Radiation Therapist PRN – Lagrange, GA at Wellstar Health Systems in LaGrange, Georgia

Job Description

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what’s possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people’s lives.

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Job Summary:

The PRN Staff Radiation Therapist in the Radiation Oncology Department applies ionizing radiation to a diverse population of patients in accordance with the prescription and instructions of the Radiation Oncologist. They must be capable of operating radiation-producing equipment utilizing radiation safety measures and be able to perform a series of complex and precise technical procedures.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

Participates in Quality Control monitoring.

• • Delivers consistent precise therapy to a designated treatment area.

• • Demonstrates skill in patient assessment, performing procedures and giving specialty care to patients, considering the age of the patient and appropriately adopts care for age (adolescent, adult and geriatrics).

• • Documents appropriately in Electronic Medical Record (EMR)

• • Demonstrates a willingness to perform additional tasks and gives assistance when necessary to others.

• • Recognizes own limitations and/or needs and seeks assistance as needed.

• • Reports adverse reactions to physician immediately and follows policy and procedure (P/P) for documentation.

• • Educates patient/family on expected side effects, use of blocks, wedges and other treatment aids.

• • Follows P/P to ensure precise treatment per physician prescription.

• • Follows P/P to ensure precise treatment per physicists instruction in chart or computer.

Understands and completes correctly all patient set-ups

• • Simulates new patients and/or patients with new treatment fields with no errors and according to physicians written order in EMR.

• • Schedules patients appropriately and always lets patient know of any changes prior to changes being made.

Follows proper procedure to ensure safety to self and patient.

• • Assesses mobility of patients and manages accordingly, looks at EMR for fall precautions.

• • Wears radiation safety badges at all times.

• • Practices universal precautions.

• • Participates in daily warm-up procedures to ensure output is within tolerances

• • Advises manager of any discrepancies and any material item that needs replaced or fixed as soon as possible

Miscellaneous items

• • Will do other tasks as assigned

• • Participates in on-call rotation

• • Is active as a student clinical instructor with both RTT and RTR students. Will evaluate and give feedback to both students and Clinical Advisor.

• • Performs other duties as assigned

• • Complies with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education:

• • Associate’s Degree Required.

• • Must be a graduate from an accredited Radiation therapy program

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

• • ARRT-T – ARRT Radiation Therapy

• • BLS – Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS – Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I – Basic Life Support – Instructor

Required Minimum Experience:

• • Minimum 1 year experience in Radiation Therapy Required

Required Minimum Skills:

• • Demonstrates ability to treat/simulate patients

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