Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Radiation Oncology department is seeking a medical dosimetrist with Eclipse and Mosaiq experience. The Medical Dosimetrist works under the general supervision of the Medical Physicists, and generates treatment plans for external beam and brachytherapy patient treatments. The Dosimetrist is expected to remain current with technical developments, standards of practice, professional issues and changes in regulatory requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works with technical staff during patient simulation, when required

• Generates treatment plan as per physician’s prescription in consultation with physicist

• Performs independent plan check using the established method of the department

• Transfers approved plan data to the record and verify system (R&V)and verify data consistency with the approved plan

• Assists in setting up difficult treatment fields in the machine for the first treatment, when required

• Performs weekly chart-check. Attends weekly chart-round

• Assists preparation and loading of sealed sources for brachytherapy application

• Assists in brachytherapy procedure

• Assists planning and fabrication of blocks/cutouts, when needed

• Performs measurements, when needed

• Assists machine commissioning, acceptance testing, QA, etc.

• Assists data acquisition, data modeling and commissioning, etc.

• Prepares documentation, forms, etc.

• Follows patient’s confidentiality requirements

• Maintains department quality assurance protocols

• Maintains functionality of the planning system and peripherals

• Completes required continued education and training

• Provides emergency dosimetry coverage, when warranted

• Follows departmental policies and procedures

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science (Dosimetrist program, computer science, physics or physical science)

• Be eligible for the board certification.

• Computer (MS Office) and internet browsing skills.

• Good written and oral communication skills.

• Ability to work under stressful conditions is essential and must be detail oriented.

• Work thought out, planned in advance and successfully implemented to achieve efficiency and quality patient care. Work is completed in a timely manner; meeting deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certified by the Medical Dosimetrist Certification Board (CMD)

• At least one year of experience as medical dosimetrist.

• A graduate from The Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) program.

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination on the basis of their actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, age, disability, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, veteran, immigration, citizenship, or other protected status.

EOE including Veterans and Disabled

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The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.

• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.

• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.

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“About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”

EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans

Requisition ID : 2732484