Radiation Therapist Lead
US-TX-LAKE JACKSON
commonspirit_careers
Req #: 384170
Type: Day
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Overview: St. Luke's Health-Brazosport Hospital is located on a beautiful 25-acre campus in Lake Jackson Texas. Offering state-of-the-art diagnostic and comprehensive treatment services our hospital is home to a 154-bed patient tower level III trauma center advanced cardiac care center and full-service multidisciplinary cancer center. Our team consists of over 100 board-certified physicians and nearly 600 highly skilled employees to meet our patients' medical needs. South Brazoria County's premier healthcare system St. Luke's Health-Brazosport Hospital is dedicated to providing quality care with compassion for the communities we serve. Responsibilities: The Radiation Therapy Lead performs a coordination role for activities associated to deliver radiation therapy to presenting patients ‐ Patient scheduling of CT and radiation therapy delivery, supply management, education of radiation therapy staff. With the medical physicist the Chief radiation therapist monitors to maintain a safe environment for patients and staff, and assures that required quality assurance activities are integrated, measured, audited and reported to the medical physicist. The Chief radiation therapist Participates in equipment evaluation, implementation of technological advances, and he/she Performs a collaborative role with Center management, physicians, Dosimetrist, physicists, and others to ensure efficient workflow, timely and accurate documentation, timely billing, and problem analysis to support the radiation therapy provision of service. * Supervises Radiation Therapists * Monitors patient treatment in accordance with specific department policies * Provides training in therapy delivery, equipment maintenance, inventory management, and patient scheduling. * Develops and monitors quality indicators, creates supportive policies/procedures for prescribed safe practice. * Provides competent leadership on a daily basis to support compliance with established hospital policies, procedures, objectives, and safety * Responsible to monitor therapist performance of radiation treatments and Oversees QA processes for operational * safety of radiation delivery. * Reports QA equipment variances to medical physicist for resolution * Responsible for par levels of supplies to support patient load. Qualifications: * Associate's Degree * Graduate of an Accredited School of Radiation Therapy * Registered by American Registry of Radiologic Technologist (ARRT) * Licensed by Texas Department of Health as a Certified * Medical Radiologic Technologist (MRT) * Licensed RRTThree (3) years related experience
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