Radiation Therapist, Lead

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is Louisiana’s leading cancer care organization, caring for more patients each year than any other facility in the region. And with strategic hospital and physician partnerships, we are delivering on our mission to improve survivorship and lessen the burden of cancer.

Mary Bird Perkins and its partners work together to provide state-of-the-art treatments and unparalleled collaborative, comprehensive cancer services. This culture of innovation helps attract the best cancer minds in the country, from expert physicians and highly specialized scientists to forward-thinking leaders in supportive care and other disciplines.

Together, with our hospital and physician partners, we are one-hundred percent focused on cancer care.

Why Join Us? We are looking for talented and highly-motivated individuals who demonstrate a natural desire to support the meaningful work of community oncologists and the patients we serve.

Job Description:

SCOPE: Responsible for supervision, coordination, and evaluation of the BR radiation therapy. Coordinates activities within the radiation treatment area, responsible for staffing and coverage of linear accelerators. Ensures highest quality of delivery of prescribed does of radiation therapy to patients. Acts as liaison between physicians, and dosimetry staff and radiation therapist.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Technical Management

2. Personnel Management

3. Administration of radiation treatments

4. Administration

5. Student programs

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduate of a AMA accredited program in radiation therapy or suitable equipment
• Minimum of 3-5 years experience in radiation therapy. Supervisory experience preferred
• Registered by ARRT with current license by the state of Louisiana in radiation therapy with minimum five years' experience in radiation therapy and licensed by the state of Louisiana in radiation therapy.
• Proficiency on all Elekta linear accelerators as well as simulator or CT simulator.
• Exposure of Nucletron HDR machine and Gamma knife preferred.