General Information
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Work Location: Santa Monica, CA, USA Onsite or Remote: Fully On-Site Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 7:00am to 5:00pm Posted Date: 03/12/2026 Salary Range: $64.68 - $85.34 Hourly Employment Type: 2 - Staff Career Duration: Indefinite Job: 29276
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
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Play a vital role within a world-class health organization. Advance our compassionate award-winning care. Take your career to the next level. You can do all this and more at UCLA Health. In this role, you will work under the general supervisor of the Chief Radiation Therapy Technologist and your functions will include:
• Applying ionizing radiation according to MDs prescription (3D IMRT, SBRT, SRS, HDR) • Patient scheduling and appointments • Performing dose calculations • Treatment data entry • Working with physicians, physicists, and dosimetrists to perform simulations and treatment planning CTs
This position will be working in the following locations: • 860 Park View North Drive, El Segundo, CA 90245 • 200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite B265, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6951 • 27235 Tourney Road, Suite 1400, Santa Clarita, CA 91355
Salary for Radiation Therapist: $64.68 - $85.34 hourly
Job Qualifications
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Required: • ARRT License • CRT License • BLS CPR from American Heart Association or American Red Cross
Skills: • Working with different types of treatment machines such as MR Scanner, CT Scanner, HDR units, and Linear Accelerators • Recognizing when hazardous conditions may exist • Inspecting treatment machines to assure they conform to present standards • Organizing and coordinating material, patients, and information in a systematic way to optimize efficiency and minimize duplication of effort • Prioritizing assignments to complete work in a timely manner when there are changes in workload, machine breakdowns, heavy patient volume, and emergency cases • Ability to lift cerrobend blocks weighing up to 35 pounds • Knowledge of basic physics as applicable to Radiation Therapy • Ability to use an electronic calculator to perform dose calculations • Communicating various technical aspects of Radiation Therapy at a level understood by patients • Ability to speak on a one-to-one basis using appropriate vocabulary and grammar to obtain information, explain treatment procedures, and to clearly convey information to medical staff, patients, and administrators • Knowledge of a variety of treatment techniques to assist physicians in treatment planning to ensure optimum treatment is given to all patients • Recognizing and reporting any adverse patient therapy reactions • Knowledge of the principles and applications of thermo-luminescent dosimeters • Reading documents written with medical terminology and ability to read and implement computer-generated physics treatment plans • Knowledge of basic nursing procedures • Working knowledge of University procedures regarding isolation of immuno-suppressed patients
As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.