About this opportunity
Origin Travel Nurses lists this Radiation Therapist - Oncology opportunity in farmington, New Mexico. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Overview
A Radiation Therapist is a highly energetic and compassionate professional who prepares and conducts the treatment procedure on patients. Their engaged communication and supportive interactions with the patient are critical to sustain the restorative process and ensure proper departmental involvement. As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody the facility's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization. Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability, and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.
Required Qualifications
Completion of a formal program in Radiation Therapy
Registered through the American Registry of Radiologic Technologist (ARRT) as a Certified Radiation Therapist
Current New Mexico State license in Radiation Therapy
Fluent in English
Duties and Responsibilities
Treatment
Command and operate linear accelerator for the treatment of cancer patients
Set up and position patients for their daily treatments as outlined in the patient care plan
Schedule patients for their daily treatments
Call patients to schedule their simulations or treatments
Work closely with the Medical Physicist, Dosimetrist, and Radiation Oncologist
Review, edit, and credit technical charges at the conclusion of workday
Perform daily machine warm‑up and QA data checks
Be on call for any after‑hours emergency
Simulation
Operate conventional and/or CT simulators
Set up and position patients according to physician and/or dosimetrist instructions
Construct special treatment aids and devices
Communication
Effectively communicate with staff and patients
Inform the physician and/or nurse of any changes in the patient’s status during treatments
Explain to patients and/or family what will occur during the treatment process and answer any questions that may arise
Documentation
Maintain daily documentation in patients’ departmental treatment chart
Education and Continuing Competence
Maintain CEUs as required by the ARRT and the State of New Mexico
Attend patient care, quality assurance, and departmental staff meetings
Implement SJRMC’s Service Standards into daily work: Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship
Other duties as assigned
Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions
Physical Activities
All Cancer Center jobs may require lifting/pushing/pulling varying weights that may exceed two hundred (200) pounds
Activities may include intermittent or prolonged standing, walking, sitting, talking, hearing, pushing, pulling, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching with arms, and using the hands to handle or feel
Repetitive motions may also be required, such as wrist/hand movements, grasping, and finger dexterity (as typing, writing, etc.)
Work Environment
Expose risk of radiation, working near moving or mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock
The noise level may vary from very quiet to very loud
Sensory Requirements
Hearing
Must be able to hear alarms on equipment, fire alarms, overhead announcements; patient/family verbal discussions; instructions/feedback from other healthcare providers
Vision
Must be able to see and focus on close‑up and distant objects
Distinguish colors
Have intact peripheral vision
Depth perception: judge distance and spatial relationships
Location
City: Farmington
State: NM
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
KRUCIAL RAPID RESPONSE IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER WHERE ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WILL RECEIVE CONSIDERATION FOR EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, NATIONAL ORIGIN, DISABILITY, OR VETERAN STATUS. AS A FEDERAL CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR, KRUCIAL RAPID RESPONSE SHALL ABIDE BY THE REQUIREMENTS OF 41 CFR 60‑1.4(A), 41 CFR 60‑300.5(A) AND 41 CFR 60‑741.5(A). THESE REGULATIONS PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS BASED ON THEIR STATUS AS PROTECTED VETERANS OR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ALL INDIVIDUALS BASED ON THEIR RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR NATIONAL ORIGIN.
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Worksite address
farmington, NM, 87499, US
Who can apply
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