{"id":4583,"date":"2024-02-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/?page_id=4583"},"modified":"2026-06-27T19:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:00:20","slug":"radiation-therapy-dosimetrist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/radiation-therapy-dosimetrist\/","title":{"rendered":"Radiation Therapy Dosimetrist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>18449 (NE S SEIU 925 HCP\/LT)<br \/>\n22619 (NE H NI SEIU 925 HCP\/LT)<\/p>\n<p><strong>BASIC FUNCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Perform radiation therapy planning procedures and provide technical review of simulation and dose calculation. Oversee and review radiation therapy treatment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Single class &#8211; no series. Under general direction, perform treatment planning for radiation therapy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPICAL WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Develop individual plans for courses of radiation therapy; perform tumor localizations, dose calculations, and treatment simulations. Review treatment plans, consult with physicians and prepare treatment summary documents.<\/p>\n<p>Oversee work assigned to radiation therapy technologists involved in treatment planning, train new employees, and assist with performance evaluations; Perform quality assurance of radiation therapy ensuring correct treatment delivery and documentation in the medical record;<\/p>\n<p>Assist physicians and physicists in intracavitary and interstitial placement of radioactive sources; perform dose calculations and localizations of this therapy;<\/p>\n<p>Participate in the training and orientation of radiation oncology physicians and radiation therapy technologists, and other assigned staff;<\/p>\n<p>Prepare a variety of reports, such as medical and activity reports, charge documents, etc.;<\/p>\n<p>Perform related duties as required.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Bachelor&#8217;s Degree in the physical or biological sciences<\/p>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<p>registered in Radiation Therapy Technology by the American Registry of Radiological Technologists or equivalent organization AND two years of experience in Radiation Therapy Technology AND completion of a one-year program in Medical Dosimetry recognized by the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists<\/p>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<p>one year of on-the-job training in dosimetry under the supervision of a dosimetrist, medical physicist or radiation oncologist.<\/p>\n<p>Equivalent education and\/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and\/or registration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLASSIFICATION HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>07\/22\/1985: New Class<br \/>\n08\/04\/1989: Revise Class<br \/>\n11\/09\/2001: Revise MQ&#8217;s<br \/>\n06\/01\/2005: CSR Class Conversion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP 18449 (NE S SEIU 925 HCP\/LT) 22619 (NE H NI SEIU 925 HCP\/LT) BASIC FUNCTION Perform radiation therapy planning procedures and provide technical review of simulation and dose calculation. Oversee and review radiation therapy treatment. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS Single class &#8211; no series. Under general direction, perform treatment planning for radiation therapy. TYPICAL WORK Develop individual plans for courses of radiation therapy; perform tumor localizations, dose calculations, and treatment simulations. Review treatment plans, consult with physicians&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4583","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11441,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4583\/revisions\/11441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}