Senior Dosimetrist - Westwood

31603

With your passion for solving clinical mysteries and our comprehensive imaging capabilities and sophisticated technology, you can experience an exciting and rewarding imaging career at UCLA Health. Youll be able to elevate your skills, expand your knowledge, and grow your career within an inclusive, supportive, and empowering workplace. Come see for yourself.

Join UCLA Radiation Oncology as a Senior Dosimetrist, where you'll play a vital role in delivering exceptional patient care through precise and innovative treatment planning. Working closely with Radiation Oncology physicians, you will help design and support radiation therapy treatments that directly impact patient outcomes.

In addition to clinical responsibilities, youll contribute to quality improvement projects, educational activities, and uphold UCLAs high standards of care and compassion.

We treat with advanced machines such as TrueBeams, TrueBeam STx, Novalis Tx, Varian Ethos, and ViewRay MRIdian, along with an active interstitial HDR brachytherapy program. Treatment planning is conducted using various systems and software. As part of the Medical Physics Division, medical dosimetrists handle SBRT, IMRT, 3D conformal, total body irradiation, and HDR brachytherapy treatment planning.

Were seeking a skilled, patient-focused professional who is passionate about advancing cancer care in a collaborative and dynamic environment.

Will hire at Dosimetrist or Senior Dosimetrist level based on experience and certifications/eligibility.

Salary for Senior Dosimetrist: $80.92 - $106.76 hourly

Salary for Dosemtrist:$77.39 - $92.51 hourly

• Certification by the American Board of Medical Dosimetry or eligibility to sit for the exam required for Dosimetrist
  
• Bachelors degree or higher
  
• 3 years of full-time dosimetry experience preferred
  
• Knowledgeable in the operation of radiotherapy equipment, including linear accelerators, cobalt teletherapy units, simulators, dosimetric equipment, brachytherapy equipment, computerized treatment planning systems, and record and verification/patient information management systems.
  
• Proficient in external beam and brachytherapy treatment planning.
  
• Ability to perform and analyze in-vivo and in-phantom measurements.
  
• Knowledgeable of current radiotherapy treatment techniques.
  
• Ability to assess and plot radiation dose distributions.
  
• Skill in providing treatment planning and dose-calculation services for patient treatment and diagnosis with external, interstitial, intracavitary, and distributed internal sources.
  
• Knowledge of the principles of radiation safety and Health Physics.
  
• Knowledge of human anatomy, physiology, clinical oncology, radiobiology, radiation physics.
  
• Experience in the reading of x-ray films to determine anatomical sites.
  
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and problem-solving in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care within the context of radiotherapy.
  
• Ability to express ideas clearly and concisely, to exercise diplomacy in dealing with others, to secure cooperation from colleagues, and to communicate effectively with patients and medical staff.
  
• Ability to appropriately interact with and provide special assistance to various age groups of patients, i.e., pediatric and geriatric patients.
  
• Ability to work variable shifts, including evenings and weekends.
• Skill in mathematics including algebra and trigonometry

A PASSION FOR IMPROVING LIVES

Advance your career and experience true inspiration as you collaborate with an exceptional team of top clinicians. As an allied health professional at UCLA Health, you’ll enjoy ongoing opportunities for learning and development so you can continually enhance your skills while positively impacting our world-class patient care. Within our inclusive and supportive culture, you’ll take on unique, high-acuity cases for one of the most vibrant and diverse communities in the world. It’s the chance to bring your best to a variety of highly challenging situations.

If you’re ready to live out your passion and advance your clinical career, we invite you to explore opportunities throughout our system of award-winning hospitals and more than 280 community-based clinics throughout Southern California. We have openings in these areas:

? Clinical Lab & Pathology

? Imaging

? Pharmacy

? Phlebotomy

? Rehab

? Respiratory Therapy

? Social Work

No matter where you serve with UCLA Health, the cultural, recreational, and lifestyle advantages of our Southern California locations will elevate your standard of living.