healthcare - no copay
- Paid Time Off, available day one
- Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
- Paid Parental Leave Benefit
- Wellness programs
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Required
Education
Associate’s Degree in Radiology or related field.
Licenses and Certifications
- (BLS) BASIC LIFE SUPPORT accredited by the American Heart Association for Healthcare (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) Upon Hire and
- (ARRT) AMER REG OF RAD TECH Vocation specialty registered licensure as applicable; ARRT Upon Hire or
- (ARDMS) AMER REGIS DIAG MED SONO Vocation specialty registered licensure as applicable; ARDMS Upon Hire or
- (CNMT) CERT NUCLEAR MED TECH Vocation specialty registered licensure as applicable; CNMT Upon Hire or
- Vocation specialty registered licensure as applicable; TMB Medical Radiologic Technologist Upon Hire
Preferred
Education
Bachelor’s Degree
Experience
- 5 years of experience in medical imaging preferred.
- 3 years of experience in a leadership role preferred.
- For Nuclear Medicine modality candidates, five (5) years of experience in Nuclear, Molecular, and Computed Tomography imaging strongly preferred.
JOB DUTIES
General Job Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates conscious effort to be good stewards of hospital resources to ensure UTSW financial goals are met.
- Provide quotes from vendors for operational and/or capital budgets.
- Ensures proper billing and coding of modality specific exams through charge reconciliations and order/CPT code deep dive reviews.
- Attends departmental and modality specific meetings.
- Secures required regulatory licensure for equipment (e.g., ACR, ICAVL, etc.).
- Actively participates in all hospital regulatory compliance duties and audits.
- Provides/creates competency on advanced equipment training for technologists.
Leadership Responsibilities:
- Coordinates continuity of patient care to the varying locations.
- Provides escalation and add on assistance with scheduling modality exams.
- Coordinates with imaging leadership for staff scheduling, coverage, and payroll accuracy.
- Provides technical input for employee evaluations, appraisals, and course corrective actions.
- Input provided for new hires, promotion, discipline and other administrative tasks for technologists.
- Establishes employee exam competency standards and assists in 180 day competency assessments.
- Teaches at new hire orientation.
- Teaches/oversees student and resident rotations in modality as applicable.
- Provides education and training to technologists in the utilization of new equipment features or techniques.
- Oversees training and development of technologists by providing guidance and direction relative to technical performance (readily available to travel to all facilities as needed).
- Implements clinical protocols and establishes back up mechanisms on equipment to ensure continuity at all sites.
- Acts as a liaison between technologists and radiologists for technical inquiries and resolves primordials with follow up email to the technologists and leadership for trends.
- Assists leadership with staff compliance for clinical and operational protocols, policies, and procedures.
- Provides timely access to equipment, supplies, and logistical support to the Bio Medical and Physicists departments.
- Functions as a technical leader/expert in appropriate modality.
- Facilitates regular in-service training.
- Assists with the implementation of new programs related to modality (software, research, educational).
- Troubleshoots exam exceptions in PACS and Epic.
- Available for assistance during scheduled downtime procedures.
- Works with imaging department process improvement projects.
Quality Assurance:
- Demonstrates general working knowledge of all imaging equipment within modality.
- Assists the physicians/committees/staff with building and maintaining protocols and insuring recorded outputs (radiation doses, etc.) per state/federal regulations.
- Maintains continuity of protocols on modality machines across campus.
- Secures and maintains modality accreditation by working with physicists, radiologists, and management as needed.
- Functions as liaison between regulatory inspectors and management during annual inspections.
- Investigates and addresses radiation doses (as applicable) utilizing dose recording software.
- Responsible for the oversight of the preparation, maintenance, and accuracy of accreditation reports, database records, and logs.
- Facilitates/follow-up with repairs and maintenance as needed on equipment and supplies.
- Monitors and ensures QC/QA compliance with all relevant laws, state and federal regulations, licensing and accreditation requirements, hospital and departmental standards for safety, infection control and equipment performance.
- Systematically reviews technologists’ studies and coordinates additional training to maintain quality.
- Coordinates new equipment demos during the equipment selection and purchasing process.
- Provides input for outcomes and event reports.
Other Duties: Performs other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Work requires a change agent attitude that includes flexibility and adaptability to perform in a high volume facility.
