Sr. Radiation Therapist

Description

Play a vital role within a world-class health organization. advance our compassionate, award-winning care. Take your career to the next level. UCan do all this and more at UCLA Health.

In this role, you will work under the general supervisor of the Chief Radiation Therapy Technologist and your functions will include:

• Applying ionizing radiation according to MD's prescription (3D,IMRT,SBRT,SRS,HDR)
• Patient scheduling and appointments
• Performing dose calculations
• Treatment data entry
• Working with physicians, physicists and dosimetrists to perform simulations and treatment planning CT's

This position will be working in both Westwood and Santa Monica locations, as well as other future sites as assigned.

* May be hired as Radiation Therapist if less than 5 years of experience.

Salary for Senior Radiation Therapist: $69.34 - $91.48 hourly

Salary for Radiation Therapist: $64.68 - $85.34 hourly

• ARRT License
• CRT License
• 5 or more years radiation therapy experience preferred
• BLS/CPR from American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• Skill in working with different types of treatment machines such as MR Scanner, CT Scanner, HDR units and Linear Accelerators and ability to recognize when hazardous conditions may exist.
• Ability to work as part of a team, collaborating with colleagues.
• Ability to deal with the pressures of a critical care area.
• Skill in organizing and coordinating material, patients, and information in a systematic way to optimize efficiency and minimize duplication of effort.
• Knowledge of basic physics as applicable to Radiation Therapy.
• Skill in communicating various technical aspects of Radiation Therapy at a level understood by patients.
• Ability to speak on a one-to-one basis using appropriate vocabulary and grammar to obtain information, explain treatment procedures, and to clearly convey information to medical staff, patients, and administrators.
• Skill in recognizing and reporting any adverse patient therapy reactions.
• Skill in reading documents written with medical terminology and ability to read and implement computer-generated physics treatment plans.
• Knowledge of basic nursing procedures.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with physicians and physicists.

• Aria and Epic experience