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About the Role
Nova Scotia Health is seeking compassionate Radiation Therapists to provide patient-centered care within a collaborative healthcare environment. This role involves preparing cancer patients for radiation treatments, including fabrication of accessories, treatment localization, calculations, data entry, treatment delivery, handling radioactive sources, and student teaching.
Responsibilities
- Accurately and precisely prepares a cancer patient and their chart for administration of a course of radiation treatments.
- Fabrication of accessories (such as casts).
- Treatment localization through operation of conventional simulator and CT scanner with simulation software.
- Treatment calculations with in-depth knowledge of treatment plans, dosimetry and outputs.
- Data entry for record and verify system and online image acquisition system.
- Treatment delivery including external beam therapy.
- Handling of radioactive sources.
- Student teaching and precepting for radiation therapy students, residents and visiting students.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited Radiation Therapy Program in Canada or a non-Canadian program recognized by the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists.
- License and registration with the Nova Scotia Regulator of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy (NSRMIRT).
- Excellent working knowledge of relevant computer software programs.
- Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills.
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred.
Skills
- Radiation Therapy
- Patient-centered care
- Computer software programs
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
Location
- Eastern Zone, Cape Breton Cancer Center
Work Type
- Permanent full-time
- Assignment Opportunities
- Full-time
Education Level
- Graduate of an accredited Radiation Therapy Program in Canada or a non-Canadian program recognized by the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists.
Salary/Compensations
- $91,241 - $111,774 annually
Benefits
- Virtual Health Access through Telus Health
- Three weeks of paid vacation
- Parental Leave Top-Up
- Exclusive Corporate Discounts
- Health & dental coverage
- Travel insurance
- Long-term disability protection
- Life insurance
- A defined benefit pension plan
About the Company
- Nova Scotia Health is the province’s largest provider of health services.
- A team committed to excellence in health, healing and learning across Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada.
- Delivers innovative, high-quality care that impacts lives across Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada.
- Offers a lifestyle as rewarding as the work itself, with meaningful career opportunities, supportive teams and work-life balance.
Equal Opportunity
- Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve.
- Encourages all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.