- Work requires ability to build high functioning teams that work in tandem within interdepartmental modalities.
- Work requires ability to devise creative alternatives and suggestions to workflow constraints.
- Work requires ability to exercise modality expertise in applications, procedures, protocols, and training.
- Work requires ability to recognize artifacts/unusual or special problems unrelated to normal scanning routines.
- Work requires ability to respond to and interact with all stakeholders with the PACT standards.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS
Working Conditions
- Clinical Setting
- Hospital Setting
Salary Information
Salary is commensurate with education, skills, and relevant experience.
SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT
Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.
EEO
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.
WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the No. 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you’ll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!
JOB SUMMARY
Works under minimal supervision to be responsible for performing a full range of technical expertise on modality specific imaging equipment including imaging procedures, exam protocols, accreditation, operation, and facilitation of equipment maintenance.
BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:
- PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
- 100% coverage for preventive healthcare - no copay
- Paid Time Off, available day one
- Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
- Paid Parental Leave Benefit
- Wellness programs
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Required
Education
Associate’s Degree in Radiology or related field.
Licenses and Certifications
- (BLS) BASIC LIFE SUPPORT accredited by the American Heart Association for Healthcare (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) Upon Hire and
- (ARRT) AMER REG OF RAD TECH Vocation specialty registered licensure as applicable; ARRT Upon Hire or
- (ARDMS) AMER REGIS DIAG MED SONO Vocation specialty registered licensure as applicable; ARDMS Upon Hire or
- (CNMT) CERT NUCLEAR MED TECH Vocation specialty registered licensure as applicable; CNMT Upon Hire or
- Vocation specialty registered licensure as applicable; TMB Medical Radiologic Technologist Upon Hire
Preferred
Education
Bachelor’s Degree
Experience
- 5 years of experience in medical imaging preferred.
- 3 years of experience in a leadership role preferred.
- For Nuclear Medicine modality candidates, five (5) years of experience in Nuclear, Molecular, and Computed Tomography imaging strongly preferred.
JOB DUTIES
General Job Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates conscious effort to be good stewards of hospital resources to ensure UTSW financial goals are met.
- Provide quotes from vendors for operational and/or capital budgets.
- Ensures proper billing and coding of modality specific exams through charge reconciliations and order/CPT code deep dive reviews.
- Attends departmental and modality specific meetings.
- Secures required regulatory licensure for equipment (e.g., ACR, ICAVL, etc.).
- Actively participates in all hospital regulatory compliance duties and audits.
- Provides/creates competency on advanced equipment training for technologists.
Leadership Responsibilities:
- Coordinates continuity of patient care to the varying locations.
- Provides escalation and add on assistance with scheduling modality exams.
- Coordinates with imaging leadership for staff scheduling, coverage, and payroll accuracy.
- Provides technical input for employee evaluations, appraisals, and course corrective actions.
- Input provided for new hires, promotion, discipline and other administrative tasks for technologists.
- Establishes employee exam competency standards and assists in 180 day competency assessments.
- Teaches at new hire orientation.
- Teaches/oversees student and resident rotations in modality as applicable.
- Provides education and training to technologists in the utilization of new equipment features or techniques.
- Oversees training and development of technologists by providing guidance and direction relative to technical performance (readily available to travel to all facilities as needed).
- Implements clinical protocols and establishes back up mechanisms on equipment to ensure continuity at all sites.
- Acts as a liaison between technologists and radiologists for technical inquiries and resolves primordials with follow up email to the technologists and leadership for trends.
- Assists leadership with staff compliance for clinical and operational protocols, policies, and procedures.
- Provides timely access to equipment, supplies, and logistical support to the Bio Medical and Physicists departments.
- Functions as a technical leader/expert in appropriate modality.
- Facilitates regular in-service training.
- Assists with the implementation of new programs related to modality (software, research, educational).
- Troubleshoots exam exceptions in PACS and Epic.
- Available for assistance during scheduled downtime procedures.
- Works with imaging department process improvement projects.
Quality Assurance:
- Demonstrates general working knowledge of all imaging equipment within modality.
- Assists the physicians/committees/staff with building and maintaining protocols and insuring recorded outputs (radiation doses, etc.) per state/federal regulations.
- Maintains continuity of protocols on modality machines across campus.
