Medical Dosimetrist - Radiation Therapy - Bayfront Health

Position Summary

The Medical Dosimetrist is responsible for administering radiation dose distributions and making dose calculations used in radiation therapy.

Responsibilities

Administrative:• Assists in the development and implementation of operating procedures for the safe use of all ionizing radiation producingequipment in the department.• Responsible for the monthly statistical analysis of all treatments and their accuracy and recommendations for improving and/orchanging procedures where necessary.• Assists the medical physicists in designing and delivering the in-house training for all staff members working with or around any formof ionizing radiation.• Participates in formulating policies and procedures for the department as pertaining to medical dosimetry procedures, including thesafe use of radioactive materials and ionizing radiation producing equipment in compliance with state of Florida, Department ofHealth, rules and regulations.• Responsible for the quality assurance checks on the treatment planning computers used in dosimetry, used to calculate and displayindividual patient treatment schemes and for collating and analyzing the data.• Assists generally in the overall maintenance and implementation of charge capture system for all aspects of radiation therapytreatments, simulations and dose calculations and checking.Consultative:• Works with radiation oncologists on individual patient treatments using all of the treatment modalities available in the department.• Discusses patient diagnoses with the radiation oncologists to determine how to best accomplish the goals of treatment for eachindividual patient and be capable of relaying this information to dosimetrists, treatment and simulation therapists and others whomay be directly involved in the actual treatment.• Provides guidance and/or assistance to the radiation therapists in all simulation procedures required to obtain the necessary data toproduce plans for the prescribed treatments.• Provides guidance and/or assistance to the radiation therapist in all treatments to ensure proper and accurate deliverance oftreatments as planned.• Works with the medical physicist in developing and implementing operating procedures for the safe use of all treatment machinesand radioactive materials used to treat patients.• Works with the medical physicists in developing and maintaining a quality assurance program for accurate beam alignment in patientset-ups, monitor unit/time settings, laser alignments, dose calculations, isodose distributions and treatment planning computeraccuracy.• Assists in the development and implementation of new treatment techniques such as LDR, HDR, stereotactic radiosurgery, IMRT,IORT, TBI, and tomotherapy.Treatment Planning:• Coordinates treatment simulations and tumor localization on dedicated devices, including CT and MRI when indicated for treatmentplanning.• Designs treatment techniques by means of computer and/or manual computations that will deliver the radiation dose prescribed bythe radiation oncologists.• Performs dose calculations to deliver the prescribed dose and independently verify the mathematical accuracy of all calculations.• Completes the patient treatment record with the specific details of the treatment and document same in the patient’s treatmentchart either on a treatment sheet or in a record and verify computer or both.• Assists in the planning and production of any beam modifying devices including multileaf collimator, custom blocks, compensatingfilters, custom focused blocks, wedges, brachytherapy molds, custom bolus and immobilization devices including but not limited tocasts, aquaplast masks and alpha cradles.• Performs any special calculations or measurements such as spinal cord doses, abutting field gaps, SSD changes and electron blockcalibrations.

Qualifications

Education/TrainingA graduate of an approved affiliated university or approved affiliated hospital medical dosimetry program with clinical andclassroom curriculum of twelve months or longer.ORA registered radiation therapist with on the job training in dosimetry of twelve months under the supervision of a certified medicaldosimetrist, medical physicists or radiation oncologist and an additional one year of practical, supervised experience in medicaldosimetry.ORA Bachelor’s degree in physical sciences with on the job training in dosimetry of twelve months under the supervision of a certifiedmedical dosimetrist, medical physicist or radiation oncologist and an additional one year of practical, supervised experience inmedical dosimetry.

 

Licensure/CertificationEligible for certification by the Medical Dosimetry Certification Board. Renewed every five years.

 

ExperienceDosimetry School -- one year of school plus one year of clinical experience.Bachelor’s degree in a physical