Medical Dosimetrist - FT, Days

Prisma; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Prisma Health in Greenville, SC seeks a Clinical Dosimetrist to design and verify radiation therapy treatment plans using CT, MRI, PET, and other imaging modalities. You will perform patient-specific QA and support the Medical Physicist in machine calibrations and quality assurance.

The role involves supervising therapists during plan implementation, documenting tasks, and teaching applied dosimetry concepts to students and residents.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a formal Dosimetry program.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• CMD certification required.

Responsibilities

• Assists in designing treatment plans and verifies portals using imaging modalities.
• Performs or assists in QA tasks on treatment planning systems and equipment.
• Supervises therapist staff in plan implementation and use of immobilization devices.
• Documents planning and QA tasks; performs related computer tasks as needed.
• Teaches dosimetry concepts to students and residents as assigned.

Skills

Office equipment

Computer skills

Education

Formal Dosimetry program

Bachelor’s degree preferred

CMD certification

Job description

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Assists in designing a treatment plan by means of computer and/or manual computation to determine a treatment field technique that will deliver a prescribed radiation dose. Uses CT, MRI, PET, ultrasound, plane film, and fluoroscopy imaging to create and verify therapy portals. Performs patient specific quality assurance techniques under the direction of the physicist.

Essential Functions

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.
• Creates radiation therapy treatment plans using computer software and various imaging modalities.
• Interprets and delineates anatomy and anatomical positioning on various imaging modalities.
• Performs or assists in the planning of the fabrication of compensation filters, custom shields, wedges, and other beam modifying devices.
• Performs or assists in the planning of the production of molds, casts, and other immobilization devices.
• Supervises the therapist staff in the implementation of the treatment plan including: the correct use of immobilization devices, compensators, wedges, field arrangement, and other treatment variables.
• Documents treatment planning and quality assurance tasks.
• Codes for technical treatment planning and quality assurance tasks.
• Performs general computerized tasks, such as word processing, using spreadsheets, moving and altering files and directories, and performing data backup.
• May assist in intracavitary and interstitial brachytherapy procedures and in the subsequent manual and/or computer calculation of the dose distributions of these treatments.
• May perform quality assurance procedures on treatment planning system, linear accelerator, and brachytherapy device with minimal supervision.
• Provides physics and technical support to the Medical Physicist, in radiation protection, qualitative machine calibrations, and quality assurance of the radiation oncology equipment.
• Teaches applied aspects of medical dosimetry to students and residents, as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

• This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, director or executive.

Minimum Requirements

• Education - Graduate of a formal Dosimetry program. Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Experience - Two (2) years of directly related experience preferred

In Lieu Of

• In lieu of CMD certification requirement, will consider candidates who agree to obtain CMD-Certified Medical Dosimetrist credentials within 18 months of hire. In lieu of formal Dosimetry program, 15 years of Dosimetry experience can be substituted.

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

• Certified Medical Dosimetrist (CMD) required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of office equipment (fax/copier)
• Proficient computer skills (word processing, spreadsheets, database, data entry)

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

Cancer Centers - Faris Road

Facility

Greenville Memorial Hospital

Department

Physics/Dosimetry-CIF

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