Dosimetrist

About the role

Full Time (day shift) Your Experience Matters Highpoint Health - Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas, formerly Sumner Regional Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Dosimetrist joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier ®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

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More about Highpoint Health - Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas Highpoint Health - Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas, formerly Sumner Regional Medical Center, is a 167 bed Level III Trauma Center who has been providing quality health care to Gallatin, Hendersonville and the surrounding areas for 65 years. Since opening in 1959 as Sumner County Memorial Hospital, Highpoint Health - Sumner has grown from a facility with just 50 employees and seven physicians to a comprehensive health care leader in the community with more than 1,000 employees and 300 physicians. Highpoint Health - Sumner is fully accredited by The Joint Commission and is governed by a local board of trustees. The hospital is also one of the largest non-government employers in Sumner County.

Responsibilities

• Devises a treatment plan by means of computer and/or manual computation that will deliver the prescribed dose to a defined tumor volume in collaboration with the medical physicist.
• Performs dose calculations and assures complete, accurate, and timely recording of all data on all charts and forms.
• Instructs the technical staff in the implementation of the treatment plan.
• Assists in planning of compensating filters, custom shields, wedges, blocks, and other beam modifying devices in collaboration with the Medical Physicist.
• Assists in the selection and evaluation of purchase requests involving radioactive materials or radiation producing equipment.
• Maintains records of daily treatment and other records as required.
• Records charges accurately for procedures performed and submits charges in the Record & Verify system.
• Maintains storage areas with required supply