Inova Potomac Radiation Oncology Center
Inova Potomac Radiation Oncology Center is looking for a dedicated Radiation Therapist 2 to join the Team. This full‑time role will be day‑shift, Monday‑Friday, located in Woodbridge, VA.
The Radiation Therapist 2 communicates effectively with patients, families, medical staff, healthcare team members, supervisors and outside contacts. Responsible for treatment modalities and protocols to accurately set‑up and administer radiation treatments on a daily basis. Performs simulation procedures for initial patient set‑up while verifying proper functioning of linear accelerators, simulators and CT machines.
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits
- Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
- Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
- Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
- Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
- Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules.
Radiation Therapist 2 Responsibilities
- Provides education and support of methods appropriate to patients' levels of understanding and motivation. Includes families/caregivers in education and training as appropriate.
- Demonstrates collaboration in communication with team members while being open to feedback and receptive to change; communicates with families, physicians or other healthcare team members in anticipation of special needs of patients or families in a timely manner to facilitate effective treatment of patients.
- Positions patients for initial treatment and verifies set‑up per prescriptions; verifies beam parameters, ancillary aids and blocking via record and verification systems on machine and patients' computerized treatment plans before initiation of radiation beam; detects unsatisfactory set‑up and/or errors in addition to resolving or reporting such errors to physicians.
- Maintains accurate records of daily treatments and other records as required; documents any corrections in charts resulting from changes in the originally prescribed course of treatment.
- Ensures that portal verification films are taken at appropriate intervals; recognizes the need for adjustments in treatment ports when comparing simulation/portal films or patient positions; prepares immobilization devices in accordance with physician prescriptions.
- Positions patients for initial definition of tumor volume to be determined by physicians; films specified treatment volume for review and approval by physicians.
- Marks/tattoos appropriate body anatomy for daily re‑positioning on linear accelerator; documents or captures patient measurements and machine treatment parameters for dosimetry planning and calculations; acquires CT machine data sets for patient positioning, contours and set‑up parameters.
- Attends department in‑services, conferences and meetings; keeps abreast of new technology in field and assists in the development of new techniques through participation in research projects or educational demonstrations; demonstrates knowledge of department treatment modalities and protocols in scheduling, set‑up and treatment of patients.
- Performs daily quality assurance on linear accelerators, simulators and CT machines to verify accurate output of designated parameters; reports erratic operation of equipment to physics; verifies operation of emergency shutoffs and interlocks; reports any discrepancies to physics.
- Participates or provides assistance with in‑vivo dosimetry measurements and special dosimetry.
- May perform additional duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Education: Associate's Degree or Certification
- Experience: 2 years of experience as a staff therapist in a Radiation Therapy department with experience in linear accelerators and patient simulation
- Certification: American Registered Radiologic Technologist required upon start; Basic Life Support (BLS) from American Heart Association (AHA) required upon start
- License: VA License required for Inova Potomac Radiation Oncology Center