Chief Radiation Therapist

1 day ago

Job Description

Required Behaviors:

As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody company values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization: Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.

Required Qualifications:

Registered through the American Registry of Radiologic Technologist (ARRT) as a Certified Radiation Therapist
Current New Mexico State license in Radiation Therapy
Fluent in English

Preferred Qualifications:

Duties and Responsibilities:

Treatment:

Manage treatment machine schedule to assure it is adequately staffed
Operates linear accelerator and or Superficial X-ray machine for the treatment of cancer patients
Sets up and positions patients for their daily treatments as outlined in the patient care plan
Schedules patients for their daily treatments
Performs daily machine warm up and QA data checks
Will be on call for any after hours (emergency)

Maintenance:

In the event of a machine failure or change in the accelerator and CT/Sims performance, the Chief Therapist will contact the Physicist and the service engineer to coordinate repairs
Will coordinate preventative maintenance inspections (PMI) with the vendor for the Varian accelerator and CT/Sim and inform the physicist and department manager as to when the PMIs are scheduled
Will keep the physicist and the department manager informed as to the working status of the accelerator and the CT/Sim at all times

Simulation:

Schedules and maintains therapist staff rotation through CT/Sim
Operates CT/Simulators
Sets up and positions patients according to physician and or dosimetrist instructions
Constructs special treatment aids and devices

Communication:

Will inform the physicist, physician, and manager of any treatment machine issues and any interruption in patient care due to a machine failure
Will facilitate weekly patient chart rounds
Effectively communicates with staff and patients
Informs the physician and/or nurse of any changes in the patients status during treatments
Explain to the patient and/or family as to what will occur during the treatment process and answer any questions that may arise

Administration:

Maintain daily documentation in the patient treatment record
Maintain daily QA documentation
Generate after hours call schedule
Monitors and documents clinical training for therapy students
Review technical charges and work with billing department to edit or make corrections
Assure that all pertinent treatment information (signed consent, pathology, physician intent, physician and physicist signed treatment plan etc.) is in the patients record by performing a weekly chart check
Will assume administrative responsibilities such as (supervision of clinical staff, Kronos, signing/approval and ordering of minor supplies) in the absence of the manager

Education:

General:

Each employee is responsible for implementing SJRMCs Service Standards into their daily work:

Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship

Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions:

Physical Activities:

All Cancer Center jobs may require lifting/pushing/pulling varying weights may exceed two hundred (200) pounds
Activities may include intermittent or prolonged: standing, walking, sitting, talking, hearing, pushing, pulling, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching with arms and using the hands to handle or feel
Repetitive motions may also be required, such as: wrist / hand movements, grasping, and finger dexterity (as in typing, writing, etc.)

Work Environment:

The job requires exposure to the following conditions: risk of radiation, working near moving or mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock
The noise level may vary from very quiet to very loud

Sensory Requirements:

Hearing:

?Vision:

Location

Farmington, NM

Browse dozens of recruiter approved resume templates, layouts and formats. Choose your favorite and make it your own in minutes.

Improve your existing resume or start from scratch and create a standout, ATS-friendly resume. Add job-specific content, download and apply.