Nuclear Medical Technologist

Duties and Responsibilities: A nuclear medical technologist may need to prepare and administer radioactive chemical compounds, known as radiopharmaceuticals . They also perform patient imaging procedures using sophisticated radiation-detecting instruments. They also need to accomplish computer processing and image enhancement. In addition to that they analyze biologic specimens in the laboratory and provide images, data analysis, and patient information to the physician for diagnostic interpretation. They will also require teamwork and  communication skills as well as detail-oriented knowledge.

Salary: $73,360

Education: Nuclear medicine technologists need a certificate, associate’s degree or bachelor’s degree in nuclear medicine technology, which may take one to four years to complete.

Demand: The demand for this type of career is not expected to increase that much, for the next 7 years it is only projected that job growth will increase 2 percent.

After researching this specific medical career, I'm quite intrigued. It requires little schooling and actually pays well. I might take this career pathway into consideration when i graduate high school.