Radiation Therapist

4 months ago

Oakton, United States Inova Health System Full time

Inova Health System is seeking a Radiation Therapist for a job in Oakton, Virginia.

Job Description & Requirements
  • Specialty: Radiation Therapist
  • Discipline: Allied Health Professional
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Duration: Ongoing
  • Shift: days
  • Employment Type: Staff


As a Radiation Physicist, you will be responsible for internal contacts, conducting investigations and fact finding.

Job Responsibilities

- Collaborates with physicians in subject specialty regarding all patient uses of ionizing radiation.
- Attends any hospital assigned committee such as the Radiation Safety Committee.
- Maintains a professional working relationship with department directors and Medical Directors.
- Provides Medical Physics coverage as deemed appropriate to the subject specialty (i.e. Radiation Therapy, Cardiac Cath, etc.).
- Collaborates with Engineering concerning radiation shield design for all areas of the hospital which utilize ionizing radiation.
- Oversees the acceptance of testing for new or renovated medical equipment and imaging networks.
- Performs calculations/measurements to institute new treatment/imaging techniques and to investigate established techniques in greater detail.
- Reviews new calibration protocols and verifies, by experiment and computation, the impact they will have on clinical applications.
- Investigates/evaluates new equipment and improvements to existing equipment so as to reduce costs/downtime while increasing efficiency/accuracy.
- Compares data with other radiation therapy institutions.
- Stays abreast of clinical and dosimetry literature in subject specialty.
- Stays abreast of policies, plans and personal practices per subject specialty.
- Develops and maintains contacts with physicists in other practices.
- Confers with physicians throughout Inova Health System regarding patient dosages, equipment evaluation and quality assurance.
- Cooperates and adheres to state/federal regulatory agencies in demonstrating compliance with applicable rules and recommendations.
- Confers with vendors of equipment used in practice (e.g. Linear accelerators, MRI, CT etc.) concerning purchase specifications, acceptance testing, proper quality assurance and routine maintenance.
- Maintains dosimetry in accordance with applicable rules and regulations.
- Discusses radiation exposure as it relates to medical procedures with patients and other members of the public.
- Delivers physics lectures to Inova personnel concerning radiation matters.

Qualifications
- A master’s degree in Physics or a related field is required, a doctoral degree in Physics or a related field is preferred
- Minimum 3 years experience in Clinical Medical Physics
- The American Board of Radiology (ABR) certified required
- Virginia Inspector within the first two months of hire, but must have submitted the application to the State at time of hire
- Availability to work outside of normal business hours (nights and weekends) is required
- Knowledge of scripting is preferred
- Experience with Raystation treatment planning system is preferred
- Prior experience with proton therapy is preferred
- Strong communication skills – both orally and in writing are required

Inova Job ID #655184. Posted job title: radiation physicist

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