Radiation Therapist - Pool

Overview

The Radiation Therapist provides professional duties involved with a variety of technical procedures prescribed by the Radiation Oncologist for the safe delivery of radiation therapy treatments and care to patients.

Schedule: PRN/Pool - As Needed

Shift: Days

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Possesses core knowledge of required Radiation Therapist functions, including scheduling, simulation, patient set-up, and treatment.
• Demonstrates a functional knowledge of all major components of department equipment.
• Delivers external beam treatments in an accurate and timely fashion with a high degree of accuracy.
• Assesses and addresses patient's needs while under treatment.
• Practices appropriate Radiation Safety procedures.
• Accurate and timely completion of patient charts according to established standards and procedures.
• Demonstrates knowledge of standard and advanced treatment calculations and treatment plans.
• Designs and fabricates blocks accurately and efficiently.
• Performs Simulation with a high degree of accuracy in a timely fashion with little or no supervision.
• Utilizes appropriate scripting, barriers, and patient identifiers as required per position.

Education and Experience

Graduate of an accredited radiation therapy program
Experience as a radiation therapist preferred

Certification and Licensure

ARRT registration in radiation therapy required (or eligible upon hire and attain within one year)
Approved CPR or BLS certification required within 90 days

Skills and Abilities
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Good interpretive/analytical skills
Strong organizational skills
Ability to perform multiple functions with minimal direction, independent of supervision
Complex problem solving

Special Physical Demands

The Special Physical Demands are considered Essential Job Functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently required to talk and hear; stand, walk, and sit; use hands to finger, handle, feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, taste and smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move 25 to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move 50 to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and have the ability to adjust and focus.

Level of Supervision

Performs routine duties independent of supervision, but consults with the Radiation Oncologist, Medical Physicist, Medical Dosimetrist and Radiation Oncology Supervisor/Manager/Director as required.

Supervises

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

PAY RANGE:

Mercyhealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Mercyhealth offers competitive pay and benefits, including retirement, time off, on-demand pay, access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and more. Click here for more details.

At Mercyhealth, we don't simply hire people, we empower employee-partners who are passionate about making lives better. As an integrated health system, we deliver exceptional, coordinated across seven hospitals, 85 primary and specialty clinics, and a team of over 7,500 professionals serving northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.

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