Radiation Therapist - Memorial City
Oncology Consultants
- Houston, TX
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Insurances: Life, medical, dental, short term and long-term disability
- 401K
- Free parking
- PTO
- Holidays
- Competitive salary
- Employee Assistant Program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Continuing Medical Education Allowance
- Pet Insurance
- Floating Holidays
- Properly turning on the linear accelerator and shutting down.
- Perform morning QA on linear accelerator by checking if everything is consistent with what the physicist has calibrated and set up.
- Be able to troubleshoot the machine, 4D software and OBI software efficiently.
- Explain treatment plans and simulations.
- Use two identifiers for ALL patients.
- Perform weekly chart checks on all patients in their shift.
- Follow safety procedures to protect the patient and themselves from overexposure to radiation.
- Use proper imaging protocol on patient to determine the exact location of the area requiring treatment. (MV, KV, CBCT)
- Accurately capture daily activity charges.
- Being able to operate the machine to treat the patient with radiation.
- Monitor the patient’s response to radiation treatment and report it to the medical assistant if there is no oncology nurse.
- Know how to use the ARIA for documentation purposes and for checking the daily dose.
- Deliver correct dose to the correct site on patient.
- Maintain a clean treatment and simulation room, dressing rooms and console area.
- Properly open and close the facility.
- Must be familiar with Varian 21ix, Smart Arc, and OBI (IGRT/CBCT)
- Be able to lift up to 50 pounds
- walking and proper use of body mechanics to lift and move patients.
- Graduate of an approved Radiation Therapy program
- 2 or more years of experience preferred.
- Registered through ARRT for radiation therapy.
- Texas Department of Health Services MRT license.
- CPR Certified
- Bachelor of Science in Radiation Therapy or Certificate in radiation therapy.
- Bilingual Spanish preferred