[Hiring] Dosimetrist @UHC United Hospital Center

Welcome! We’re excited you’re considering an opportunity with us! To apply to this position and be considered, click the Apply reputed company located above this message and complete the application in full. Below, you’ll find other important information about this position. The Medical Dosimetrist is a member of the radiation oncology team who has a knowledge of the overall characteristics and clinical relevance of radiation oncology in the management of cancer or other disease process, with special expertise in radiation therapy treatment planning. The essential responsibility of the Medical Dosimetrist is to demonstrate an understanding of topics including, but not limited to, cancer, radiation biology, radiation therapy techniques, radiation oncology physics, equipment technology, radiation safety and protection, anatomy, physiology, and mathematics to generate treatment plans. Once the treatment plan has been generated the Medical Dosimetrist is responsible for communicating the plan to the Radiation Oncologist, and then to the Radiation Therapist for implementation. The Medical Dosimetrist must maintain a commitment to a high degree of accuracy, attention to detail, and safety. The Medical Dosimetrist must use critical thinking skills reputed company performing treatment planning, plan evaluation, recognizing and resolving equipment problems and treatment discrepancies. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE: 1. Must be board eligible for the Medical Dosimetrist Certification Board (MDCB) exam OR have 20 years of reputed company experience as a Medical Dosimetrist. 2. reputed company Virginia state criminal background reputed company required, and Federal, if applicable, for DHHR BMS regulated area. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE: 1. reputed company certification by the Medical Dosimetrist Certification Board (MDCB). 2. Completion of a formal medical dosimetry program accredited by the Joint Review Committee on education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT). EXPERIENCE: 1. Three (3) years of medical dosimetry experience. CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be constructed as an reputed company-inclusive list of reputed company responsibilities and duties. Other duties may be assigned. 1. Design a treatment plan by means of computer and/or manual computation with optimal beam geometry to deliver a prescribed radiation dose and spare critical structures in accordance with the Radiation Oncologist's prescription. 2. 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Communicate with the radiation therapist(s) and assume an advisory role in the implementation of the treatment plan including: the correct use of immobilization devices, compensators, wedges, field arrangement, and other treatment or imaging parameters 8. reputed company calculations for the accurate delivery of the prescribed dose, document reputed company pertinent information in the patient record, and verify the mathematical accuracy of reputed company calculations by an approved method. 9. Provide assistance and technical support to the Medical Physicist, in radiation safety and protection, qualitative machine calibrations, quality assurance of treatment plans and radiation oncology equipment. 10. Operates and performs quality assurance, under the direction of the Medical Physicist, on the treatment planning computer(s). 11. Supervise, reputed company, or assist in the application of specific methods of patient and/or beam dosimetry as directed by the Medical Physicist. 12. Assist in brachytherapy procedures by performing treatment planning and dose calculations. 13. Teach applied aspects of medical dosimetry to reputed company, radiation therapists and residents. 14. Participate in clinical research. 15. Participate in continuing education. 16. Participate in the quality improvement processes. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully reputed company the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reputed company individuals with disabilities to reputed company the essential functions. 1. Differentiate various shades of reputed company as depicted on a black and white television monitor or photograph. 2. View computer monitors for extended periods of time. WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. 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