Radiation Therapist - Linear Accelerator - Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center - Days - Per Diem

**Facility:** Cancer Center**City** Chula Vista**Department****Job Status**Per Diem**Shift**Day**FTE**0**Shift Start Time****Shift End Time**Certified Radiologic Technologist (CRT) - CA Department of Public Health; Certified Radiation Therapy (T)(ARRT) - ARRT; AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association; Bachelor's Degree**Hours** **:****Shift Start Time:**Variable**Shift End Time:**Variable**AWS Hours Requirement:**8/40 - 8 Hour Shift**Additional Shift Information:****Weekend Requirements:**No Weekends**On-Call Required:**No**Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):**$68.450 - $88.330 - $98.920The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant's years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.**Please Note:** As part of our recruitment process, you may receive communication from Dawn, our virtual recruiting assistant. Dawn helps coordinate scheduling for screening calls and interviews to ensure a smooth and timely experience. Rest assured, all candidate evaluations and hiring decisions are made by our recruitment and hiring teams.**What You Will Do**Performs procedures, setups, simulations, and prescribed treatments under the direction of the Radiation Oncologist, Physicist, or Lead Radiation Therapist to provide the highest level of care to Radiation Oncology patients.**Required Qualifications**+ Certified Radiation Therapy (T)(ARRT) - ARRT -REQUIRED+ AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED+ Certified Radiologic Technologist (CRT) - CA Department of Public Health -REQUIRED**Preferred Qualifications**+ Bachelor's Degree+ 1 Year experience as a Certified Radiation Therapist in a physician's office or hospital setting.**Other Qualification Requirements**+ Satisfactory completion of formal training program in a JRCERT/CHEA approved school and meets the requirements of an appropriate State and/or Federal mandated certification or equivalent. - Required**Essential Functions**+ Demonstrates initiative and teamworkFollows instructions and works with minimal supervision; complies with work schedules and deadlines. Consistently exerts positive energy to identify, recommend, and participate in problem resolution, in an objective manner.+ Department improvementParticipates in a pro-active manner, in both identifying concerns and offering solutions. Including the following meetings: Body Mechanics, Disaster Procedures, Fire, Safety, Hazardous Materials, and Infection Control.+ General supportInitiate supplies necessary for treatments.Assist in maintenance of inventory in clinical area.Assist in continuous quality improvement.Report equipment failure to supervisor.Maintains cleanliness.Accurately charges billing for procedures.+ Meeting attendanceDemonstrates an orderly and logical approach to resource utilization.Consistently utilizes time management skills to improve efficiency/ effectiveness ratio.Recognizes external factors and positively adjusts to change. Readily and willing adjusts to changes in the work environment.+ Patient careInterprets and performs prescribed treatment plan.Maintains pre-treatment and treatment records: for simple dose-calculations as required.Operates simulator/mold and treatment equipment.Assist in preparation of weekly chart rounds.Maintains daily treatment schedules.Fabricates immobilization/positioning and treatment devices, i.e.molds Vaclocs, and masks.Assist MD with treatment simulation and use of immobilization molds.Photographs patients for documentation purposes.Physician's orders are correctly interpreted 90-95% of the time.Reviewed annually for proficiency in treating adult and geriatric cancer patients.Ability to provide simple dose calculations for emergency setups.+ Patient satisfactionPatient satisfaction achieves oncology service-wide target. There is evidence of patient satisfaction through the following: verbal comments from patients themselves or through their physician, written feedback from patient evaluation cards, comments and scoring on AIDET surveys and Press- Ganey results.**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities**+ Knowledge of radiation therapy.+ Ability to keep neat, accurate records.+ Ability to follow physician's orders.+ Effective interpersonal and patient contact skills.Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class