Medical Dosimetrist

Job Summary:

Provides suitable treatment plans for radiation therapy patients and other physics support including the measurement, calibration, and generation of radiation dose distribution, and various quality assurance procedures.

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Designs treatment plans by means of computer and/or manual computation that will deliver a prescribed dose and field placement technique in accordance with the Radiation Oncologists prescription to a defined tumor volume, with consideration to dose limiting structures.
  • Performs calculations for delivery of prescribed dose and documents calculation in patients chart.
  • Performs verification of mathematical accuracy of all calculations using established system.
  • Serves as a resource to the therapists working in all areas including simulation, high dose rate, orthovoltage, and treatment.
  • Coordinates treatment planning information between physicists, therapists, and physicians as necessary.
  • Reviews patients charts after planning to ensure that simulation information is correct and reproducible.
  • Prepare radiation oncology chart for patients with individualized treatment plans either external beam or brachytheraphy.
  • Performs in-vivo dosimetry with TLDs or diodes and helps maintain the TLDs and diodes.
  • Serves as a resource to the Radiation Oncology Aide.
  • Assists physicists in annual/bi-yearly treatment machine calibrations.
  • Helps to maintain statistics of brachytheraphy and intracavitary cases.
  • Provides input to the technical supervisor for the completion of employee performance appraisals.
  • Participates in panel interviews for open technical positions.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

  • Minimum one (1) year of clinical experience in dosimetry required (w/CMD). If applicant is graduated from credited/approved CMD training program, then it counts as 1 year clinical experience.
  • Minimum one (1) year of experience working with linear accelerators. If applicant is graduated from credited/approved CMD training program, then it counts as 1 year clinical experience with Linacs

Education

  • High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.

License, Certification, Registration

  • Medical Dosimetrist Certificate  

Additional Requirements:

  • Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply knowledge of computers, computer treatment planning, planning techniques and procedures.
  • Knowledge of radiation physics, dosimetry and State, Federal, and local radiation regulations.
  • Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Notes:

  • Will consider remote work

 

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