Clinical Dosimetrist at Siemens Healthineers

Your role:

• You will be responsible for ensuring delivery of high-quality treatment plans in a timely manner and building strong relationships with key leaders at the customer sites to ensure the success of the service. 
• You will adhere to clinical service standards at the partner site: Ensuring that treatment plans are optimised appropriately to deliver the prescribed dose safely while sparing critical structures in accordance with protocols and Radiation Oncologist's requirements.
• Have the prerequisite knowledge of human anatomy to identify and correct organ contours (OARs) using conventional treatment planning imaging datasets (e.g. CT, MRI, PET-CT).  
• Have the prerequisite knowledge of physiology, principals of clinical oncology and radiobiology, radiotherapy physics, and radiation safety to fulfill the role.
• Where applicable, ensure full compliance with national regulations relating to the optimisation of radiotherapy treatments. Support the implementation of local patient safety standards and practices as required.
• Automation: Advocate and drive the introduction of automation in all areas of the treatment planning pathway, e.g. auto-contouring, planning optimisation (e.g. rapidplan models), plan checking, etc.
• Where the AOS service is responsible - ensure that treatment plan setup instructions and all other relevant information is clearly documented in the R&V or EMR system or other location. Confirm that the instructions have been clearly communicated to the treatment team (e.g. correct use of immobilisation devices, compensators, wedges, field arrangement, and other treatment or imaging parameters).
• Create and transfer reference images and quality assurance plans for pre-treatment verification imaging and QA measurements as per local practice (e.g. DRRs, CBCTs and other IGRT and SGRT data) as specified by the partner/customer site.
• Where applicable support knowledge transfer to help develop resources within the local clinical team: Facilitate collaboration and knowledge transfer/training of new staff and to implement new technology.
• Travel may be required to support business and service development and attend Varian team meetings and new customer sites.
• This role may support the local AOS Professional Services team in scoping new service project and opportunities to grow the services business in the region.    

Your expertise:

• Registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as an independent Therapy Radiographer. A relevant higher diploma or degree in Therapeutic Radiography at NQF7 or equivalent. At least 3+ years’ experience in treatment planning/dosimetry and competence in all areas of treatment planning - including 3D, VMAT, SABR, DIBH planning techniques.
• As an AOS dosimetrist you must be keen to implement change, be prepared to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service and support the clinical service. This may require working outside of standard office hours.
• As an AOS dosimetrist you will need to possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills to facilitate the exchange of information with both local customer site oncology colleagues and commercial/business partners inside and outside the business. 
• Familiarity with modern treatment planning systems: specifically, Eclipse TPS and in-depth knowledge of record and verify (R&V) and electronic patient record (EMR) systems.
• The ability to prioritize work tasks is essential and maintain clear and concise communication with partner site and Varian colleagues.
• Ensure accurate record keeping of work done and help track work for billing purposes; be able to provide detail to customer sites on work/plans done upon request.
• Display a high level of independence (be self-lead) with the ability to work efficiently and make decisions appropriately as necessary.
• Problem solving: Good analytical and critical thinking skills with a proactive mindset and a can-do attitude.
• Proficient in utilizing business tools such as: Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Punctual and maintain a professional appearance when visiting partner/customer sites.
• Have a minimum of 3 years post-graduate clinical experience as a clinical dosimetrist in treatment planning.