Radiation Therapist

Radiation Therapist

Work Location: Santa Monica, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote Fully On-Site Work Schedule Monday through Friday, 7:00am to 5:00pm

Salary Range: $64.68 - 85.34 Hourly Employment Type 2 - Staff: Career Duration indefinite

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Applying ionizing radiation according to MD's prescription (3D,IMRT,SBRT,SRS,HDR)
• Patient scheduling and appointments
• Performing dose calculations
• Treatment data entry
• Working with physicians, physicists and dosimetrists to perform simulations and treatment planning CT's

Job Qualifications

• ARRT License
• CRT License
• BLS/CPR from American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• Skill in working with different types of treatment machines such as MR Scanner, CT Scanner, HDR units and Linear Accelerators and ability to recognize when hazardous conditions may exist.
• Skill in inspecting treatment machines to assure they conform to present standards.
• Skill in organizing and coordinating material, patients, and information in a systematic way to optimize efficiency and minimize duplication of effort.
• Skill in prioritizing assignments to complete work in a timely manner when there are changes in workload, machine breakdowns, heavy patient volume and emergency cases.
• Ability to lift cerrobend blocks weighing up to 35 pounds.
• Knowledge of basic physics as applicable to Radiation Therapy.
• Ability to use an electronic calculator to perform dose calculations.
• Skill in communicating various technical aspects of Radiation Therapy at a level understood by patients.
• Ability to speak on a one-to-one basis using appropriate vocabulary and grammar to obtain information, explain treatment procedures, and to clearly convey information to medical staff, patients, and administrators.
• Knowledge of a variety of treatment techniques to assist physicians in treatment planning to ensure optimum treatment is given to all patients.
• Skill in recognizing and reporting any adverse patient therapy reactions.
• Knowledge of the principles and applications of thermo-luminescent dosimeters.
• Skill in reading documents written with medical terminology and ability to read and implement computer-generated physics treatment plans.
• Knowledge of basic nursing procedures.
• Working knowledge of University procedures regarding isolation of immuno-suppressed patients.