McLaren Health Care

Radiation Therapist Lead

McLaren Health Care • $75K — $95K *
Petoskey, MI 49770In-Person
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5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Associate degree in radiation therapy.
  • Board certified in radiation therapy from American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.
  • BLS certification as a healthcare provider, or to be obtained within 6 months of employment.
  • Five years of experience as a board-certified radiation therapist, including two years in a leadership role.
  • Bachelor's degree in radiation therapy is preferred. Active membership in the American Society of Radiation Therapists (ASRT) is also preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Administer daily radiation treatments and perform simulations as prescribed by the radiation oncologist.
  • Conduct quality assurance testing on the linear accelerator to ensure treatment accuracy.
  • Review and update patient charts while monitoring and reporting changes in patient status.
  • Ensure patient comfort during treatments and document all observations and changes.
  • Maintain schedule and treatment room flow for timely patient care.
  • Explain procedures to patients and describe emergency protocols during treatment.
  • Participate in port film imaging and monitor source to skin distances for quality assurance.

Benefits

  • Participates in quality control and performance improvement activities.
  • Contributes to hiring decisions and provides performance feedback.
  • Assists in training and orientation of new staff members.
  • Engages in problem-solving and workflow distribution to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and standards.
Full Job Description
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)

About McLaren Health Care

McLaren Health Care Corporation is a Michigan-based, fully integrated health network committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 15 hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 490-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 620,000 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health and hospice providers, retail medical equipment showrooms, pharmacy services, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, one of only 51 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S. McLaren has 28,000 employees and more than 90,000 network providers throughout Michigan and Indiana.
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