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Medical Dosimetrist - Shadyside

  • Job ID: 501461291
  • Status: Full-Time
  • Regular/Temporary: Regular
  • Hours: Monday - Friday daylight shift
  • Shift: Day Job
  • Facility: ONC00-UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
  • Department: Radiation Therapy
  • Location: 5230 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15232
  • Union Position: No
  • Salary Range: $38.32 to $64.85 / hour

Description

Purpose:

Medical Dosimetrist – Shadyside

We are seeking a clinically excellent medical dosimetrist to join our team at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at UPMC Shadyside.   The dosimetrist in this position will join a team of three dosimetrists at Shadyside and a larger team of 30+ dosimetrists across the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Network. 

UPMC Shadyside, the hub of the UPMC radiation oncology network, is an academic radiation oncology department with an active focus on patient care and clinical research.  The radiation oncology department treats with three Varian linear accelerators supported by an integrated ARIA/Eclipse infrastructure and is installing one of the world’s first RefleXion PET-linacs to enable biology-guided radiotherapy.  This dynamic department has a particular focus on the treatment of complex cases, stereotactic radiosurgery, and stereotactic body radiotherapy.

Job Summary

The medical dosimetrist is responsible for generating clinically optimal treatment plans for radiation therapy patients in collaboration with radiation oncologists, radiation therapy technologists, and medical physicists.  This includes participating in CT simulation, radiation treatment planning, quality management for radiation oncology patients, and communicating with the clinical team during treatment planning and treatment plan implementation.  Treatment techniques at UPMC Shadyside include 3DCRT, IMRT, VMAT, SRS, SBRT, and motion management (e.g., respiratory gating and DIBH). Medical dosimetrists at Shadyside also participate in clinical research as well as the education of residents and medical dosimetry trainees. 



Responsibilities:

 

  • Participates in acquisition of patient data via computer generated data sets from medical imaging devices such as CT, PET, MR, etc., or manual methods such as physical measurements and wire contours, and incorporation of these data into radiation treatment plans, calculations, and treatment devices.
  • Assists the RTT in the treatment simulation process including the use or necessity of ancillary treatment devices, patient immobilization techniques, and other patient positioning techniques as needed for simulation and treatment. Assists in fabrication of these ancillary treatment devices.
  • Contours and delineates clearly discernable normal critical structures and expanded planning structures using different imaging modalities.
  • Performs rigid and deformable image registration for multi-modality image sets.
  • Applies the principles and concepts of radiation physics in radiation treatment planning, which includes, but is not limited to: 2D treatment planning, 3D conformal treatment planning, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment planning, 4D treatment planning, volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) planning, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) planning, and brachytherapy treatment planning.
  • Applies knowledge of radiobiology with respect to dose tolerances, time dose fractionation calculations, hypofractionation, BED and EQD2 calculations and other applications of radiobiology to the radiation therapy treatment process.
  • Accurately performs radiation dose calculations, both manual and computer generated, for treatment delivery including the effects of beam modifying devices, irregular fields, gaps for adjacent fields, and off-axis calculations.
  • Participates in special treatment procedures including, but not limited to, total body irradiation (TBI), total skin electron irradiation (TSEI), intra-operative radiation therapy (IORT).
  • Assists with quality assurance procedures as directed by a qualified medical physicist.
  • Performs or assists with patient-specific radiation measurement including, but not limited to diodes, optically stimulated luminescent dosimeters (OSLD), ion chambers, thermo-luminescent dosimeters (TLD), or film measurements as directed by the MP.
  • Assists with high dose rate (HDR) and low dose-rate (LDR) brachytherapy procedures including patient set up, simulation, and treatment planning.
  • Participates in quality management in accordance with departmental policies, national guidelines, and accreditation standards.
  • Performs routine chart checks per departmental policy.
  • Participates in charge capture and generates documentation for billing in accordance with departmental policies.
  • Participates in clinical research for the development and implementation of new techniques in radiation therapy.
  • Participates in educational activities such as providing instruction and training to new staff members, physician residents, physicist residents, RTT trainees, and medical dosimetrist trainees.
  • Maintains an atmosphere of caring, concern, and support for patients, visitors, medical staff, and colleagues.
  • Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as directed by supervising medical physicists.
  • Adheres to high ethical standards in relation to patients, students, trainees, and colleagues.
  • Ensures accurate data transfer of patient and treatment plan information to clinical systems including but not limited to record and verify systems, imaging guidance systems, surface guidance systems, treatment delivery systems, and electronic medical record systems.

 

Qualifications

 

  • Bachelor's degree preferred.
  • Board certification by the Medical Dosimetrist Certification Board (MDCB).  Board eligible candidates must become board certified within two attempts in the first two consecutive years of employment.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
Certified Medical Dosimetrist (CMD) or board eligibility required. Must maintain adequate CE credits to retain certification. 

  • Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
  • Act 34

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

Individuals hired into this role must comply with UPMC’s COVID vaccination requirements upon beginning employment with UPMC. Refer to the COVID-19 Vaccination Information section at the top of this page to learn more.  

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