Radiation Therapist I

Radiation Therapist I – Radiation Oncology (Duarte) Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we’re changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life‑threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: to deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today. The Department of Radiation Oncology in Duarte brings an array of innovative technologies, protocols, and research procedures. Our Radiation Therapists are exposed to challenging, interesting, and exciting new treatment technologies. Our skilled therapists work on state‑of‑the‑art machines and procedures that save lives: Tomotherapy, RefleXion, Truebeam, Identity, and Vision RT surface guidance technology as well as HDR, brachytherapy, clinical trial patients, disease‑focused specialty practice, to name a few. The RefleXion unit uses advanced technology with a radiopharmaceutical agent that cancer cells absorb creating a biological beacon for targeted radiation treatments. Construction has begun to install a Varian Ethos unit; Ethos is a new revolutionary therapy machine that uses adaptive Radiation Therapy that combines artificial intelligence with adaptive therapy, allowing physicians to make daily adjustments in a patient’s treatment in real‑time based on the cancer’s response. These innovations in technology help cultivate a higher level skill set, unique to only Radiation Therapists at COH Duarte! Eligible for Sign On Bonus: $10,000 As a successful candidate, you will: Deliver a prescribed and planned course of radiation therapy to patients of all ages. Reinforce recommendations given to patients by healthcare professionals concerning reactions to treatment and care of radiated areas, prevention, or treatment of generalized and local side effects. Perform simulation procedures as prescribed by the physician and assist in dosimetry procedures. Perform daily quality assurance checks on linear accelerators, reporting any variation in morning warm‑up. Report improper equipment operation to appropriate personnel. Your qualifications should include: High school diploma or equivalent; post‑high school vocational or specialized training in an accredited Radiation Therapy Education Program. 0‑3 years of related experience, depending on training. Graduate of an accredited radiologic technology course plus radiation therapy course OR graduate of an accredited Bachelor of Science in Radiation Therapy Program. Licensed by the California State Department of Health (Certified in Radiation Therapy). Certification by the American Registry for Radiation Therapy (ARRT) – in Radiation Therapy Certified Radiation Therapist (CRT). BLS or CPR certification. City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location. City of Hope is an equal‑opportunity employer. To learn more about our comprehensive benefits, please contact the Human Resources department. #J-18808-Ljbffr City of Hope