Lead Radiation Therapist: 40hrs/week Day Shift

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Provide daily leadership and oversight to the radiation therapy team, ensuring safe, accurate, and efficient treatment delivery.
• Serve as the primary clinical resource for therapists regarding treatment setup, imaging, patient positioning, immobilization, and equipment troubleshooting.
• Ensure adherence to all departmental, state, and federal regulations related to radiation safety and clinical practice.
• Verify therapist annual competencies and oversee ongoing clinical skill development.
• Perform and supervise radiation treatments according to oncologist-approved plans, treatment parameters, and quality standards.
• Accurately perform patient identification, chart review, and verification processes (including IGRT, immobilization, and machine parameters).
• Maintain patient condition during treatment and promptly report changes to physicians and nursing staff.
• Participate in daily machine warm-ups, imaging QA, and safety checks; promptly report abnormalities to physics/engineering.
• Lead incident reporting, near-miss reviews, and follow-up action plans to improve patient and staff safety.
• Collaborate with physics and physicians on workflow optimization, error reduction, and new technique implementation.
• Coordinate daily therapist assignments, break coverage, and room rotations to maintain steady patient flow.
• Manage add-on cases, STAT treatments, and urgent scheduling changes with clear communication and minimal disruption.
• Absorb responsibility for CT simulation scheduling, special procedures, and complex patient setups.
• Collaborate with front office, nursing, dosimetry, and physicists to ensure efficient multidisciplinary workflow.

Qualifications

• Completion of a training program in a Radiation Therapy Technology program in an AMA approved school - required
• 5+ years experience - required
• Utilizes addition, subtraction, multiplication and division as necessary during Simulation or Daily QA operations.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patient as well as their medical and psycho/social status.
• Demonstrates the ability to use good judgment and organize work to achieve quality, efficient care, both independently and when interacting with others.
• Must operate high voltage machinery safely and accurately and to communicate to pertinent personnel when malfunctions occur.
• Concerns themselves with the welfare of the patient at all times and conducts themselves in a responsible and professional manner.