Radiation Therapist

Ogden Regional Medical Center; Ogden (UT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ogden Regional Medical Center is seeking a Radiation Therapist to join a team focused on delivering expert patient care and compassionate service. The role involves developing treatment strategies, simulating and treating patients, documenting parameters in EMR, and supporting HDR simulations and post-care tasks on an on-call basis.

Qualifications include an RT Radiologic Technologist/Radiographer credential, an Associate Degree, and ARRT-T Radiation Therapy certification.

Qualifications

• Basic Cardiac Life Support within 30 days of employment start date.
• RT Radiologic Technologist/Radiographer credential.
• Associate Degree required.
• ARRT-T Radiation Therapy or RadTherapy Radiation Therapist credential.

Responsibilities

• Develop optimal treatment strategies using radiation oncology expertise, including simulation and treatment processes.
• Assess patients and recognize changes in their status.
• Educate patients on radiation side effects and management.
• Document treatment parameters and maintain EMRs for radiation therapy.
• Evaluate and suggest improvements to the radiation therapy process.
• Participate in patient simulation and fabrication of immobilization devices.
• Perform HDR simulations and assist in catheter measurement and post-care.

Skills

Radiation Therapy

BCLS within 30 days

RT Radiologic Technologist/Radiograph

Education

Associate Degree

Tools

ARRT-T Radiation Therapy

Job description

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

Job Summary And Qualifications

As a Radiation Therapist at our facility you will be joining a team that strives to provide the very best patient care and compassionate customer service to every person they interact with. They also support one another and make it their motto to “care like family”. In this role:

• You will participate in the development of optimal treatment strategies using your expertise in the technical aspects of radiation oncology to include simulation and treatment processes.
• You will assess patients and recognize changes in their status.
• You will educate patients on radiation side effects and the management of these side effects.
• You will document treatment parameters and maintain accurate Electronic Medical Records associated with the radiation therapy process.
• You will evaluate, critique, and recommend changes to the radiation therapy process as necessary.
• You will participate in patient simulation and fabrication of immobilization devices and treatment accessories on an emergency on-call basis as well as clinical rotations.
• You will perform simulations on HDR patients as well as assist in catheter measuring, documentation, and hookup and assist nurses with post HDR patient care as needed.

What qualifications you will need:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• (RT) Radiologic Technologist/Radiographer
• Associate Degree
• (ARRT-T) Radiation Therapy, or (RadTherapy) Radiation Therapist

Benefits

Ogden Regional Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Ogden Regional Medical Center has been delivering exceptional care for over 75 years. Our 230 plus bed hospital offers a full array of medical services. We are dedicated to providing high-quality healthcare. Ogden Regional is a certified Level II Trauma Center, Stroke Center, and Joint Center.

Affiliated with our hospital is Pleasant View Emergency Center. This fully equipped, freestanding facility features board-certified physicians. Our nurses and technicians are specially trained in emergency medical care and available on a 24/7 basis.

Located 10 miles north of our main hospital, PVER features 10 plus treatment rooms, comprehensive imaging technology and a medical laboratory onsite, which help to ensure accurate and prompt care.

Ogden Regional Medical Center and Pleasant View Emergency Center sit at the heart of the Wasatch Mountain range. The area has abundant outdoor recreation including hiking, biking, rock climbing, watersports and three ski resorts within a half-hour drive; Ogden offers the lure of outdoor living and the culture of city life.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

“There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it.” - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.