Senior Radiation Therapist

## Senior Radiation Therapist Apply:
Onsite:
Boston-MA:
Full time:
Posted 21 Days Ago:
RQ4079836

Site:
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.
** Job Summary**$15,000 SIGN ON BONUS available! (current employees of MGB not eligible)    Who We Are    Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is an international leader in health care delivery. A 793-bed teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School in Boston, it is internationally renowned for excellence in patient care, groundbreaking biomedical research, and training the next generation of leading physicians and scientists.
The Radiation Oncology Department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital is one of the premier radiation treatment programs in the world. We service patients from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana-Farber, and Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Hospital.
Come join our dynamic team as a radiation therapist and practice at the top of your license by utilizing your expertise to deliver cutting-edge cancer care.
Primarily responsible for delivering high doses of ionizing radiation as prescribed by the Radiation Oncologist; performs radiation therapy duties characterized by a greater degree of work independence and less common radiation treatments; delivers planned courses of radiation therapy; maintains accurate records; verifies records and treatments; applies principles of radiation protection; regulates radioactive material; provides special procedures; provides quality assurance support.
Does this position require Patient Care? Yes

Essential Functions:

-Administers radiation therapy treatment accurately and safely, following departmental policy and procedure.
-Understands the function of all equipment, accessories, treatment policies, procedures, and protocols and applies knowledge appropriately.  
-Assists with the triage of emergent cases and demonstrates the ability to negotiate the scheduling of emergent cases with other care team members.
-Demonstrates appropriate knowledge of the principles of growth and development from all life stages, ranging from infancy to geriatric.
-Utilizes the Quality Assurance (QA) program to encompass all aspects of treatment, treatment delivery, and quality patient care
** Qualifications
* *** What You Will Do
** Under the direction of the Chief Therapist, the Lead Therapist will share in the management of a specific area.  The Lead Radiation Therapist will assume responsibility for specific activities related to maintaining the overall quality control of treatments, and the orientation, education, and supervision of Senior and Staff Radiation Therapists in the Department of Radiation Oncology. Specific responsibilities include development of unit programs and departmental policies.

These groups of activities will be delegated by the Chief Radiation Therapist and involve clinical responsibilities, administrative responsibilities, and general responsibilities.

May be required to demonstrate basic knowledge and skills in one or more specialty areas and programs, including but not limited to:

GE & Siemens Simulators Varian Linacs, including Ethos Tattoo-less treatments using AlignRT, Brainlab, SBRT, SRS/SRT, HDR, TBI, IMRT, VMAT, and Pediatric Anesthesia cases

Brachytherapy/HDROther opportunities for growth & training include:

MR Simulator MR…