Radiation Therapist

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the delivery of quality patient care through radiation therapy treatments
• Assist Radiation Oncologist and Clinical Physicist with preparation of radiation treatment plan
• Monitor the patient s physical and psychological well being during the entire course of treatment.
• Perform treatment simulations, fabricates all necessary shielding blocks, and maintain accurate EMR
• Cautiously and carefully position the patients such that the useful radiation beam is directed and limited to anatomical area to be treated
• Advice the patient regarding the side effects of the treatment
• Ensure that the patient receiving treatment understand the importance of treatment procedures
• Double check all the treatment parameters before setting the monitor unit according the prescribed treatment dose.
• Prepares equipment for patient treatments performing quality control and assurance tests, ensuring proper infection control techniques, and adheres to optimal radiation safety and protection practices.
• All activities reflect the philosophy, goals, objectives and standards of Zydus Hospital and nationally accepted standards of practice, provisions of quality patient care, environmental safety and inter-disciplinary cooperation.
• Perform and document the results of many routine tasks for the safe use of licensed material as established in the radiation safety program.
• Maintains professional working relationships with medical staff.

Working conditions

• Will work in different Shifts of 8.5 hours a day.
• May have to be on call in case of any emergency.
• Prolonged monitoring hours

Skills & Abilities

• Should have very good assisting skill.
• Should have basic knowledge of computers.
• Should be polite & good in communication while handling patient.
• Considerable individual initiative, reasoning skill, and sound judgment

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