Description

Job Summary:

Provides suitable treatment plans for radiation therapy patients and other physics support including the measurement, calibration, and generation of radiation dose distribution, and various quality assurance procedures.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Designs treatment plans by means of computer and/or manual computation that will deliver a prescribed dose and field placement technique in accordance with the Radiation Oncologists prescription to a defined tumor volume, with consideration to dose limiting structures.
• Performs calculations for delivery of prescribed dose and documents calculation in patients chart.
• Performs verification of mathematical accuracy of all calculations using established system.
• Serves as a resource to the therapists working in all areas including simulation, high dose rate, orthovoltage, and treatment.
• Coordinates treatment planning information between physicists, therapists, and physicians as necessary.
• Reviews patients charts after planning to ensure that simulation information is correct and reproducible.
• Prepare radiation oncology chart for patients with individualized treatment plans either external beam or brachytheraphy.
• Performs in-vivo dosimetry with TLDs or diodes and helps maintain the TLDs and diodes.
• Serves as a resource to the Radiation Oncology Aide.
• Assists physicists in annual/bi-yearly treatment machine calibrations.
• Helps to maintain statistics of brachytheraphy and intracavitary cases.
• Provides input to the technical supervisor for the completion of employee performance appraisals.
• Participates in panel interviews for open technical positions.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

• Minimum one (1) year of clinical experience in dosimetry required (w/CMD). If applicant is graduated from credited/approved CMD training program, then it counts as 1 year clinical experience.
• Minimum one (1) year of experience working with linear accelerators. If applicant is graduated from credited/approved CMD training program, then it counts as 1 year clinical experience with Linacs

Education

• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.

License, Certification, Registration

• Medical Dosimetrist Certificate
  

Additional Requirements:

• Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply knowledge of computers, computer treatment planning, planning techniques and procedures.
• Knowledge of radiation physics, dosimetry and State, Federal, and local radiation regulations.
• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Notes:

• Will consider remote work

Primary Location: California,Bellflower,Bellflower Radiation Oncology & MRI Cntr
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Working Hours Start: 07:30 AM
Working Hours End: 06:00 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Flexible
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-SCAL-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: BF RAD ONC CTR (LAMC) - Radiation Therpy- Regular Clin - 0806
Pay Range: $67.88 - $87.84 / hour Kaiser Permanente is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not include the value of our total rewards package. Actual pay determined at offer will be based on years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills and geographic location along with a review of current employees in similar roles to ensure that pay equity is achieved and maintained across Kaiser Permanente. Travel: No Flexible: Work location is on-site at a KP location, with the flexibility to work from home. Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.

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Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accreditation, and licensure requirements (where applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.

Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance with the Principles of Responsibility, adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty, shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.

Job duties with at least occasional or possible access to: (1) patients, the general public, or other employees; (2) confidential protected health information and other confidential KP information (including employee, proprietary, financial or trade secret information); (3) KP property and assets, for example, electronic assets, medical instruments, or devices; (4) controlled substances regulated by federal law or potentially subject to diversion.

Requisition #: 1417466

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