Description
Renown Health, the largest, not-for-profit academic healthcare network in northern Nevada, is located in beautiful Reno-Tahoe – and we’re hiring talented healthcare professionals like you! Apply today to join our team and enjoy the rewarding opportunities a role with Renown can offer you both professionally and personally.
Committed to putting People First, Renown is proud to be recognized with the Best Employee Experience award by Ragan’s Workplace Wellness and Best Place for Working Parents®.
Up to $30,000 start-to-work and relocation assistance bonus!
About Position:
This position administers the prescribed therapeutic radiation dose to a predetermined treatment area for patients. You are also accountable for the localization procedures necessary for preparing the patients for radiation treatments, as well as, provide support, education and teaching to cancer patients and their families and are also required to assist in onboarding new team members and educate students.
Responsibilities:
- Evaluate and prioritize his/her job and must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care, based upon physical, motor/sensory, psychosocial, and safety appropriate to the age of the patient served.
- Provide optimal patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients and families and will meet standards of quality as measured by the unit/department age specific competency standards.
- Exceedingly accurate in all tasks, realizing the effects of their tasks.
- Responsible for administering radiation, performing localization, basic dosimetry, custom block fabrication, charting, performing nursing and secretarial support and other related tasks.
- Required to operate linear accelerators and simulators. Also operate electronic health records, record and verify system and other software programs within the department. In addition, the position requires skin instruction proficiency, phone, and EMR skills.
- Demonstrate proficiency in body mechanics, fire safety, infection control, patient safety and CPR.
- Complete annual core competencies, specific to department workflow, to work on completion of the Core RT Competency and the Development Ladder Skills for this level upon completion of Staff RT requirements. The Core RT Competency and Development Ladder will be completed within 3 months of completion of Staff requirements and then assessed annually after the first completion.
This position does provide patient care. Disclaimer: The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.
Qualifications - Required and/or Preferred
Education: Must have working-level knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing and speaking English. Graduation from an accredited Radiation Therapy Program is required.
License(s): State of Nevada license in Radiation Therapy is required upon hire.
Certification(s): AHA BLS and ARRT certifications are required upon hire.
Computer / Typing: Must possess, or be able to obtain within 90 days, the computers skills necessary to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc.
