About this role
Seeking a Radiation Therapist in one of the most beautiful and unique places in the country — Alaska. If you're looking to elevate your career while living somewhere extraordinary, this is the opportunity for you.
Why Alaska?
✔️ No state income or sales tax – keep more of what you earn
✔️ Annual Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) – an annual bonus just for being a resident
✔️ Unparalleled work-life balance – weekends filled with hiking, skiing, fishing, wildlife, and the Northern Lights
✔️ Strong sense of community – friendly, tight-knit teams and meaningful connections
✔️ Adventure is your backyard – access to national parks, glaciers, and stunning wilderness
We know it’s not always easy to relocate — but for the right candidate, this is more than a job — it’s a chance to contribute to the future of cancer care in Alaska while embracing a lifestyle that’s anything but ordinary.
Essential Functions:
- Prepare treatment room prior to patient entering.
- Identify patient using four (4) identifiers prior to any procedure/treatment.
- Review and interpret patient chart throughout the course of radiation treatment.
- Review and verify approved radiation prescription, treatment plan, MU check document, IMRT/VMAT QA, and setup information prior to clinical simulation and treatment.
- Properly setup immobilization devices, position and align patient according to treatment plan and setup notes.
- Monitor patient throughout treatment and take proper actions as needed.
- Record pertinent treatment data in chart or verification system as per department policy.
- Perform procedure in an orderly and confident manner. When assigned to work as a team of therapists, respond
- appropriately to suggestions made during patient treatment.
- Perform CT simulation as directed by Radiation Oncologist.
- Attend departmental or inter-disciplinary meetings as requested.
Education, Certification and Licensure:
- Graduate of an accredited program in Radiation Therapy.
- Certified by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologist in Radiation Therapy.
- Current BLS certification.
- Compliance with annual mandatory education.
- Compliance with annual immunization requirements.
Experience:
- No less than one (1) year of radiation therapy experience in a clinical setting.
Technical Competencies:
- Knowledge in up-to-date radiation therapy techniques and treatments.
- Knowledge in principles, practices, and procedures involved in the operation of ionizing radiation therapy equipment.
- Possess a working knowledge of radiation safety utilizing the ALARA philosophy.
- Critical Thinking skills; using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Complex Problem Solving skills, identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Strong Judgment and Decision Making skills; considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Time Management skills; managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Coordination and Collaborative competencies; adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Inductive and Deductive Reasoning skills; combining pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Work Environment:
- Exposure to odorous chemicals and specimens.
- Occasional travel between centers and within city is required.
- Frequent contact with patients under a wide variety of circumstances.
- May be exposed to radiation and strong magnetic fields.
- May be exposed to blood/body fluids and infectious disease.
Physical Requirements:
- Work requires the ability to lift or push up to fifty (50) pounds.
- Work requires the employee to stand and walk throughout the day.
- Work requires long periods of typing, and/or viewing written or digital reports and data.
- Work requires repetitive movement of hands, arms and legs.
- Work requires the employee to push, pull or lift objects and/or patients aided or unaided.
Benefits:
- Medical Insurance (portion of dependent premium paid for by employer)
- Vision Care Insurance
- Dental Care Insurance
- Health Savings Account (with employer contribution)
- Long-Term disability
- Life Insurance
- Voluntary policies: Short-Term Disability, Accident, Critical Illness, Term Life (premiums paid for by employee)
- 401(k)
- PTO
- Holiday Leave for major holidays (7)
- Maternity, Paternity, Civic Duty, Military Leave, Bereavement, and Other Leaves of Absence
- Relocation Assistance