Medical Dosimetrist
Primary Location Ontario, California
Worker Location Flexible
Facility Ontario - Vineyard Medical Offices - A
Job Number 1341127 Date posted 03/04/2025
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Description:
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.
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.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- 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
Education
- High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.
License, Certification, Registration
- Medical Dosimetrist Certificate
Additional Requirements:
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- N/A
Notes:
• 4 ten hour shifts.
• Will consider remote work.
• Will consider home base: LA, Anaheim, or Ontario.
Primary Location: California,Ontario,Ontario - Vineyard Medical Offices - A
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
Working Hours Start: 07:30 AM
Working Hours End: 06:00 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Flexible
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-SCAL-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: Ontario Vineyard MOB - Radiation Therpy- Regular Clin - 0806
Pay Range: $66.49 - $85.93 / hour
Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.
Travel: No
Flexible: Work location is on-site at a KP location, with the flexibility to work from home.
Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.
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Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.
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