Radiation Therapist Reg

Wellstar Health System•Roswell, GA

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Wellstar is a healthcare system focused on enhancing the health and well-being of every person they serve, striving for world-class healthcare delivery with compassion, excellence, and honoring every voice. They are recognized for high-quality care and an inclusive culture, employing over 24,000 team members. The Staff Radiation Therapist in the Radiation Oncology Department is responsible for applying ionizing radiation to diverse patient populations, following the prescriptions and instructions of the Radiation Oncologist. This role requires operating radiation-producing equipment safely and performing complex, precise technical procedures. Wellstar is committed to exceeding patient and team member expectations and fostering a culture of excellence, earning national recognition as a Great Place to Work.

Requirements

Associates Other or Accredited Program Other
ARRT-T - ARRT Radiation Therapy
BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
Minimum 2 years Experience in Radiation Therapy
Must be graduate of accredited radiation therapy program
Demonstrates ability to treat/simulate patients

Responsibilities

Participates in Quality Control monitoring.
Delivers consistent precise therapy to a designated treatment area.
Demonstrates skill in patient assessment, performing procedures and giving specialty care to patients, considering the age of the patient and appropriately adopts care for age (adolescent, adult and geriatrics).
Documents appropriately in Electronic Medical Record (EMR).
Demonstrates a willingness to perform additional tasks and gives assistance when necessary to others.
Recognizes own limitations and/or needs and seeks assistance as needed.
Reports adverse reactions to physician immediately and follows policy and procedure (P/P) for documentation.
Educates patient/family on expected side effects, use of blocks, wedges and other treatment aids.
Follows P/P to ensure precise treatment per physician prescription.
Follows P/P to ensure precise treatment per physicists instruction in chart or computer.
Understands and completes correctly all patient set-ups.
Simulates new patients and/or patients with new treatment fields with no errors and according to physicians written order in EMR.
Schedules patients appropriately and always lets patient know of any changes prior to changes being made.
Follows proper procedure to ensure safety to self and patient.
Assesses mobility of patients and manages accordingly, looks at EMR for fall precautions.
Wears radiation safety badges at all times.
Practices universal precautions.
Participates in daily warm-up procedures to ensure output is within tolerances.
Advises manager of any discrepancies and any material item that needs replaced or fixed as soon as possible.
Will do other tasks as assigned.
Participates in on-call rotation.
Is active as a student clinical instructor with both RTT and RTR students. Will evaluate and give feedback to both students and Clinical Advisor.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Complies with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.