Radiation Therapist - Urgent Hiring

Grade: 895

• Operates all CT/SIM and treatment equipment including linear accelerators and high dose rate after loading machine.
  
• Performs morning check and warmup 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 setups 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 setup devices immobilization devices and radiation fieldshaping blocks.
  
• Prepares patient treatment chart.
  
• Exhibits standards of professional behavior appropriate to the agespecific 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.
  
• Supervisory Responsibilities This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
  

Requirements

• Entry Level

• High School Diploma/GED. Current CRT/ARRT Certificate and Graduate from an Accredited Radiation Therapy Program.
  

• Certified Radiologic Technologist Therapeutic Radiologic Technology Certificate (California) OR Radiologic Technologist Certification
  

• Basic Life Support
  

• California Fluoroscopy license (required in areas where fluoroscopy is performed by the therapist for patient diagnosing)
  

• Use of record and verify system and multileaf collimators.
  
• UrOne (1) year recent and relevant experience preferred in patient treatment using various radiation therapy equipment.