Radiation Therapy Dosimetrist jobs in Boca Raton, FL

Radiation Therapy Dosimetrist calculates computerized isodose plans for radiation oncology patients. Computes standard dose calculations and determines computerized generation of isodose curves for external beam hyperthermia and brachytherapy radiation treatment programs. Being a Radiation Therapy Dosimetrist calculates treatment machine settings, documents calculations, and records treatment data in therapy chart. Interprets physician prescriptions to develop a therapeutic treatment plan. Additionally, Radiation Therapy Dosimetrist typically requires completion of a training program in medical dosimetry and ARRT registration in radiation therapy. Requires a bachelor's degree of physical or biological sciences. Typically reports to a manager or head of a unit/department. Radiation Therapy Dosimetrist's years of experience requirement may be unspecified. Certification and/or licensing in the position's specialty is the main requirement. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)

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Radiation Therapist
  • GenesisCare
  • Jupiter, FL FULL_TIME
  • At GenesisCare we want to hear from people who are as passionate as we are about innovation and working together to drive better life outcomes for patients around the world.

    Radiation Therapist
    Jupiter, FL

    Do your life’s best work!

    The Radiation Therapist coordinates, plans, and administers high quality and comprehensive age/disease appropriate radiotherapy to oncology patients of all age groups by utilizing equipment, computers, and established techniques to ensure a positive patient experience. Demonstrating radiation safety standards with patient and staff members is essential.

    What you’ll do:

    • Prepare or construct equipment, such as immobilization, treatment, or protection devices.
    • Position patients for Simulation and Treatment with accuracy, according to prescription
    • Administer prescribed doses of radiation to specific body parts, using radiation therapy equipment according to established practices and standards.
    • Properly document simulations, treatments and patient care activities in the EMR.
    • Assists other department with matters of proper documentation
    • Check radiation therapy and simulation equipment to ensure proper operation following established quality assurance and warm-up procedures.
    • Reports machine and equipment problems following the established procedure.
    • Review prescription, diagnosis, patient chart, and identification before initiating treatment.
    • Follow principles of radiation protection for patient, self, and others- ALARA.
    • Observe and reassure patients during treatment and report unusual reactions to physician.
    • Respond to medical emergencies by calling 911 and notifying the physician, nurse and supervisor on duty immediately. Document the time 911 is called and the time responders arrive.
    • Check for side effects, such as skin irritation, nausea, or hair loss to assess patients' reaction to treatment; notify appropriate staff (Lead/Sr. Therapist, Nurse or Physician)
    • Educate, prepare, and reassure patients and their families by answering questions, providing physical assistance, and reinforcing physicians' advice regarding treatment reactions or posttreatment care.
    • Efficiently coordinates and plans patient schedule(s) to optimize resources
    • Interacts with both internal and external customers professionally
    • Train or supervise students and assist with acclimating newly hired Radiation Therapists
    • Attend and participate in mandatory work related meetings and training sessions including Chart Rounds.
    • Perform documented chart reviews and reports issues to the Lead or Sr. Therapist.
    • Assigns Tasks using the electronic health record- EMR to communicate pending work.
    • Provide float coverage during idle time to other areas of operation.
    • Depending on the location the Radiation Therapist must be able to operate all types of radiation therapy machines and CT simulator technology at assigned location utilizing the latest treatment techniques including 3D Conformal, IMRT, SRS/SBRT, IGRT, and Brachytherapy
    • Cross Training – develops plan with Lead or Sr. Therapist to cross-train on equipment and technology where unfamiliar, but allowed under licensure or certification.
    • Maintain a productive relationship with the physics and dosimetry departments. Follow established practice patterns to ensure the timely readiness of treatment plans, including QA for initiating patient treatment and follow-up.
    • Understands the possibility for after hours and weekend therapist coverage as assigned.
    • Follow the code of ethics and practice standards set by the ARRT and ASRT.
    • Compliant with all licensure and certification requirements to perform job as required by State law and company policy.
    • Monitors supply levels of department and reports to supervisor before zero inventories.

    Who you are:

    • Graduate of an approved School for Radiation Therapy.
    • ARRT Registered Technologist (T)
    • State licensed (mandatory where required)
    • Must be in good standing with all CE and license requirements.
    • CPR certified
    • Computer literate, to include experience with the following: Record and verify applications; treatment delivery applications; EMR; OWAN; GenesisCare Email; DTS; Intranet; MS Office Suite

    What’s in it for you:

    • Own your development, learn every day and be part of GenesisCare’s rapid growth
    • Internal career development opportunities globally in USA, UK, Spain & AU
    • Thriving close-knit culture and communities and supportive environment with encouragement to live your highest potential
    • Ongoing opportunities for professional development to keep up to date with current clinical practices in a rapidly developing global organisation
    • A rewarding purpose-led organisation that provides positive outcomes to patients everyday
    • The opportunity to work for one of the most influential healthcare providers pioneering the way forward in innovation for cancer treatments & heart disease
    • Fast paced, high performing & agile working culture with lots of change due to our rapid growth
    • All employees and their family members have access to free confidential support that is completely external to GenesisCare including financial, nutritional and wellbeing coaching, legal advice & counselling
    • Learn and grow with our award-winning development programs
    • Free access to thousands of LinkedIn training courses

    Who we are:
    We are 6000 highly trained healthcare professionals and support staff across the United States, Australia, the U.K, Spain and China, designing cancer and heart disease treatments to help patients achieve the best possible life outcomes.

