Dosimetrist

Mclaren-Health-Care; Flint (MI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Grand Blanc, MI, seeks a Medical Dosimetry professional to provide treatment planning services for radiation oncology cases. The role includes contouring, image registration, and collaboration with therapy, physics, and physicians to optimize patient care.

Required: Bachelor's degree in medical dosimetry or related field and board certification within two years of hire. Preference for AAMD membership. Schedule: Full-time, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in medical dosimetry or related field (Associate’s Degree or Technical Diploma in Radiation Therapy if received prior to 2017) or in the final 6 months of clinical rotations of a dosimetry program.
• Board certification within two years of hiring; candidates hired before graduation may be granted an extension.
• Active member of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists (AAMD) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Designs external beam treatment plans to deliver prescribed dose while minimizing exposure to surrounding tissue.
• Identifies and contours organs at risk for plan optimization.
• Performs image registration and fusion for diagnostic studies and prior CT simulations.
• Guides CT/clinical simulations and treatment plan implementation, including immobilization devices and motion management.
• Coordinates planning workflow with therapy, physics, and physicians.

Skills

Dosimetry

Image registration

CT simulation

Education

Bachelor's degree in medical dosimetry

Board certification within 2 years

Tools

Treatment planning software

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Position Summary: Provides the Radiation Oncology Department with treatment planning services for cases of simple to intermediate complexity and with supervision creates and assists in the creation of treatment plans for cases of advanced complexity or utilizing advanced modalities. Participates in quality assurance programs, radiation safety, and training.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities as Assigned

• Designs patient external beam treatment plans by means of computer aided and/or manual computation that will deliver a prescribed radiation dose in accordance with the Radiation oncologist’s prescription to a defined treatment volume while minimizing radiation to surrounding tissue and organs.
• Identifies and contours relevant organs at risk for a given treatment site for use in treatment plan optimization.
• Performs image registration and fusion for diagnostic image studies and previous CT simulations for use in target and structure delineation and evaluation of previously delivered dose.
• Provide guidance and oversight for CT/clinical simulations and treatment plan implementation as needed, including use of immobilization devices, compensators, motion management, and other treatment variables.
• Assists with coordination and communication of planning workflow with therapy, physics, and physicians.

Required:

Bachelor’s degree in medical dosimetry or related field (Associate’s Degree or Technical Diploma in Radiation Therapy if received prior to 2017) or in the final 6 months of clinical rotations of a dosimetry program.

• Board certification within two years of hiring. Candidates hired prior to graduation may be granted an extension.

Preferred:

Active member of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists (AAMD)

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Daily Work Times: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• On Call: No

Equal Opportunity Employer

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.