- Secures and maintains modality accreditation by working with physicists, radiologists, and management as needed.
- Functions as liaison between regulatory inspectors and management during annual inspections.
- Investigates and addresses radiation doses (as applicable) utilizing dose recording software.
- Responsible for the oversight of the preparation, maintenance, and accuracy of accreditation reports, database records, and logs.
- Facilitates/follow-up with repairs and maintenance as needed on equipment and supplies.
- Monitors and ensures QC/QA compliance with all relevant laws, state and federal regulations, licensing and accreditation requirements, hospital and departmental standards for safety, infection control and equipment performance.
- Systematically reviews technologists’ studies and coordinates additional training to maintain quality.
- Coordinates new equipment demos during the equipment selection and purchasing process.
- Provides input for outcomes and event reports.
Other Duties: Performs other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Work requires a change agent attitude that includes flexibility and adaptability to perform in a high volume facility.
- Work requires ability to build high functioning teams that work in tandem within interdepartmental modalities.
- Work requires ability to devise creative alternatives and suggestions to workflow constraints.
- Work requires ability to exercise modality expertise in applications, procedures, protocols, and training.
- Work requires ability to recognize artifacts/unusual or special problems unrelated to normal scanning routines.
- Work requires ability to respond to and interact with all stakeholders with the PACT standards.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS
Working Conditions
- Clinical Setting
- Hospital Setting
Salary Information
Salary is commensurate with education, skills, and relevant experience.
SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT
Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.
EEO
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship in Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Verify your ARRT credentials transfer cleanly
Australian nuclear medicine qualifications must align with ARRT certification requirements before U.S. hospitals will sponsor you. Confirm your Australian Nuclear Medicine credential maps to the ARRT NM pathway before you apply.
Target hospital systems with imaging department pipelines
Academic medical centers and large regional hospital networks file LCAs regularly for imaging staff. Focus on institutions with dedicated nuclear medicine departments rather than outpatient clinics, which rarely carry E-3 sponsorship capacity.
Distinguish your PET-CT experience in applications
U.S. hiring managers separate general nuclear medicine technologists from those with dedicated PET-CT or cardiac imaging backgrounds. Explicitly list your isotope experience and scanner types on your resume to surface in targeted employer searches.
Ask employers about LCA timelines before accepting offers
The DOL certifies the Labor Condition Application within seven working days, but your employer still needs to post the LCA notice internally. Confirming your employer understands this step prevents delays after you've accepted an offer.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service for paperwork
Nuclear medicine technologist roles involve clinical licensing verification alongside standard E-3 documentation. Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service manages the LCA, visa paperwork, and consulate preparation so credential-heavy applications don't stall at the employer's HR team.
Book your consulate appointment after LCA certification
Some Australian technologists apply for their E-3 visa at U.S. consulates outside Australia to access shorter wait times. Confirm your LCA is DOL-certified before scheduling, as consular officers require the certified copy at your interview.
E-3 Visa Nuclear Medicine Technologist: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Nuclear Medicine Technologist jobs with E-3 sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for Australians searching for E-3 visa-sponsored roles in the U.S. You can filter by job title and visa type to surface Nuclear Medicine Technologist positions at employers with active E-3 sponsorship history, saving you from manually screening hundreds of listings that offer no sponsorship path.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does Nuclear Medicine Technologist qualify as an E-3 specialty occupation?
Yes. Nuclear medicine technology requires a bachelor's degree in nuclear medicine technology, radiologic science, or a closely related clinical field, which meets the DOL specialty occupation definition. Most U.S. hospitals also require ARRT certification in nuclear medicine, so confirming your Australian qualification maps to that standard is an essential pre-application step.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for nuclear medicine technologists?
The E-3 has no lottery and no annual cap, so you can apply any time you have a job offer, and your employer doesn't need to gamble on a random selection. The H-1B visa is capped at 85,000 per year and oversubscribed, meaning many qualified technologists wait years or never get selected. For Australians, the E-3 is a direct path without the uncertainty.
Can I switch employers while on an E-3 as a nuclear medicine technologist?
Yes, but each new employer must file a fresh LCA and you need a new E-3 visa or an amended status before starting work. Nuclear medicine technologist roles are facility-specific, so your ARRT scope and any state-level radiologic technology license also need to cover your new employer's state before you transition.