Radiation Therapist - Oncology

Overview

A Radiation Therapist is a highly energetic and compassionate professional who prepares and conducts the treatment procedure on patients. Their engaged communication and supportive interactions with the patient are critical to sustain the restorative process and ensure proper departmental involvement. As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody the facility's 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

• Completion of a formal program in Radiation Therapy
• 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

Duties and Responsibilities

Treatment

• Command and operate linear accelerator for the treatment of cancer patients
• Set up and position patients for their daily treatments as outlined in the patient care plan
• Schedule patients for their daily treatments
• Call patients to schedule their simulations or treatments
• Work closely with the Medical Physicist, Dosimetrist, and Radiation Oncologist
• Review, edit, and credit technical charges at the conclusion of workday
• Perform daily machine warm‑up and QA data checks
• Be on call for any after‑hours emergency

Simulation

• Operate conventional and/or CT simulators
• Set up and position patients according to physician and/or dosimetrist instructions
• Construct special treatment aids and devices

Communication

• Effectively communicate with staff and patients
• Inform the physician and/or nurse of any changes in the patient’s status during treatments
• Explain to patients and/or family what will occur during the treatment process and answer any questions that may arise

Documentation

• Maintain daily documentation in patients’ departmental treatment chart

Education and Continuing Competence

• Maintain CEUs as required by the ARRT and the State of New Mexico
• Attend patient care, quality assurance, and departmental staff meetings
• Implement SJRMC’s Service Standards into daily work: Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship
• Other duties as assigned

Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions

Physical Activities

• All Cancer Center jobs may require lifting/pushing/pulling varying weights that 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 typing, writing, etc.)

Work Environment

• Expose 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

• Must be able to hear alarms on equipment, fire alarms, overhead announcements; patient/family verbal discussions; instructions/feedback from other healthcare providers

Vision

• Must be able to see and focus on close‑up and distant objects
• Distinguish colors
• Have intact peripheral vision
• Depth perception: judge distance and spatial relationships

Location

City: Farmington

State: NM

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

KRUCIAL RAPID RESPONSE IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER WHERE ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WILL RECEIVE CONSIDERATION FOR EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, NATIONAL ORIGIN, DISABILITY, OR VETERAN STATUS. AS A FEDERAL CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR, KRUCIAL RAPID RESPONSE SHALL ABIDE BY THE REQUIREMENTS OF 41 CFR 60‑1.4(A), 41 CFR 60‑300.5(A) AND 41 CFR 60‑741.5(A). THESE REGULATIONS PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS BASED ON THEIR STATUS AS PROTECTED VETERANS OR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ALL INDIVIDUALS BASED ON THEIR RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR NATIONAL ORIGIN.