Location
High Point, NC | United States
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Job Description
Join our dynamic team as a PRN, Radiation Therapist and become an integral part of our mission to deliver cutting-edge cancer care.
Position Highlights: - Shift Schedule: PRN, various shifts as needed
- Location: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem Campus and other locations as needed, such as High Point Medical Center and Lexington Medical Center
What You'll Need: - Associate's Degree in Radiation Therapy Required, Bachelor's Degree in Radiation Therapy Preferred
- Registered & Certified as a Radiation Therapy Technologist by the ARRT or Deemed Registry Eligible & able to sit for the Radiation Therapy Certification Exam
- Valid CPR Certification - BLS
- Effective communication and collaboration skills to foster effective teamwork environment
- Proficient in organization, analytics, basic computer use, and troubleshooting as needed;
Job Responsibilities (include, but are not limited to)
: - Precise Radiation Therapy Technique: Administers prescribed radiation therapy, demonstrating expertise in equipment operation, human anatomy, and patient positioning for effective treatments.
- Efficient Care Management: Manages simulation and treatment schedules to ensure efficient, appropriate patient care.
- Optimal Patient Setup: Conducts simulations to optimize patient setup for radiation treatments.
- Comprehensive Treatment Compliance: Ensures radiation therapy follows the prescribed plan for positive patient outcomes.
- Patient Education Advocate: Educates patients and their families to enhance compliance with care plans.
- Continuous Skill Enhancement: Stays up-to-date on skills and techniques in the field of radiation therapy; Commits to professional development to maintain technical knowledge to educate other staff members, as well as self.
- Organized Workplace Environment: Keeps supplies and equipment organized to promote a positive work setting.
This position involves the possibility of high-stress situations, as well as frequent exposure to infections, hazardous substances, occasional radiation, and possible toxic chemicals. It also includes the risk of injury from equipment, exposure to unpleasant elements, handling varying potential crises, irregular hours, and potential need for judgment/actions that could impact patient outcomes, including the possibility of patient fatality.
If you are a Radiation Therapist looking to make a difference in patient care, we welcome you to be a part of our team at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Join us and experience the fulfillment of providing exceptional healthcare in a supportive and dynamic environment. Apply today!
About Us Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's two main components are an integrated clinical system - anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem - that includes Brenner Children's Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.
Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.
This means that although you are applying on the Wake Forest Baptist Health Career Site, you receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process, and thanks in advance for your flexibility.
About the Team Mission, Vision and Culture Commitments Mission To improve health, elevate hope and advance healing - for all.
Vision To be the first and best choice for care.
Culture Commitments We create a space where all Belong
We Work as One to make great things happen
We earn Trust in all we do
We Innovate to better the now and create the future
We drive for Excellence - always
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