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General Information

Work Location: Santa Clarita, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday through Friday, 7:00am to 5:00pm
Posted Date
10/23/2024
Salary Range: $66.04 - 87.12 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
indefinite
Job #
19993

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Play a vital role within a world-class health organization. advance our compassionate, award-winning care. Take your career to the next level. UCan do all this and more at UCLA Health.
 
In this role, you will work under the general supervisor of the Chief Radiation Therapy Technologist and your functions will include:
 
* Applying ionizing radiation according to MD's prescription
* Patient scheduling and appointments
* Performing dose calculations
* Treatment data entry
* Working with physicians, physicists and dosimetrists to perform simulations and treatment planning CT's
 
This position will be working in both Westwood and Santa Monica locations, as well as other future sites as assigned. *May be hired as Radiation Therapist if less than 5 years of experience.

Job Qualifications

Required:
  • American Registry of Radiologic Technologists certification 
  • California State License in Radiation Therapy
  • 5 or more years radiation therapy experience 
  • BLS/CPR from American Heart Association or American Red Cross
  • Ability to appropriately interact with and provide special assistance to various age groups of patients, i.e., pediatric and geriatric patients.
  • Knowledge of required response to internal and external disaster procedures as well as fire and life safety.
  • Skill in working with different types of treatment machines such as MR Scanner, CT Scanner, HDR units and Linear Accelerators and ability to recognize when hazardous conditions may exist.Ability to lift cerrobend blocks weighing up to 35 pounds.
  • Knowledge of basic physics as applicable to Radiation Therapy.
  • Ability to use an electronic calculator to perform dose calculations.Knowledge of a variety of treatment techniques to assist physicians in treatment planning to ensure optimum treatment is given to all patients.
  • Skill in recognizing and reporting any adverse patient therapy reactions.
  • Knowledge of the principles and applications of thermo-luminescent dosimeters.
  • Skill in reading documents written with medical terminology and ability to read and implement computer-generated physics treatment plans.
  • Knowledge of basic nursing procedures.
  • Working knowledge of University procedures regarding isolation of immuno-suppressed patients.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.