Radiation Therapist - Per Diem
Guthrie
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- Location
- Cortland, NY
- Job type
- Part time
- Posted
- Oct 15
- 5 days ago
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Guthrie
Hospital & health care · 5,001 to 10,000 employees
What you'll do
- Plans, simulates, and delivers prescribed radiation treatments, while monitoring patients and treatment equipment.
- Maintains treatment records and quality measures, assists with procedures, and follows radiation safety rules.
What you need
- Requires high school with additional skills training (certification), ARRT (Radiation Technologist) certification, and a minimum of six months of experience.
- Education: a high school diploma or a professional certificate
Key skills
ARRT (Radiation Technologist)radiation therapyradiation safetyquality assurance
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Position Summary: The radiation therapy technologist uses ionizing radiation producing equipment to administer therapeutic doses of radiation as prescribed by the physician for treatment of disease. Also assist with the simulation and planning of radiation therapy treatments.
Education, License & Cert: High school with additional skills training (certification). Two years and one year radiation therapy. Certification required; Type: ARRT (Radiation Technologist)
Experience: Minimum of six months
Essential Functions: 1. Plans, simulates, and delivers the prescribed course of radiation.
2. Checks beam direction devices, protective devices, heavy and dangerous equipment and
keeps records of same under supervision of physicist.
3. Performs daily warm up and quality assurance procedures on linear accelerators, reporting
and deviation to the physicist.
4. Assist in high dose rate after loading procedures.
5. Schedule treatment appointment times and SIM check in EMR and submit charge tickets
6. Checks prescription, diagnosis, chart and patient identification.
7. Checks daily treatment time and delivers prescribed dose and maintains daily records
8. Maintains visual and/or audible communication with the patient during treatment and
simulation.
9. Identifies changes in patient’s treatment set up and reports to physician and/or physicist, when
Necessary and reports any erratic operation of equipment to physicist
10. Application of permanent and temporary markings.
11. Observe the clinical progress of the patient undergoing radiation therapy, observe the first
signs of any complication and determine when treatments should be withheld until a physician
may be consulted.
12. Sets up simulator room for procedure (catheters, dummies, tape, orthogonal box); takes
localization films; assists in treatment.
13. Explains procedure to patients, means of communication during treatment and procedure to
follow if emergency arises during treatment.
14. Maintains and documents accurately in the radiation therapy records as well as quality measures.
15. Records statistical data, i.e., weekly, monthly stats
16. Apply the rules and regulations for radiation safety, detect any radiation hazards and provide for appropriate public safety in the event of a radiation accident.
Salary Min $38.92 Max $60.21