Medical Dosimetrist

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 :

• 4 ten hour shifts.
• Will consider remote work. will consider home base : LA, Anaheim, or Ontario.
30+ days ago