Job description

Work Type: FULL TIME
Work Schedule: DAYS
Location: CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
Position Summary:
Major responsibility includes accurate administration of ionizing radiation to a prescribed area according to the prescribed dose. Educates and informs patients and their families in all aspects of their radiation treatments and refers them to RN, PA, RD, or MD as indicated. Accurately maintains daily treatment schedule for each patient in assigned area. Verifies the accuracy of daily treatment delivery, and charge capture in the Oncology EMR system.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Clinical Education. Thorough knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and clinical oncology required. Must understand radiation physics, radiation safety, and basic dosimetry theories. Must demonstrate safe and proper operation of linear accelerators and simulator equipment. Must be able to follow complex written and verbal instructions setting up patients for radiation therapy treatments. Must be able to work with little supervision and efficiently maintain daily appointment schedule. Must demonstrate the ability to communicate with patients from various socio/economic backgrounds and coping abilities, physicians, nurses, and other staff members. Demonstrates knowledge of growth and development and understand the range of treatment needed for all age groups.
Required Education, Licenses, and Certifications:

• Associate's Degree Radiologic Technology

• AMERICAN REGISTRY OF RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS

OR ELIGIBLE AND MUST PASS EXAM WITHIN ONE YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT

• BASIC LIFE SUPPORT

Preferred Education, Licenses, and Certifications:

• Bachelor's Degree Radiologic Technology

Other Information:
Much of the time is spent standing or walking. Significant bending and lifting required. High visual acuity needed to assess portal images, review documentation, computer work, block fabrication and adjustment. Must have good audio perception to hear verbal orders as well as able to monitor patient audibly as well as visually during treatments. Must be able to read and comprehend technical information. Must work with equipment that produces radiation and or radioactive materials. Must be able to work primarily with adult cancer patients, HIV patients, and the terminally ill patient, and possible contact with infectious blood or body fluids. Must be able to work under stressful situations.
*About Cape Fear Valley Health System*
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• For exceptional healthcare come to Cape Fear Valley Health - where caring employees provide exceptional healthcare to all our patients. At Cape Fear Valley Health, our goal is to improve the quality of every life we touch. To achieve that, our doctors, nurses and staff are committed to excellence in every aspect of the healthcare process. Our values of patient-centeredness, integrity, innovation, teamwork, diversity, and accountability help us create a better experience for every patient, every time. At Cape Fear Valley, our employees and physicians proudly serve a seven-county region of southeastern North Carolina, including Fayetteville, Fort Bragg, Hope Mills, Raeford, Lumberton, Elizabethtown, Clinton, Lillington, Dunn and beyond. Our medical facilities include Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital, Cape Fear Valley Rehabilitation Center, Behavioral Health Care, Bladen County Hospital, Hoke Hospital, Central Harnett Hospital, Betsy Johnson Hospital, as well as several medical offices and specialty clinics spread throughout the Cape Fear region. Since 2017, we have had a graduate medical education program that is home to more than 180 residents and fellows who participate in nine areas of concentration, including Internal medicine, emergency medicine, OB/GYN, general surgery, transitional year, psychiatry, podiatry, cardiology, and child adolescent psychiatry.*
• *Screening Requirements: Drug Screen, Background Check, License and Employment reference verification.

Cape Fear Valley Health System is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

Job Type: Full-time

Work Location: In person

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