Medical Dosimetrist - Ontario, United States - Kaiser Permanente

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Ontario, United States

3 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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Full time
Description

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 invivo 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/biyearly 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:


  • Knowledge of radiation physics, dosimetry and State, Federal, and local radiation regulations.
  • Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Preferred Qualifications:


  • N/A

Notes:


  • 4Ten Hour Shifts.
  • Will Consider Remote Work.

PrimaryLocation :
California,Ontario,Ontario - Vineyard Medical Offices - A

HoursPerWeek : 40


Shift :
Day


Workdays :
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

WorkingHoursStart : 07:30 AM

WorkingHoursEnd : 06:00 PM


Job Schedule :
Full-time


Job Type :
Standard


Employee Status :
Regular


Employee Group/Union Affiliation :
NUE-SCAL-01|NUE|Non Union Employee


Job Level :
Individual Contributor


Job Category :
Clinical Support


Department :
Ontario Vineyard MOB - Radiation Therpy

  • Regular Clin 0806

Travel :
No
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