Radiation Therapist

About the role

Work Shift Day (United States of America)

At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Core Responsibilities And Essential Functions

• Participates in Quality Control monitoring.
  • Delivers consistent precise therapy to a designated treatment area.
  • Demonstrates skill in patient assessment, performing procedures and giving specialty care to patients, considering the age of the patient and appropriately adopts care for age (adolescent, adult and geriatrics).
  • Documents appropriately in Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
  • Demonstrates a willingness to perform additional tasks and gives assistance when necessary to others.
  • Recognizes own limitations and/or needs and seeks assistance as needed.
  • Reports adverse reactions to physician immediately and follows policy and procedure (P/P) for documentation.
  • Educates patient/family on expected side effects, use of blocks, wedges and other treatment aids.
  • Follows P/P to ensure precise treatment per physician prescription.
  • Follows P/P to ensure precise treatment per physicists instruction in chart or computer.
• Understands and completes correctly all patient set-ups
  • Simulates new patients and/or patients with new treatment fields with no errors and according to physicians written order in EMR.
  • Schedules patients appropriately and always lets patient know of any changes prior to changes being made.
• Follows proper procedure to ensure safety to self and patient.
  • Assesses mobility of patients and manages accordingly, looks at EMR for fall precautions.
  • Wears radiation safety badges at all times.
  • Practices universal precautions.
  • Participates in daily warm-up procedures to ensure output is within tolerances
  • Advises manager of any discrepancies and any material item that needs replaced or fixed as soon as possible
• Miscellaneous items
  • Will do other tasks as assigned
  • Participates in on-call rotation
  • Is active as a student clinical instructor with both RTT and RTR students. Will evaluate and give feedback to both students and Clinical Advisor.
  • Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Requirements

• Required Minimum Education: Associates Other or Accredited Program Other
• Required Minimum License(s) And Certification(s) (All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated):
  • ARRT-T - ARRT Radiation Therapy
  • BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
• Required Minimum Experience: Minimum 2 years Experience in Radiation Therapy. Preferred must be graduate of accredited radiation therapy program
• Required Minimum Skills: Demonstrates ability to treat/simulate patients.