Radiation Therapist

Radiation Therapist

We are seeking a registered and licensed Radiation Therapist professional who will be responsible for providing radiation therapy to patients in accordance with the physicians prescription. You will be working in a dermatology office with patients and using a leading FDA cleared radiation therapy device that treats nonmelanoma skin cancers keloids and a variety of other dermatological conditions.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Position patients for treatment with accuracy according to the prescription.
• Conduct most treatment sessions independently and under the general direction of the physician.
• Verify and administer prescribed doses of radiation to specific sites in accordance with the prescription defined by the Dermatologist.
• Prepare and construct custom protection devices for patient treatment.
• Enter data into the computer and set controls to operate and adjust equipment to regulate dosage in accordance to the prescription.
• Assist Dermatologist in localization and simulation and documentation of the lesions that will be treated.
• Photograph treatment areas of the patient and document them.
• Check for side effects of the skin such as skin irritation erythema blistering moist desquamation and report to the Dermatologist.
• Prepare educate and reassure patients and their families by answering questions providing physical assistance and reinforcing physicians advice regarding treatment reactions and posttreatment care.
• Performs daily warmup and QA of the machine prior to the start of treatments each day.
• Follow principles of radiation protection for the patient yourself and others.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have a current and active RTT Board Certification and be ARRT certified in Radiation Therapy R.T.
• Must be licensed by the state in which you will be working (additional state licenses will be covered at no cost to the candidate).
• Recent graduates to seasoned professional Radiation Therapist will be considered.
• Dermatology experience is a plus but not required.
• Must have strong time management skills excellent attendance and punctuality and the ability to work as a team.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills with effective analysis and problemsolving skills.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color national origin age ancestry religion sex sexual orientation gender identity gender expression marital status disability medical condition genetic information pregnancy or military or veteran status. You must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.

My notes:

• Role: They will be reporting to the VP of Clinical Applications Monica DiGioia and she is overseeing all RTTs. This is a new program for their dermatology customers where they will give them one of their SRT systems for free and provide a Radiation Therapist and they just split the profit 50/50 with the doctors offices. This program is extremely new with only one office that has been staffed so far. Within the first month they have already signed up 20 new offices and each office needs an RT. The RT will be an employee of Sensus but they will be working at specific practices utilizing their system (the SRT100 Vision) under the physicians direction of care. They will have full support from Sensus and they want to make sure that the RTs dont feel like an island. Plus you wont have to speak with patients about bills and what is covered by insurance. Also dermatology is stable and stress free and their system is straight forward and easy to use. There are a lot of perks to working in dermatology especially compared to a hospital setting. The hours arent typically stressful like hospitals and most offices are closed on Fridays and weekends. Some offices even offer great perks like free botox.
• Must Have: They must be a Radiation Therapist (RT (T)) with a current license and ARRT certification. If it is expired its easy to get renewed. They need a good personality and can easily speak with people. They need to be flexible and to understand that its a new program and they are still working out the kinks. Its a new process but they need to understand they are not on an island. They will work under care of the dermatologist in the office. Dermatology experience isnt needed and any kind of radiation experience is ok. They dont care if they are right out of school because they are more trainable. If they are young they tend to want to go to the hospitals so this could be extra hours for them. More experienced is ok too and they know they will be more costly.
  • Additional certifications: Some states require state licenses other than the ARRT and they will cover state license if they dont have it. States that do NOT require a separate state license are AL AK CO GA ID MI MN MS NC PA SD TN DC.
• Different types of radiation roles: The ARRT is the governing body for all radiation works. Certified radiation therapists are the only candidates we can hire to operate our devices. Radiologic technologists are diagnostic technologist that operate xray equipment and are not authorized to operate our devices. However many radiation therapists may hold a dual certification in both diagnostic and therapy. The credentials for a diagnostic tech are RT(R) and a radiation therapist are RT(T) but may also be listed as an RT(R)(T). I know this is a bit confusing so dont hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.
• Training: It will start with a 3hour virtual training and they will get a clinical handbook to start. Then they will have a basic training that is a 2 day clinical training and it is very thorough. They go over radiation safety and bring in patients for simulation.
• NonCompetes: People from Skin Care Oncology will likely have one but its almost impossible to hold up. Its ok if they reach out to them directly but its a slippery slope if they reach out to them. Monica is fine with us reaching out but they dont want too many waves.
• Competition: There was another Distributor called SkinCure Oncology that used the Sensus machines. Now they are pulling away from the Sensus machine and pulling the contract with Sensus. SkinCure created their own radiation machine and it apparently isnt as good and hasnt been tested to prove it even works. Another competitor is Derma Therapy Solutions.
  • Working for SkinCure: They used their machines but this program wasnt done in a very good way and has put a bad taste in the market due to how they treated people. They are not the same company and are going to do this very differently. SkinCure only worked with large clients that had tons of patients and RTs would have to see 20 patients a day at times. They also didnt treat their people well and made them feel like islands. The program started over 5 years ago and things have gone downhill since then. People have contracts for 40 hours but they only allow them to work about 30 hours due to lack of patients. They also have to speak with patients about bills and what is covered by insurance which wont happen at Sensus. They fired medical assistants as well. Theyve even asked the RTTs to do marketing in community to other PCPs and go to events but they dont pay for that work or their gas or mileage. One person went to a week of training 5 years ago and then was thrown to the wolves. They had to teach themselves everything and have only seen them for 1 day since then. They get stuck in the middle a lot between the Dr. and SkinCure which puts them in a bad spot.
• Work hours: They currently dont have a cap on the number of patients per dermatology office so they will likely start working with about 10 patients to start and will work 23 days a week. Once the offices get comfortable with the RT and the system then it will likely turn into a fulltime role. Some offices were formerly using a competitors product so they might start with fulltime work but they will let us know per role. A lot of these doctors have no idea how busy they are going to be at first. Some want a fulltime person right away and some will be PRN and gradually move them into full time. They will likely be full time within a few months but no guarantee.
• Fall short: Radiologic Technologist are not a fit. A lot of people are looking for full time work and they cant promise that at all locations. Also some clinics are in super remote locations. They just havent seen a lot of candidates and they have hired pretty much all theyve seen except one guy with no personality.
• Interview: They will meet with Madison and Monica together. Madison for the culture fit of the company and Monica will ask some clinical questions. If that goes well they will meet with someone from the Doctors office they will be working at to assess them for culture fit.
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• Onsite/Remote: Most locations will start working onsite 23 days a week and will increase to full time. Others will start full time but they will let us know up front.
• Why open: They have recently developed a new program for customers that involves staffing a Radiation Therapist to each individual office. The RT will be an employee of Sensus however they will be working at specific practices utilizing their system (the SRT100 Vision) under the physicians direction of care. This program is extremely new with only one office that has been staffed so far.
• Salary/Bonus: They ideally want people on a PRN basis and paid by hour when they work. These PRNs wont have benefits but they will be employees of Sensus and get perks like cell phone mileage scrubs etc. If they do hire someone full time they will get a salary and benefits of full time employees like 401K healthcare etc. Compensation depends on the location. Theyve seen rates between $37$85/hour so send what they are looking for. Most offices pay $50$60/hour. They will be paid hourly and full time is anything over 30 hours per week and they will get benefits.
  • What is PRN PRN is an acronym for the Latin phrase pro re nata which means as the need arises or as needed. Its commonly used in medical circles particularly in nursing to describe employees who work when called upon such as to fill in for an absent employee or to cover a special situation.
• RT Benefits: PRNs and full time employees will get a cell phone ($150/month) and scrub reimbursement. PRNs will get mileage but they arent are sure if they will get mileage if they are full time. For fulltime employees they have 401K match good health coverage. They have Cigna and it kicks in 30 days after you are hired. They start with 2 weeks of PTO at the beginning plus all major holidays. Plus they treat you like an adult.
• Location: Gainesville VA: 7051 Heathcote Village Way Suite 210 Gainesville Virginia 20155. Here is the link for Prince William Derm in Gainesville VA: Hoping to train the first week of December. Its full time 32 hours and open MonFri.

