Radiation Therapist

Essential Responsibilities

• Operates all CT/SIM and treatment equipment including linear accelerators and high dose rate after loading machine.
• Performs morning check and warm-up of CT/SIM and/or accelerators.
• Operates treatment machines as well as all patient support assemblies as well as Record and Verify system.
• Treats patients with prescribed mode, energy, dose, and monitor units/treatment time as prescribed by a physician.
• Performs patient set-ups as per physician prescription and according to Department Policies and Procedures.
• Participates in a team approach to giving radiation treatments.
• Maintains treatment records, schedules patient treatments and provides patient instructions.
• Makes patient set-up devices, immobilization devices, and radiation field-shaping blocks.
• Prepares patient treatment chart.
• Exhibits standards of professional behavior appropriate to the age-specific needs of each patient.
• Protects patients, staff, visitors, and self from unnecessary radiation exposure or injury.
• Prevents transmission of infectious disease through adherence to infection control practices.
• Maintains good verbal and written communication skills and works collaboratively with all staff members.
• Exhibits excellent customer service skills.
  

Experience

Basic Qualifications:

• One year recent (within the past three years) using various radiation therapy equipment.
• Per the National Agreement, current KP Coalition employees have this experience requirement waived.
  

Education

• N/A
  

License, Certification, Registration

• Radiologic Technologist Certification from American Registry of Radiologic Technologists OR American Registry of Radiologic Technologists Certificate - Radiation Therapy Technologist from American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
• Radiologic Technologist Certificate (California)
• Basic Life Support
  

Additional Requirements

• Excellent customer service skills and Team- oriented.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Use of record and verify system and multi-leaf collimators.
• Onboard Imaging (OBI) experience preferred.
• Graduate of a JCERT accredited program preferred.