Radiation Therapist

As a Radiation Therapist at Kaiser Permanente, you will operate all radiation therapy equipment, set up and treat patients according to physician prescriptions, maintain patient treatment records, provide instruction to patients, and practice radiation safety principles.

• Operate all CT/SIM and treatment equipment, including linear accelerators and high dose rate afterloading machines.
• Perform morning checks and warm-ups of CT/SIM and/or accelerators.
• Operate treatment machines, patient support assemblies, and the Record and Verify system.
• Treat patients with prescribed modes, energies, doses, and monitor units/treatment times as prescribed by physicians.
• Perform patient set-ups according to physician prescriptions and Department Policies and Procedures.
• Participate in a team approach to giving radiation treatments.
• Maintain treatment records, schedule patient treatments, and provide patient instructions.
• Make patient set-up devices, immobilization devices, and radiation field-shaping blocks.
• Prepare patient treatment charts.
• Exhibit standards of professional behavior appropriate to the age-specific needs of each patient.
• Protect patients, staff, visitors, and self from unnecessary radiation exposure or injury.
• Prevent transmission of infectious disease through adherence to infection control practices.
• Maintain good verbal and written communication skills and work collaboratively with all staff members.
• Exhibit excellent customer service skills.

• One year of recent experience (within the past three years) using various radiation therapy equipment.
• Radiologic Technologist Certification from the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists or American Registry of Radiologic Technologists Certificate - Radiation Therapy Technologist from the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.
• Radiologic Technologist Certificate (California).
• Basic Life Support.

• Use of the Record and Verify system and multi-leaf collimators.
• Onboard Imaging (OBI) experience preferred.
• Graduate of a JCERT accredited program preferred.