Medical Dosimetrist I - Allentown, PA, United States - St. Luke's University Health Network

Description

Luke's are our most valuable asset educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.

Luke's Hospital. Within the radiation oncology department, you will work alongside caring staff who will treat patients and you like family. With ACR accreditation and state of the are technology, we exemplify "big city medicine, with hometown care".

1 is utilized as our primary treatment planning system with the addition of Velocity for dose deformation and image fusion.

In addition, Radformation applications such as clear check, EZ Fluence, and Auto Contour are used to assist in the speed and accuracy of contouring, planning, and plan evaluation.

Addaptive 3D bolus software is also utilized to create custom 3D bolus.

10 Eclipse GPU FAS servers has been instituted to speed the process of calculations and decrease the time needed for optimization of planning.

Luke's we operate 5 Varian Linear Accelerators and 1 Varian Ethos Linac with adaptive planning and treatments.

Our mission at the cancer center is to provide the safest, best care to our patients with the most up to date knowledge and technology available.

Following the dose prescription specified by the Radiation Oncologist, plans a treatment technique by means of a computer and/or manual computations that will deliver a prescribed radiation dose to a defined tumor volume.

Coordinates and/or assists in treatment simulations and tumor localizations, including computed tomography and MRI, when indicated, for radiation treatment planning.

Assists in the planning of the fabrication of compensating filters, custom shields, planning or production of molds, casts, and immobilization devices.

Responsible for successful technical continuity of care, including assisting the technical staff in the implementation of the treatment plan.

Performs dosage calculation in the patient's radiation therapy chart and verifies mathematical accuracy of all calculations using a system established by a medical physicist.

Provides technical assistance to the medical physicist, when requested, in radiation protection, qualitative and quantitative machine calibrations, and quality assurance of the radiation equipment.

Assists in the application of specific methods of dosimetry (ion chamber, TLD, or film) to special clinical problems.

Assists in intra-cavitary and interstitial sealed source procedures and in the subsequent manual and/or computer calculation of the dose distributions of these procedures.

Practices safe protection for self and patients adhering to the guidelines of radiation protection and infection control.
Detects equipment malfunctions and takes appropriate action.
Provides education regarding radiation therapy procedures to patients and family.

Assumes responsibility for assigned area, making sure all equipment and supplies necessary for that area are readily available for use.

Assists in gathering, recording data, and serving as committee members for radiation.
Oncology Quality Assurance and Continuous Quality Improvement Programs.

Teaches trains and provides educational resources for student Radiation Dosimetrists & Therapists and assists in the evaluation process of the students.

Assists in radiation therapy treatment procedures.
Graduate of a formal university, college, or hospital-based Dosimetry program of nine months' duration or longer, or both of the following:

A registered Radiation Therapist with a minimum 5 years radiation therapy experience, to subsequently, after hire, receive on-the- job training in Dosimetry for 12 months and one additional year of practical, supervised experience in radiation therapy Dosimetry.

A degree in the physical or biological sciences with on-the-job training in Dosimetry for 12 months under the supervision of a Medical Dosimetrist, Medical Physicist, or Radiation Oncologist, and one additional year of practical, supervised experience in radiation therapy Dosimetry.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
Ongoing training in departmental procedures provided.
Monday through Friday. Day shift. Overtime as needed.
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Frequent use of fingers to operate computer. Frequent use of hands for chart handling and writing. Twisting and turning of hands to operate equipment. Seeing as it relates to general vision and depth perception and visual monotony

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