Chief Radiation Therapist

San Juan Regional Medical Center•Farmington, NM

19d•Onsite

About The Position

Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider—we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community. The Chief Radiation Therapist is a highly experienced, motivated, energetic, selfless, compassionate lead professional and mentor whose observant consideration to detail ensures the treatment machine is operating smoothly, fully functional, on schedule, and treating according to plan. Their engaged communication and supportive interactions with the staff and patients are critical to sustain the restorative process for the patients and ensure proper departmental involvement. Required Behaviors: As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization: Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.

Requirements

Registered through the American Registry of Radiologic Technologist (ARRT) as a Certified Radiation Therapist
Current New Mexico State license in Radiation Therapy
Fluent in English

Nice To Haves

Minimum five (5) years experience as a Radiation Therapist in a lead role
Current CPR certification

Responsibilities

Manage treatment machine schedule to assure it is adequately staffed
Operates linear accelerator and or Superficial X-ray machine for the treatment of cancer patients
Sets up and positions patients for their daily treatments as outlined in the patient care plan
Schedules patients for their daily treatments
Performs daily machine warm up and QA data checks
Will be on call for any after hours (emergency)
In the event of a machine failure or change in the accelerator and CT/Sims performance, the Chief Therapist will contact the Physicist and the service engineer to coordinate repairs
Will coordinate preventative maintenance inspections (PMI) with the vendor for the Varian accelerator and CT/Sim and inform the physicist and department manager as to when the PMI’s are scheduled
Will keep the physicist and the department manager informed as to the working status of the accelerator and the CT/Sim at all times
Schedules and maintains therapist staff rotation through CT/Sim
Operates CT/Simulators
Sets up and positions patients according to physician and or dosimetrist instructions
Constructs special treatment aids and devices
Will inform the physicist, physician, and manager of any treatment machine issues and any interruption in patient care due to a machine failure
Will facilitate weekly patient chart rounds
Effectively communicates with staff and patients
Informs the physician and/or nurse of any changes in the patient’s status during treatments
Explain to the patient and/or family as to what will occur during the treatment process and answer any questions that may arise
Maintain daily documentation in the patient treatment record
Maintain daily QA documentation
Generate after hours call schedule
Monitors and documents clinical training for therapy students
Review technical charges and work with billing department to edit or make corrections
Assure that all pertinent treatment information (signed consent, pathology, physician intent, physician and physicist signed treatment plan etc.) is in the patient’s record by performing a weekly chart check
Will assume administrative responsibilities such as (supervision of clinical staff, Kronos, signing/approval and ordering of minor supplies) in the absence of the manager
Maintains CEU’s as required by the ARRT and the State of New Mexico
Attend patient care, quality assurance and departmental staff meetings
Each employee is responsible for implementing SJRMC’s Service Standards into their daily work: Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship
Other duties as assigned