Radiation Therapist

1 month ago

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States CARTI Full time

Job Summary:

As a Radiation Therapist at CARTI, you will play a critical role in administering, simulating, and recording radiation treatments to patients as prescribed by a radiation oncologist. Your expertise will be essential in accurately delivering prescribed doses, imaging tumor volumes, and outlining corresponding targets on patients' surfaces. You will be responsible for radiation therapy procedures, dose calculations, chart checks, and routine consistency QA checks on treatment machines and simulator/CT machines to ensure high-quality radiation therapy.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Perform radiation therapy procedures according to physician's orders and departmental guidelines, determining and preparing set-ups within established parameters, calculating monitor units, and recording patient treatment information in charts while maintaining confidentiality.
  • Perform daily warm-up and start-up procedures of equipment, quality control checks, and notify proper personnel of equipment malfunctions and/or adverse conditions.
  • Communicate pertinent information to patients and families regarding routine during radiation therapy, including appointments, skin care, treatment field care, proper attire, etc.
  • Assess and evaluate patient needs and treatment problems, recommend interventions, and act in accordance with physician practices and departmental policies while maintaining confidentiality.
  • Investigate problems or unsatisfactory procedures and recommend possible solutions.
  • Construct patient treatment aids, bolus material, positioning, and immobilization devices and check for suitability and accuracy.
  • Perform checks on patient charts for accuracy and proper documentation according to established procedures.
  • Schedule patients for daily treatments.
  • Maintain quality control of patient charts and treatment parameters by implementing guidelines on a regular basis.
  • Maintain room cleanliness, linens, and needed supplies in treatment rooms and notify proper personnel of areas needing attention.
  • Evaluate accessories for damage and coordinate repair.
  • Evaluate, teach, and monitor the clinical and didactic education of radiation therapy and diagnostic students.
  • Monitor and adhere to general radiation safety guidelines.
  • Implement new processes regarding EMR updates and equipment updates.

Requirements:

  • Completion of an accredited program of radiation therapy technology.
  • Current registration as a radiation therapist by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists or registry eligible with a passing score within 360 days from date of employment.
  • Current licensure as a radiation therapist with the Arkansas Department of Health.
  • BLS required.

Skills and Abilities:

  • Skill and proficiency in the technical field of radiation therapy technology.
  • Knowledge of institution and departmental policies and procedures, chart coding, scheduling, physicians' protocols, equipment operation, maintenance, safety, and quality control guidelines as acquired through clinical rotation of all treatment areas (machines) for a period of six months to one and one-half years.

Reasoning Ability:

  • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
  • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or schedule form.

Interpersonal Skills:

  • Must interact and communicate both verbally and in written form.
  • Must interact and exchange information regarding patients with physicians and other departmental personnel, and outside agencies on a frequent basis while respecting the confidentiality of patient information.
  • Ability to use tact and diplomacy in making recommendations, reporting errors or problems, securing information, or discussing patient treatments when dealing with physicians and therapists on a frequent basis.

Physical Demands:

  • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
  • The employee regularly is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands and arms.
  • The employee frequently performs moderate lifting of patients, machine accessories, and patient devices/equipment.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. This position involves potential exposure to infectious diseases. Colleagues are offered appropriate vaccinations and safety training.

Comments:

This description is intended to describe the essential job functions, the general supplemental functions, and the essential requirements for the performance of the job. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and requirements of a person so classified. Other functions may be assigned, and management retains the right to add or change the duties at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Safety Sensitive:

This position is a Safety Sensitive Position. The essential functions, physical demands, and mental competencies of this job require the employee to maintain the ability to work in a constant state of alertness in a safe manner.

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