Job Description:
Responsible for coordinating, planning and administering accurate radiation treatment to patient.
Collaborate in a multi-disciplinary team to provide clinical support throughout patients’ course of radiation therapy.
Responsibilities:
To perform CT-simulation, treatment device construction, dosimetry calculation for the delivery of radiation treatment based on department treatment protocol and plan approved by the Radiation Oncologist.
To operate radiation therapy machine and other supportive equipment in accordance with the department standard operation protocols and radiation safety practice.
To adhere to safe radiation practices, occupational health hazards prevention and infection control precautions.
To perform quality assurance check on radiation therapy equipment to ensure proper operation, policies, and protocols of patient care.
To maintain accurate record and documentation of radiation dose delivered to patient.
To maintain high standards of patient care, clinical communication and the timely escalation of management of patients’ side effects.
To guide and mentor student Radiation Therapist assigned to unit.
To participate in departmental / Radiation Therapists' professional development, education and research activities.
To assume additional responsibilities assigned by supervisor.
Qualifications:
Bachelor Degree in Medical Radiation Technology or related fields.
3 years of clinical experience in Medical Radiation Therapy preferred. Fresh graduates will be considered for entry positions.
Competent in clinical radiation therapy to perform pre-treatment and treatment delivery procedures to patient.
Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Service oriented and customer focused and willing to work as a team.
About the NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
The National University Hospital is a tertiary hospital and major referral centre with over 50 medical, surgical and dental specialties, offering a comprehensive suite of specialist care for adults, women and children. It is the only public hospital in Singapore to offer a paediatric kidney and liver transplant programme, in addition to kidney, liver and pancreas transplantation for adults.
The Hospital was opened on 24 June 1985 as Singapore’s first restructured hospital. Each year, the Hospital attends to more than one million patients.
As an academic health institution, patient safety and good clinical outcomes are the focus of the Hospital. It plays a key role in the training of doctors, nurses, allied health and other healthcare professionals. Translational research is pivotal in the Hospital’s three-pronged focus, and paves the way for new cures and treatment.
A member of the National University Health System, it is the principal teaching hospital of the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and the NUS Faculty of Dentistry.
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