Springfield Clinic·Springfield, Illinois
The radiation therapist provides safe and accurate radiation treatment to patients, recognizing essential patient conditions for successful procedures and communicating effectively among team members. Responsibilities include receiving orders, performing planning CT scans, constructing immobilization devices, delivering prescribed therapy, and evaluating image quality.
The radiation therapist is responsible for providing safe and accurate radiation treatment to patients with compassion. A radiation therapist recognizes patient conditions essential for the successful completion of simulation and treatment, communicates information among team members, and fosters a collegial working environment.
Job Relationships: Reports to the Operations Manager, works directly with Radiation Oncologists, Physicists, & Lead Therapist
Principal Responsibilities
Receive, relay and document verbal, written and electronic orders in the patient's radiation oncology record.
Corroborate a patient's clinical history with procedure and ensuring information is documented and available for sure by a licensed practitioner and verifies informed consent for applicable procedure.
Accurately explain simulation/treatment procedures to patients/family prior to beginning procedure.
Perform planning CT scans and apply ionizing radiation to patients in accordance with the prescription and instruction of the provider.
Construct/prepare immobilization, beam directional and beam modification devices.
Deliver radiation therapy treatments as prescribed by a radiation oncologist.
Participate in brachytherapy and other procedures as needed.
Evaluate images for technical quality and ensuring proper identification is recorded.
Report all equipment issues to the Radiation Physicist, Operations Manager or Lead Therapist. Communicate all information concerning equipment issues to the service engineers.
Use imaging technologies for the explicit purpose of simulation, treatment planning and treatment delivery as prescribed by a radiation oncologist.
Detect and report significant changes in patients' conditions and determining when to withhold treatment until the radiation oncologist is consulted.
Perform Quality Assurance tests that are required by the physicians and physicists.
Submit charges on each patient for treatments delivered.
Apply the principles of patient safety during all aspects of patient care.
Comply with the Springfield Clinic incident reporting policy and procedures.
Adhere to all OSHA and Springfield Clinic training & accomplishments as required per policy.
Provide excellent customer service and adhere to Springfield Clinic's Code of Conduct and Ethics Standards.
Perform other job duties as assigned.
Candidates must have a High School Diploma or GED and be a graduate of an accredited education program in Radiologic Technology/Radiation Therapy. Required knowledge includes human anatomy, oncology, radiobiology, radiation physics, and proficiency with equipment like simulators and linear accelerators.
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