Posted: 20-Sep-24
Location: Santa Clarita, California
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: 142636948
At UCLA Health, we are dedicated to delivering compassionate, world-class care to our patients. As a leading academic medical center, UCLA Health is at the forefront of medical innovation, research, and education, consistently ranked among the top hospitals in the nation. We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment where healthcare professionals can thrive and make a meaningful impact.
Our ideal candidate will be proficient in IMRT, SBRT and 3D conformal radiotherapy planning.
If you have a passion for advancing patient care, pushing the boundaries of innovation, and contributing to a collaborative team dedicated to excellence, we would love to have you join us. Together, we can make a significant impact on the lives of our patients and the future of healthcare.
Senior Dosimetrist Salary: $77.07 - $101.68 hourly
Dosimetrist Salary: $73.70 - $88.10 hourly
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- Certification by the American Board of Medical Dosimetry or CMD eligible
- 3 years of full time dosimetry experience
- Knowledgeable in the operation of radiotherapy equipment, including linear accelerators, cobalt teletherapy units, simulators, osimetric equipment, brachytherapy equipment, computerized treatment planning systems, and record and verification/patient information management systems.
- Proficient in external beam and brachytherapy treatment planning.
- Ability to perform and analyze in-vivo and in-phantom measurements.
- Knowledgeable of current radiotherapy treatment techniques.
- Ability to assess and plot radiation dose distributions.
- Skill in providing treatment planning and dose-calculation services for patient treatment and diagnosis with external, interstitial, intracavitary, and distributed internal sources.
- Knowledge of the principles of radiation safety and Health Physics.
- Knowledge of human anatomy, physiology, clinical oncology, radiobiology, radiation physics.• Ability to exercise independent judgment and problem-solving in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care within the context of radiotherapy.
- Ability to work variable shifts, including evenings and weekends.
