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.

Primary Location: California,Los Angeles,4950 Sunset Radiation Center
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
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: 4950 Sunset Medical Office - Radiation Therpy- Regular Clin - 0806
Pay Range: $135500 - $175230 / hour The ranges posted above reflect the location in the job posting. The salary range may vary if you reside in a different location or state than the location posted.
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. At Kaiser Permanente, equity, inclusion and diversity are inextricably linked to our mission, and we aim to make it a part of everything we do. We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a more supportive partner in our communities we serve, and a more fulfilling place to work. Working at Kaiser Permanente means that you agree to and abide by our commitment to equity and our expectation that we all work together to create an inclusive work environment focused on a sense of belonging and wellbeing.

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Submit Interest

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