Radiation Therapist 2

Inova Health System; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Retirement match: 5%

Education assistance up to $5,250/year

Student loan assistance up to $10,000

Mental health support and coaching

Job summary

Inova Health System in Alexandria, VA, is seeking a dedicated Radiation Therapist 2 to join the team on a full-time, day-shift schedule (Monday–Friday). The role involves preparing patients, setting up treatment, and verifying beam parameters with linear accelerators and CT equipment.

The Radiation Therapist 2 collaborates with the healthcare team, maintains accurate treatment records, and stays current with new technologies and techniques while ensuring patient safety and quality care.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree or Certification required.
• 2 years of experience as a staff therapist in a Radiation Therapy department with experience in linear accelerators and patient simulation.
• American Registry of Radiologic Technologists certification required on start; Basic Life Support (BLS) from American Heart Association required on start.

Responsibilities

• Provides education and support to patients and families during treatment.
• Positions patients for initial treatment and verifies setup per prescriptions.
• Performs daily quality assurance on linear accelerators, simulators and CT machines; reports issues to physics.

Education

Associate's Degree or Certification

Job description

Inova Alexandria Hospital Radiation Oncology is looking for a dedicated Radiation Therapist 2 to join the Team. This full-time will be day-shift working Monday - Friday located in Alexandria, VA.

The Radiation Therapist 2 communicates effectively with patients, families, medical staff, healthcare team members, supervisors and outside contacts. Responsible for treatment modalities and protocols to accurately set-up and administer radiation treatments on a daily basis. Performs simulation procedures for initial patient set-up while verifying proper functioning of linear accelerators, simulators and Computed Tomography machines.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement:Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support:offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance:offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules.

Radiation Therapist 2 Responsibilities

• Provides education and support of methods appropriate to patients' levels of understanding and motivation. Includes families/caregivers in education and training as appropriate.
• Demonstrates collaboration in communication with team members while being open to feedback and receptive to change; Communicates with families, physicians or other healthcare team members in anticipation of special needs of patients or families in a timely manner to facilitate effective treatment of patients.
• Positions patients for initial treatment and verifies set-up per prescriptions; Verifies beam parameters, ancillary aids and blocking via record and verification systems on machine and patients' computerized treatment plans before initiation of radiation beam; Detects unsatisfactory set-up and/or errors in addition to resolving or reporting such errors to physicians.
• Maintains accurate records of daily treatments and other records as required; Documents any corrections in charts resulting from changes in the originally prescribed course of treatment.
• Ensures that portal verification films are taken at appropriate intervals; Recognizes the need for adjustments in treatment ports when comparing simulation/portal films or patient positions; Prepares immobilization devices in accordance with physician prescriptions.
• Positions patients for initial definition of tumor volume to be determined by physicians; Films specified treatment volume for review and approval by physicians.
• Marks/tattoos appropriate body anatomy for daily re-positioning on linear accelerator; Documents or captures patient measurements and machine treatment parameters for dosimetry planning and calculations; Acquires Computed Tomography machine data sets for patient positioning, contours and set-up parameters.
• Attends department in-services, conferences and meetings; Keeps abreast of new technology in field and assists in the development of new techniques through participation in research projects or educational demonstrations; Demonstrates knowledge of department treatment modalities and protocols in scheduling, set-up and treatment of patients.
• Performs daily quality assurance on linear accelerators, simulators and Computed Tomography machines to verify accurate output of designated parameters; Reports erratic operation of equipment to physics; Verifies operation of emergency shutoffs and interlocks; Reports any discrepancies to physics.
• Participates or provides assistance with in-vivo dosimetry measurements and special dosimetry.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Associate's Degree or Certification
• Experience: 2 years of experience as a staff therapist in a Radiation Therapy department with experience in linear accelerators and patient simulation
• Certification: American Registerd Radiologic Technologist required upon start; Basic Life Support (BLS) from American Heart Association (AHA) required upon start