Staff - Senior Medical Dosimetrist job at UPMC Health System in Greensburg, PA

Title: Staff/Sr. Medical Dosimetrist - (Palmer/Greenburg) Job Description: Job ID: Status: Full-Time Regular/Temporary: Regular Shift: Day Job Work Arrangement: Hybrid Facility: ONC00-UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Department: Treatment Planning Location: 200 Village Drive, Greensburg, PA Union Position: No Purpose: UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is internationally recognized for its leadership in the prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer and is the region’s only comprehensive cancer center designated by the National Cancer Institute. As the preeminent institution in western Pennsylvania for the delivery of cancer care, the performance of basic, translational, and clinical research, and the education of the next generation of cancer researchers and physicians, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is exceptionally well-positioned to contribute to the global effort to reduce the burden of cancer. UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is currently hiring a Full-Time Medical Dosimetrist to join our team in the East Region of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Network. The dosimetrist in this position will be based out of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at Palmer in Greensburg, PA, and will provide planning services for Palmer and other clinics in the region as needed. This role offers a hybrid work arrangement with on-site duties, work-from-home capability, and will work a regular Full-Time daylight schedule Monday through Friday. This position joins a Senior Medical Dosimetrist who is dedicated to this department and a larger team of 40+ dosimetrists across the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Network. Collaboration and remote support across the group is facilitated by our integrated ARIA/Eclipse and Citrix-based IT infrastructure, as well as standardized policies, procedures, and care pathways across UPMC. 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 include 3DCRT, IMRT, VMAT, SBRT, and motion management (e.g., respiratory gating and DIBH). The department averages 35-40 patients daily between two machines, a Varian TrueBeam, and a Varian Edge. 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. We offer a Dosimetry career ladder which allows our staff to grow within the field at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. The incumbent will be placed into the appropriate level of our Dosimetry Career ladder based on education and experience. Staff/Sr. Dosimetrist salary range between $48.08/hr. to $76.52/hr. Sr. level requires three (3) years of post-graduate clinical medical dosimetry experience. 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 modi Apply tot his job Apply To this Job