• Overview: They are a medical device company specializing in highly effective noninvasive minimallyinvasive and costeffective treatments for both oncological and nononcological conditions. Offering proprietary lowenergy Xray technology known as superficial radiation therapy (SRT) which is the culmination of more than a decade of research and development to treat nonmelanoma skin cancers and keloids with its SRT100 SRT100 and SRT100 Vision systems. With its portfolio of innovative medical device products Sensus provides revolutionary treatment options to enhance the quality of life of patients around the world. The Sculptura robotic radiation oncology system provides targeted intraoperative triplemodulated radiotherapy (IORT) and Brachytherapy utilizing our proprietary stateoftheart 3D Beam Sculpting to treat patients undergoing cancer treatment during surgery or at the tumor site with a single dose. Sensus Smart Lasers powered by Sentinel is the worlds first ever Smart Lasers. Data Backup Remote Monitoring for 5 aesthetic lasers. TransDermal Infusion delivers HA Botox Fillers Hair Restoration PRP & more without needles downtime. Their headquarters are in Boca Raton FL Florida and they were founded in 2010. Their website is to learn more. They have about 500 devices in total and they work mostly in the US (90% of business right now). They work with dermatology practices and some hospitals.
• Main Devices: Their main one is called SRT and its FDA approved to treat skin cancer and keloids but their device was also used early on in covid to help treat Covid pneumonia in low doses (not FDA approved yet). The other big one is called Sentinel and it connects to devices in the field to collect data. Basically it helps them fix potential issues before they become a problem and help them figure out future things to make their product better.
• Employees: They have about 50 employees in the company. They have 18 in their headquarters in Boca (all have their own office) some in the field and some in Israel. They have about 20 sales reps and are hiring a ton of Radiation Therapist.
• IT team: They currently have 1 main person that is their C# developer that does the GUI and main interface for their main device. They also have 3 Web/iOS Developers in Israel. They are adding 3 more to the team now. Those are a Full Stack Software Engineer C# Software Engineer and a QA Engineer.
• Personalities: They like someone who can joke is fun loving likes pranks and arent too serious.
• Benefits: They have 401K match good health coverage. They have Cigna and it kicks in 30 days after you are hired. They start with 2 weeks of PTO at the beginning plus all the major holidays. Plus they treat you like an adult. Computer cell phone.

Sensus Healthcare is the leading manufacturer in superficial radiation therapy devices which are FDA cleared to treat nonmelanoma skin cancers keloids and a variety of other dermatological conditions. Our device portfolio includes the SRT100 SRT100 and SRT100 Vision which utilize proprietary low energy Xray technology known as superficial radiotherapy (SRT)the products of over a decade of dedicated research and development. Sensus currently has over 600 devices treating in practices across the United States and over 100 devices overseas. SRT is primarily used within the dermatology and plastic surgery spaces with a growing market within the Radiation Oncology space. For more information visit