Radiation Therapist - 49% Per Diem

Required:

• BLS from American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) certification and California State License in Radiation Therapy (CRT
• 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.
• Interpersonal skills to interact effectively with patients and their relatives in a high volume, continuous public contact setting.
• Ability to deal with the pressures of a critical care area.
• Skill in inspecting treatment machines to assure they conform to present standards.
• Skill in prioritizing assignments to complete work in a timely manner when there are changes in workload, machine breakdowns, heavy patient volume and emergency cases.
• Ability to lift cerrobend blocks weighing up to 35 pounds.
• Knowledge of basic physics as applicable to Radiation Therapy.
• Skill in communicating various technical aspects of Radiation Therapy at a level understood by patients.
• Knowledge of a variety of treatment techniques to assist physicians in treatment planning to ensure optimum treatment is given to all patients.
• 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.
• Working knowledge of University procedures regarding isolation of immuno-suppressed patients.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with physicians and physicists.