Butner Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Butner): FCC Butner is a well-established institution providing medical care for hundreds of federal inmates with complex health conditions in Butner, North Carolina. UHealthSolutions and its affiliate UMass Medical School provides all required services including oncology, renal care and nephrology, ophthalmology, cardiology, wound care, hepatology, orthopedics, physiatry, and more for other medical concerns. We are committed to working with the Bureau of Prisons to find collaborative solutions to improve health outcomes and service delivery for these inmates. Our approach to operating the FCC Butner facility encompasses the following core principles:

• Providing comprehensive, high-quality, responsive, and cost-effective services
• Protecting the BOP’s core safety and security mission
• Minimizing the BOP’s administrative burdens
• Supporting FCC Butner’s future clinical program and staff development

Position Summary:

The Medical Dosimetrist is a member of the radiation therapy planning team, familiar with the physical and geometric characteristics of the radiation equipment and radioactive sources commonly employed, with the training and expertise necessary to measure and generate radiation dose distributions, calculations and perform other physics related duties under the direction of medical physicists and radiation oncologists.

Major Responsibilities:

• Treatment planning by means of computer and/or manual computation that will deliver a prescribed dose to a defined tumor volume and provide adequate normal tissue sparing following the dose prescription specified by the radiation oncologist;
• Assists the technology staff in the implementation of the treatment plan including: 3D, IMRT, VMAT, Electron, Proton, HDR and SRS Planning, immobilization devices, field modifiers, field arrangement, verification and other treatment parameters;
• Assists in planning and fabrication of beam modifying devices;
• Assists in planning and fabrication of immobilization devices;
• Performs dosage calculations in the patient’s radiation therapy chart and verifies the mathematical accuracy of all calculations using a system established by a medical physicist;
• Provides technical assistance to the medical physicists when requested in radiation protection, qualitative and quantitative machine and radioactive source calibrations, and quality assurance of the radiation therapy equipment;
• Assists in the application of specific methods of dosimetry, ion chamber, or film to special clinical problems;
• Assists in intracavitary and interstitial sealed source procedures and in the subsequent manual and/or computer calculation of the dose distributions of these procedures.

Education:

• Required: 4-Year Degree from a Medical Dosimetry program
• Strongly Preferred: Recent graduate of a Bachelor’s level Medical Dosimetry program accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology

Position Qualifications:

Active State of North Carolina Radiation Therapy license; BLS/ACLS Certifications. Strongly Preferred: Certification and/or eligibility for the Medical Dosimetry Certification Board Exam

Required Skills:

• Proficiency in clinical medical dosimetry; computer literacy; excellent communication and patient/family interpersonal skills; strong mathematical and analytical skills
• Medical Dosimetry experience or externship in a clinical radiation oncology setting and/or Proton Therapy experience (strongly preferred)

Language Skills:

• Ability to read and communicate effectively in English
• Fluency in additional (second) language desirable

Professional Requirements:

• Demonstrates respect and civility in all interactions with others
• Adheres to dress code; appearance is neat and clean
• Completes annual educational requirements
• Wears identification while on duty
• Ensures compliance with policies and procedures

Additional Duties and Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates an “it’s my job attitude” by doing appropriate tasks that are not assigned and performing other duties as assigned.
• Works effectively and cooperatively in groups/teams.
• Takes appropriate actions to meet the needs and expectations of the customer.
• Interacts with employees, patients, physicians, and anyone else while at work in a professional manner.
• Serves