Dosimetrist

Medical Dosimetrist

Butner Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Butner) is a well-established institution providing medical care for hundreds of federal inmates with complex health conditions in Butner, North Carolina. UHealthSolutions and its affiliate UMass Medical School provides all required services including oncology, renal care and nephrology, ophthalmology, cardiology, wound care, hepatology, orthopedics, physiatry, and more for other medical concerns. We are committed to working with the Bureau of Prisons to find collaborative solutions to improve health outcomes and service delivery for these inmates. Our approach to operating the FCC Butner facility encompasses the following core principles:

• Providing comprehensive, high-quality, responsive, and cost-effective services
• Protecting the BOP's core safety and security mission
• Minimizing the BOP's administrative burdens
• Supporting FCC Butner's future clinical program and staff development

Position Summary:

The Medical Dosimetrist is a member of the radiation therapy planning team, familiar with the physical and geometric characteristics of the radiation equipment and radioactive sources commonly employed, with the training and expertise necessary to measure and generate radiation dose distributions, calculations and perform other physics related duties under the direction of medical physicists and radiation oncologists.

Major Responsibilities:

• Treatment planning by means of computer and/or manual computation that will deliver a prescribed dose to a defined tumor volume and provide adequate normal tissue sparing following the dose prescription specified by the radiation oncologist;
• Assists the technology staff in the implementation of the treatment plan including: 3D, IMRT, VMAT, Electron, Proton, HDR and SRS Planning, immobilization devices, field modifiers, field arrangement, verification and other treatment parameters;
• Assists in planning and fabrication of beam modifying devices;
• Assists in planning and fabrication of immobilization devices;
• Performs dosage calculations in the patient's radiation therapy chart and verifies the mathematical accuracy of all calculations using a system established by a medical physicist;
• Provides technical assistance to the medical physicists when requested in radiation protection, qualitative and quantitative machine and radioactive source calibrations, and quality assurance of the radiation therapy equipment;
• Assists in the application of specific methods of dosimetry, ion chamber, or film to special clinical problems;
• Assists in intracavitary and interstitial sealed source procedures and in the subsequent manual and/or computer calculation of the dose distributions of these procedures.

Education:

• Required: 4-Year Degree from a Medical Dosimetry program
• Strongly Preferred: Recent graduate of a Bachelor's level Medical Dosimetry program accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology

Position Qualifications:

Active State of North Carolina Radiation Therapy license; BLS/ACLS Certifications. Strongly Preferred: Certification and/or eligibility for the Medical Dosimetry Certification Board Exam

Required Skills:

• Proficiency in clinical medical dosimetry; computer literacy; excellent communication and patient/family interpersonal skills; strong mathematical and analytical skills
• Medical Dosimetry experience or externship in a clinical radiation oncology setting and/or Proton Therapy experience (strongly preferred)

Language Skills:

• Ability to read and communicate effectively in English
• Fluency in additional (second) language desirable

Professional Requirements:

• Demonstrates respect and civility in all interactions with others
• Adheres to dress code; appearance is neat and clean
• Completes annual educational requirements
• Wears identification while on duty
• Ensures compliance with policies and procedures

Additional Duties and Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates an "it's my job attitude" by doing appropriate tasks that are not assigned and performing other duties as assigned.
• Works effectively and cooperatively in groups/teams.
• Takes appropriate actions to meet the needs and expectations of the customer.
• Interacts with employees, patients, physicians, and anyone else while at work in a professional manner.
• Serves as a positive example by speaking positively about other employees, departments, physicians and the federal medical center.
• Follows department and hospital policies and procedures.
• Follows appropriate infection control practices.
• Assists with training of employees as needed.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge necessary to make appropriate clinical decisions and interaction relative to the specific age of a patient.
• Skills validation/certification of competencies for the duties and responsibilities required for position.
• Maintain North Carolina License requirements for CEUs.
• Work involves contact with patients of all ages, family members, physicians, nursing, and all other members of the health care team.
• Work is performed in all areas of the institution.
• Work may require lifting or pushing in excess of 30 pounds.
• Work may require carrying objects approximately 20 pounds
• Work requires walking, running, climbing and bending.
• Customer service and communication expertise

Additional Information:

As a UHealthSolutions employee working at the Federal Bureau of Prisons, FCC Butner, you must comply not only with all of the policies, rules and regulations of UHealthSolutions, but also with all of the rules and regulations of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, FCC Butner. You will be trained in UHealthSolutions and Federal Bureau of Prisons, FCC Butner policies by UHealthSolutions and Federal Bureau of Prisons, FCC Butner, respectively. As a condition of employment, you must gain and maintain Federal Bureau of Prisons, FCC Butner approval for facility access. If at any time during your employment with UHealthSolutions, you have any questions or concerns with respect to any rule or regulation of UHealthSolutions and/or Federal Bureau of Prisons, FCC Butner, you must immediately speak with your supervisor.

Appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of urinalysis, physical, and background investigation. All applicants are subject to National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and credit checks.

Successful completion of the "Introduction to Correctional Techniques", three week training course is required.

This position has been identified as test designated. Incumbents will be subject to urinalysis testing under the BOP Drug Free Workplace Plan.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. UHS reserves the right to modify position duties at any time, due to business necessity.

UHealthSolutions is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences and backgrounds.

Monday through Friday, 8 hour shifts (40 hours/ week), NO Overtime, NO Weekends, NO On-Call.