    Global care
    Across the world, we have more than 580 centres to help us bring the right care to our patients. Every year our team sees more than 1.4 million patients globally across our Oncology, Cardiology & Sleep Medicine Centres.

    People centricity is at the heart of what we do and we pride ourselves on making our people a priority, whether that be a patient or an employee. We aim to build culture of ‘care’ that is patient focused, and performance driven. Our people promise is “do your life’s best work, by always growing, having a profound human impact and making great things happen together.” If you’d like to truly make a difference, join us at GenesisCare!

    Please be vigilant of online scams impersonating GenesisCare. Please note that we will only contact qualified applicants via an official GenesisCare email account ending in genesiscare.com or via an official Workday email ending in Workday.com.

    GenesisCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

    Job Type: Full-time

    Work Location: In person

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Radiation Therapist
  • GenesisCare
  • Beach, FL FULL_TIME
  • At GenesisCare we want to hear from people who are as passionate as we are about innovation and working together to drive better life outcomes for patients around the world. Radiation TherapistWest Pa...
  • 8 Days Ago

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Occupational Therapy Assistant
  • Ageility Physical Therapy Solutions
  • Boca Raton, FL FULL_TIME
  • Full time COTA Opportunity!* 40 hours weekly* No nights, holidays or weekends required* Full benefits* 1:1 treatments - no groupsWhat are you waiting for – Apply now! What You’ll Do Occupational Thera...
  • 21 Days Ago

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Physical Therapy Assistant
  • Ageility Physical Therapy Solutions
  • Boynton, FL PART_TIME
  • PRN Physical Therapist Assistant- No Nights! No Weekends! No Holidays! Flexibility! - About 16 hours weekly available- 1:1 treatments - about 1 patient per hourWhat are you waiting for – Apply now! Wh...
  • 22 Days Ago

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Occupational Therapy Assistant
  • Little Champs Therapy & Yoga
  • Boca Raton, FL PART_TIME,CONTRACTOR,FULL_TIME
  • About Us: At Little Champs Therapy & Yoga, our mission is to deliver exceptional pediatric therapy across a variety of community settings. Our comprehensive array of services encompasses Pediatric Phy...
  • 23 Days Ago

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Occupational Therapy Assistant
  • Ageility Physical Therapy Solutions
  • Beach, FL PART_TIME
  • PRN Opportunity* about 15 hours weekly* No nights, weekends or holidays required* 1:1 treatments - about 1 patient per hourAll the benefits of outpatient without the pressure to do 60 treatments per w...
  • 23 Days Ago

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Radiation Oncologist Opportunity minutes from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • GenesisCare
  • Pompano Beach, FL
  • GenesisCare is hiring a Radiation Radiation Oncologist to join an existing practice that covers two offices just of Fort...
  • 3/29/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Radiation Oncologist Opportunity In Boca Raton, Florida
  • GenesisCare
  • Boca Raton, FL
  • GenesisCare has a Radiation Oncologist opportunity in Boca Raton to join two well-established physicians. This is an exc...
  • 3/29/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Urology Opportunity with Well-established Practice in Lake Worth (Palm Beach County)
  • GenesisCare
  • Wellington, FL
  • GenesisCare is adding another Urologist to a 3 Physician-Urology practice in Lake Worth, Florida. The practice is well-k...
  • 3/29/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Radiation Therapist- FT- Days- MHW
  • Memorial Healthcare System
  • Pembroke Pines, FL
  • At Memorial, we are dedicated to improving the health, well-being and, most of all, quality of life for the people entru...
  • 3/29/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Medical Physicist
  • GenesisCare
  • Deerfield Beach, FL
  • At GenesisCare we want to hear from people who are as passionate as we are about innovation and working together to driv...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Radiation Therapist- FT- Days- MHW
  • Memorial Healthcare System
  • Pembroke Pines, FL
  • At Memorial, we are dedicated to improving the health, well-being and, most of all, quality of life for the people entru...
  • 3/25/2024 12:00:00 AM

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 29.1 sq mi (75.4 km2), of which 27.2 sq mi (70.4 km2) of this is land and 1.9 sq mi (5.0 km2) of it (6.63%) is water. Boca Raton is a "principal city" (as defined by the Census Bureau) of the Miami metropolitan area. Approximately 1 sq mi is on the barrier island Deerfield Beach Island (DBI), also colloquially known as Deerfield Cay. Like other South Florida cities, Boca Raton has a water table that does not permit building basements, but there are several high points in the city, such as 4th Avenue which is aptly named "Hig...
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Income Estimation for Radiation Therapy Dosimetrist jobs
$119,546 to $141,698
Boca Raton, Florida area prices
were up 1.5% from a year ago

Radiation Therapy Dosimetrist in Pocatello, ID
This is professional work in the development of individual radiation treatment plans.  Provides technical information and support to radiation therapists, physicians, and physicists; performs simple three dimensional conformal (3-D) and Volumetric Arc treatment planning (VMAT) and dose calculations for patients receiving radiotherapy; accepts assigned responsibilities for quality assurance radiation therapy procedures under the direction of the chief physicist.
December 02, 2019
Radiation Therapy Dosimetrist in Rochester, MN
If you have a bachelor’s degree in radiation therapy or radio technology, this program is a way for you to take the next step in your career.
February 24, 2020
Radiation Therapy Dosimetrist in Denver, CO
A radiation oncologist will prescribe a particular dose of radiation based on the location and size of your tumor.
February 19, 2020