Dosimetrist

UHealthSolutions, Inc.•Butner, NC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Butner Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Butner): FCC Butner is a well-established institution providing medical care for hundreds of federal inmates with complex health conditions in Butner, North Carolina. UHealthSolutions and its affiliate UMass Medical School provides all required services including oncology, renal care and nephrology, ophthalmology, cardiology, wound care, hepatology, orthopedics, physiatry, and more for other medical concerns. We are committed to working with the Bureau of Prisons to find collaborative solutions to improve health outcomes and service delivery for these inmates. Our approach to operating the FCC Butner facility encompasses the following core principles: Providing comprehensive, high-quality, responsive, and cost-effective services Protecting the BOP’s core safety and security mission Minimizing the BOP’s administrative burdens Supporting FCC Butner’s future clinical program and staff development Position Summary: The Medical Dosimetrist is a member of the radiation therapy planning team, familiar with the physical and geometric characteristics of the radiation equipment and radioactive sources commonly employed, with the training and expertise necessary to measure and generate radiation dose distributions, calculations and perform other physics related duties under the direction of medical physicists and radiation oncologists.

Requirements

4-Year Degree from a Medical Dosimetry program
Active State of North Carolina Radiation Therapy license
BLS/ACLS Certifications
Proficiency in clinical medical dosimetry; computer literacy; excellent communication and patient/family interpersonal skills; strong mathematical and analytical skills
Ability to read and communicate effectively in English
Demonstrates respect and civility in all interactions with others
Adheres to dress code; appearance is neat and clean
Completes annual educational requirements
Wears identification while on duty
Ensures compliance with policies and procedures
Demonstrates an “it’s my job attitude” by doing appropriate tasks that are not assigned and performing other duties as assigned.
Works effectively and cooperatively in groups/teams.
Takes appropriate actions to meet the needs and expectations of the customer.
Interacts with employees, patients, physicians, and anyone else while at work in a professional manner.
Serves as a positive example by speaking positively about other employees, departments, physicians and the federal medical center.
Follows department and hospital policies and procedures.
Follows appropriate infection control practices.
Assists with training of employees as needed.
Knowledge necessary to make appropriate clinical decisions and interaction relative to the specific age of a patient.
Skills validation/certification of competencies for the duties and responsibilities required for position.
Maintain North Carolina License requirements for CEUs.
Work involves contact with patients of all ages, family members, physicians, nursing, and all other members of the health care team.
Work is performed in all areas of the institution.
Work may require lifting or pushing in excess of 30 pounds.
Work may require carrying objects approximately 20 pounds
Work requires walking, running, climbing and bending.
Customer service and communication expertise
As a UHealthSolutions employee working at the Federal Bureau of Prisons, FCC Butner, you must comply not only with all of the policies, rules and regulations of UHealthSolutions, but also with all of the rules and regulations of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, FCC Butner.
As a condition of employment, you must gain and maintain Federal Bureau of Prisons, FCC Butner approval for facility access.
Appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of urinalysis, physical, and background investigation. All applicants are subject to National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and credit checks.
Successful completion of the “Introduction to Correctional Techniques”, three week training course is required.
This position has been identified as test designated. Incumbents will be subject to urinalysis testing under the BOP Drug Free Workplace Plan.

Nice To Haves

Recent graduate of a Bachelor’s level Medical Dosimetry program accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology
Certification and/or eligibility for the Medical Dosimetry Certification Board Exam
Medical Dosimetry experience or externship in a clinical radiation oncology setting and/or Proton Therapy experience (strongly preferred)
Fluency in additional (second) language desirable

Responsibilities

Treatment planning by means of computer and/or manual computation that will deliver a prescribed dose to a defined tumor volume and provide adequate normal tissue sparing following the dose prescription specified by the radiation oncologist
Assists the technology staff in the implementation of the treatment plan including: 3D, IMRT, VMAT, Electron, Proton, HDR and SRS Planning, immobilization devices, field modifiers, field arrangement, verification and other treatment parameters
Assists in planning and fabrication of beam modifying devices
Assists in planning and fabrication of immobilization devices
Performs dosage calculations in the patient’s radiation therapy chart and verifies the mathematical accuracy of all calculations using a system established by a medical physicist
Provides technical assistance to the medical physicists when requested in radiation protection, qualitative and quantitative machine and radioactive source calibrations, and quality assurance of the radiation therapy equipment
Assists in the application of specific methods of dosimetry, ion chamber, or film to special clinical problems
Assists in intracavitary and interstitial sealed source procedures and in the subsequent manual and/or computer calculation of the dose distributions of these procedures.

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