Job Title
Incumbent will perform CT treatment planning scans for treatment planning/tumor localization, compensators and customized patient immobilization devices. Deliver the prescribed therapeutic radiation for the purpose cancer therapy. Incumbent will be expected to give oversight, training and encouragement to lower grade therapists.
Major duties include, but are not limited to the following:
- Schedule treatments in a manner as to optimize accelerator times while maintaining flexibility for emergency cases
- Identify individual patient before simulation and each daily radiation treatment is delivered
- Knowledge of consultations, simulation, and treatment planning and treatment procedures
- Prepare required contrast materials that are to be used for treatment simulations
- Communicate orally exam preparations/special orders to patients and hospital staff
- Recognize abnormalities in relevant lab procedures and notify appropriate staff
- Properly operates CT simulator
- Provide reproducible patient treatment position sets ups
- Verify patient's treatment area daily in the treatment machine vault
- Obtain isocenter verification, treatment field verification of conformal blocking, with multi-leaf collimator, or cerro-bend blocking
- Assist patients to and from the treatment room
- Follow guidelines for storing and cleaning patient immobilization devices
- Knowledge of radioactive packaging
- Knowledge of Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NCR) regulations
- Perform annual inventory check as assistant to the custodial officer
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday | 7:00 am - 3:30 pm CST
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
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Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized