Medical Dosimetrist Job Listing at Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles, CA (Job ID 3802852-2024-10-27)

Description

Job Summary:
Provides suitable treatment plans for radiation therapy patients and other physics support including the measurement, calibration, and generation of radiation dose distribution, and various quality assurance procedures.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Designs treatment plans by means of computer and/or manual computation that will deliver a prescribed dose and field placement technique in accordance with the Radiation Oncologists prescription to a defined tumor volume, with consideration to dose limiting structures.


• Performs calculations for delivery of prescribed dose and documents calculation in patients chart.


• Performs verification of mathematical accuracy of all calculations using established system.


• Serves as a resource to the therapists working in all areas including simulation, high dose rate, orthovoltage, and treatment.


• Coordinates treatment planning information between physicists, therapists, and physicians as necessary.


• Reviews patients charts after planning to ensure that simulation information is correct and reproducible.


• Prepare radiation oncology chart for patients with individualized treatment plans either external beam or brachytheraphy.


• Performs in-vivo dosimetry with TLDs or diodes and helps maintain the TLDs and diodes.


• Serves as a resource to the Radiation Oncology Aide.


• Assists physicists in annual/bi-yearly treatment machine calibrations.


• Helps to maintain statistics of brachytheraphy and intracavitary cases.


• Provides input to the technical supervisor for the completion of employee performance appraisals.


• Participates in panel interviews for open technical positions.

• Minimum one (1) year of clinical experience in dosimetry required (w/CMD). If applicant is graduated from credited/approved CMD training program, then it counts as 1 year clinical experience.


• Minimum one (1) year of experience working with linear accelerators. If applicant is graduated from credited/approved CMD training program, then it counts as 1 year clinical experience with Linacs

• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.

• Medical Dosimetrist Certificate

• Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply knowledge of computers, computer treatment planning, planning techniques and procedures.


• Knowledge of radiation physics, dosimetry and State, Federal, and local radiation regulations.


• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

• 4 ten hour shifts.


• Will consider remote work. will consider home base: LA, Anaheim, or Ontario.