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Job Description
Provide radiation therapy to patients as prescribed by a radiologist according to established practices and standards. Duties may include reviewing prescription and diagnosis; acting as liaison with physician and supportive care personnel; preparing equipment, such as immobilization, treatment, and protection devices; and maintaining records, reports, and files. May assist in dosimetry procedures and tumor localization.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1124.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 84,980.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 40.00
- Currently, there are 17,450 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Radiation Therapists”.
Also Known As…
- Radiation Therapists
- Staff Radiation Therapist
- Senior Radiation Therapist
- Registered Radiation Therapist
- Radiation Therapy Technologist (RTT)
- Radiation Therapist
- Medical Dosimetrist
- Lead Radiation Therapist
- Computed Tomography Simulation Therapist (CT Simulation Therapist)
- Chief Radiation Therapist (Chief RT)
- Radiology Therapist
- Radiologic Therapist
- Radiation Therapy Technician
- Dosimetrist
Tasks for “Dosimetrist”
- Follow principles of radiation protection for patient, self, and others.
- Act as liaison with physicist and supportive care personnel.
- Check for side effects, such as skin irritation, nausea, or hair loss to assess patients' reaction to treatment.
- Train or supervise student or subordinate radiotherapy technologists.
- Schedule patients for treatment times.
- Calculate actual treatment dosages delivered during each session.
- Position patients for treatment with accuracy, according to prescription.
- Review prescription, diagnosis, patient chart, and identification.
- Photograph treated area of patient and process film.
- Check radiation therapy equipment to ensure proper operation.
- Assist in the preparation of sealed radioactive materials, such as cobalt, radium, cesium, or isotopes, for use in radiation treatments.
- Prepare or construct equipment, such as immobilization, treatment, or protection devices.
- Maintain records, reports, or files as required, including such information as radiation dosages, equipment settings, or patients' reactions.
- Provide assistance to other healthcare personnel during dosimetry procedures and tumor localization.
- Implement appropriate follow-up care plans.
- Help physicians, radiation oncologists, or clinical physicists to prepare physical or technical aspects of radiation treatment plans, using information about patient condition and anatomy.
- Educate, prepare, and reassure patients and their families by answering questions, providing physical assistance, and reinforcing physicians' advice regarding treatment reactions or post-treatment care.
- Administer prescribed doses of radiation to specific body parts, using radiation therapy equipment according to established practices and standards.
- Store, sterilize, or prepare the special applicators containing the radioactive substance implanted by the physician.
- Enter data into computer and set controls to operate or adjust equipment or regulate dosage.
- Observe and reassure patients during treatment and report unusual reactions to physician or turn equipment off if unexpected adverse reactions occur.
- Conduct most treatment sessions independently, in accordance with the long-term treatment plan and under the general direction of the patient's physician.
Related Technology & Tools
- Electrometers
- Radiation protection eyewear
- Workshop lathes
- Medical imaging fluoroscopes
- Daylight medical film processing equipment
- Body-fat calipers
- Digital cameras
- Respiration monitors
- Area radiation monitors
- Brachytherapy units
- Multi-monitor dosimetry systems
- Medical linear accelerator intensity modulated radiation therapy IMRT collimators
- Ultrasound imaging scanners
- Magnetic resonance imaging MRI systems
- Radiation therapy beam directing wedges
- Medical diagnostic x ray equipment
- Patient treatment area casts
- 35 millimeter cameras
- Protective medical gloves
- Lead alloy shielding blocks
- Multi-leaf radiation therapy collimators
- Computed tomography CT radiation therapy planning simulators
- Radiation shielding lead aprons
- Position verification lasers
- Patient positioning devices
- Treatment verification equipment
- Desktop computers
- Laboratory water baths
- Optical distance indicators
- Patient positioning headrests
- Laptop computers
- Dynamic phantoms
- Medical linear accelerator intensity modulated radiation therapy IMRT three dimensional units
- Wood chisels
- Band saws
- Beam direction shells
- Vacuum formers
- Immobilizing bite blocks
- Linear accelerator compensation filters
- Thyroid shields
- Solid state diode detectors
- Computed tomography CT scanners
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Cobalt radiation therapy machines
- X ray or fluoroscopy treatment planning simulators
- Patient positioning straps
- Treatment room intercoms
- Medical x ray image intensifiers
- Personal radiation monitors
- Drill presses
- Medical linear accelerator intensity modulated radiation therapy IMRT two dimensional units
- Dual diode dosimeter patient dose monitors
- Wireless patient dosimeters
- Heat guns
- Survey meters
- Power drills
- Patient positioning neck rests
- Computerized block cutting equipment
- Treatment planning software
- Virtual simulation software
- Dose unit calculation software
- Procedure scheduling software
- Radiation dose calculation software
- Sun Nuclear MapCHECK
- Radiation therapy equipment software
- Microsoft Word
- Lifeline Software RadCalc
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Image processing software
- Nucletron planning systems
- Beam analysis software
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Web browser software