Medical Dosimetrist

  • Medical Director
  • Los Angeles, California
  • 10/27/2024
  • Posted By: Kaiser Permanente (opens in a new tab)
  • Full Time
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.





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