Radiation Therapist Inpatient

Cleveland Clinic • Cleveland, OH

189d

About The Position

Provides therapeutic and patient care services for the purpose of delivering radiation therapy as prescribed by a physician in an acute setting.

Requirements

• Graduate from a School of Radiation Therapy Technology that is approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEA) or be registry eligible.
• Board certified Registered Radiation Therapist through the American Registry of Radiologic Technologist (ARRT), R.T.(R)(T)(ARRT) in good standing.
• Current state licensure if required by law in state in which employed.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider, American Heart Association (AHA).
• Experience with radiation oncology specific electronic medical record as well as record and verify.
• Experience with external radiation therapy, IMRT, IGRT and CT simulation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides care and delivery of radiation therapy to both adult and pediatric populations.
• Participate in both weekend and holiday on call rotations.
• Become proficient in advanced therapy delivery systems such as Gamma Knife, High Dose Rate Brachytherapy and Total Body Irradiation techniques.
• Performs the delivery of radiation therapy to both ambulatory and inpatient populations.
• Instruct and evaluate radiation therapy students from accredited affiliate programs.
• Determines and delivers appropriate patient treatment plan in collaboration with physician and dosimetrist.
• Monitors and documents patient's condition and reports any adverse reactions.
• Assesses and educates patients according to specific department protocols.
• Positions patients and selects anatomic/technical parameters accurately.
• Checks and adjusts necessary equipment, including linear accelerator.
• Treatment and management of clinically acute patients. ICU, NICU, and PICU.
• Coordination of treatment delivery with acute care patients requiring anesthesia and sedation.
• On call and weekend treatments for clinically urgent treatment delivery for inpatient care.
• Assistance with delivery of radiation treatment during surgical procedures.
• Supervision and instruction of therapy students and dosimetry students on providing acute treatment care.
• Conduct Total Body Irradiation therapy for inpatients that are undergoing bone marrow transplantation procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• $8K Sign on Bonus Eligible

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree