Radiation Therapist
- Positions patients in accordance with setup instructions and ensures proper immobilization to accurately deliver the radiation dosage to the proper site.
- Assists physicians with the various procedures by making recommendations, suggestions with regard to technical limitations of equipment and/or patients and the ability to successfully administer therapy.
- Monitors and evaluates patient symptoms of clinical importance to determine when to withhold treatment and when to confer with physicians.
- Schedules patients for outpatient appointments.
- Participates in special treatment delivery options such as brachytherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery.
- Able to perform CT simulation techniques when assigned
- Provides instruction and supervision to students participating in clinical program.
- Monitors patient’s weight on a weekly basis and notifies registered nurse of significant changes.
- Promotes patient safety by reporting of issues through established channels and participating as requested in safety initiatives.
- Calculates treatment units according to prescription and parameters.
- Assesses treatment plans and setups and executes them
- Takes weekly verification films of all areas being treated.
- Maintains licensure and demonstrates evidence of.
- Attends scheduled in-services to review safety practices.
- Maintains audio and visual contact with the patients at all times during the treatment.
- Wear appropriate monitoring device to detect personnel exposure.
- Monitors output of equipment and beam devices on a daily basis.
- Maintains a log of equipment malfunctions.
- Enters charges into IMPAC computer system as procedures are performed.
- Completes daily documentation of each patient's treatment in computer/paper chart
- Monitors patient charts to ensure that blood counts and other tests are ordered and recorded
- Reads professional literature as it relates to the field of radiation therapy.
- Attends professional society meetings, training courses and in-services to maintain knowledge and skills
- This position will need to recognize the needs and behaviors of a variety of age groups of patients treated, i.e., understand child growth and development, normal patterns of adolescent behavior and look for signs of normal aging; prior experience with various age groups is preferred.
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