Radiation Therapist Lead

Mclaren-Health-Care; Petoskey (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Housing stipend

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Michigan seeks a Radiation Therapist to administer daily treatments and simulations, ensuring safe, high-quality patient care. You will support chart reviews, treatment verification, and patient comfort while maintaining efficient room flow.

Required are an associate degree in radiation therapy, ARRT board certification, and 5+ years of experience with leadership; a bachelor’s degree and ASRT membership are preferred.

Qualifications

• Board certified in radiation therapy from ARRT.
• BLS certification for healthcare provider or obtained within 6 months.
• Five years of experience as a board-certified radiation therapist, with leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Administers daily radiation treatments and simulations as prescribed.
• Performs QA testing on linear accelerator for accuracy.
• Maintains patient charts and treatment records for quality care.
• Monitors patient status and ensures timely, safe treatment delivery.
• Trains new staff and supports department quality initiatives.

Skills

Radiation therapy

Leadership

Patient care

Education

Associate degree in radiation therapy

Bachelor’s degree in radiation therapy

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.

$30,000 Sign on Bonus + 6 month housing stipend

Works under the leadership of the Manager and Medical Director to provide, to patients of all ages, patient care and care support processes of radiation treatments, patient education, comfort/pain management, psychosocial management, wound/skin management and documentation in as safe, timely, accurate and cost effective manner.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Administers daily radiation treatments and perform simulations as prescribed by the radiation oncologist.
• Performs quality assurance testing on linear accelerator to ensure accurate treatments.
• Reviews patient charts and updates as needed to keep current. Monitors patients and reports changes to others. Reviews and verifies all charges for services rendered.
• Monitors patient and provides assistance as necessary to facilitate comfort during patient treatments. Documents all treatments, observations and changes in patient status
• Maintains schedule and treatment room flow to ensure all patients are treated in a timely manner. Prepares room and equipment to meet specific treatment requirements of each patient.
• Explains procedure to patient, means of communication during treatment and procedure to follow if emergency arises during treatment.
• Participates in port film imaging and monitors source to skin distances daily for changes for patient quality assurance purposes.
• Maintains patient markings so as to enhance treatment reproducibility.
• Obtains diode reading for each field on each patient for beam quality assurance.
• Performs other duties consistent with purpose of job as directed.
• Assists in quality control and performance improvement activities.
• Contributes to performance feedback, hiring decisions.
• Ensures standards are met (quality, timeliness, customer service, etc.).
• Evaluates and tests new procedures/processes.
• Orients and/or trains new staff.
• Problem solving capabilities.
• Subject matter expert/technical leadership.
• Work flow/distribution of work.
• Assists in assuring compliance with all regulatory and other agency requirements, laws, and statutes pertaining to the operation of the department.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Associate degree in radiation therapy.
• Board certified in radiation therapy from American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.
• BLS certification as healthcare provider or obtains within 6 months of employment as a radiation therapist.
• Five years prior experience working as a board-certified radiation therapist, including two years of demonstrated leadership.

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in radiation therapy.
• Active member of the American Society of Radiation Therapists (ASRT)

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26003949
• Daily Work Times: 8am - 4:30pm
• 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.

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout 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 classificationprotected by law.