Job Summary:

Manages the day-to-day operations and supervises areas of clinical treatment and treatment planning within the Radiation Oncology Department. In cooperation with the Department Director, provides radiation therapy clinical operations/services that add value and are integrated with the organizations business, strategic, and operational goals and objectives.

Essential Responsibilities:

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• Administers policies, procedures and implementation of standards to ensure quality patient care by monitoring compliance on an ongoing basis, utilizing department and organizational standard operating procedures.
  
  
• Develops department clinical standards, clinical and operating procedures/policies.
  
  
• Ensures a competent, motivated staff through selection, orientation, training, development and supervision of technical employees in accordance with department and employee relations policies and procedures.
  
  
• Ensures effective communication channels by advising appropriate personnel on operational, procedural, and organizational policy issues, enabling effective and consistent service to patients and staff.
  
  
• Ensures appropriate structural, material and human resources needs by identifying and recommending such needs for higher level administrative approval within budgetary constraints.
  
  
• Manages assigned financial and physical department resources in a cost-effective manner in accordance with organizational needs and operating requirements.
  
  
• Monitors construction progress and associated purchasing activities for treatment and planning areas.
  
  
• Assures radiation safety to minimize unnecessary radiation exposure by conducting ongoing and special radiation surveys according to national, state and county regulations/standards.
  
  
• Develops timely and accurate workload reports through detailed analysis in accordance with department procedures; identifies and implements opportunities/strategies to improve productivity and effectiveness of administrative and clinical processes, systems and methods.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

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• Minimum five (5) years of experience completed within the last three (3) years as a Physicist, Radiation Therapist, Certified Medical Dossimitrist required.
  
  

Education

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• Medical Physicist Candidate:
  
  
• Masters or PhD as a Medical Physicist. OR
  
  
• Radiation Therapist/Dossimitrist Candidate:
  
  
• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.
  
  

License, Certification, Registration

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• Radiologic Technologist Certification from American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
  
  

Additional Requirements:

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• Demonstrated ability to utilize knowledge of radiation oncology procedures, radiation protection, radiation therapy equipment, accessories and clinical applications; and technological advances in radiation such as dynamic wedge and multileaf collimation.
  
  
• Ability to evaluate and recommend/purchase equipment.
  
  
• Knowledge of radiation therapy clinical functions and procedures/treatments.
  
  
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills with administrative staff, physicians and department staff.
  
  
• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

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• Minimum two (2) years of experience as supervisor in a Radiation Oncology Department strongly preferred.
  
  
• Fluoroscopy License preferred.