Provide radiation therapy to patients as prescribed by a radiologist according to established practices and standards. Duties may include reviewing prescription and diagnosis; acting as liaison with physician and supportive care personnel; preparing equipment, such as immobilization, treatment, and protection devices; and maintaining records, reports, and files. May assist in dosimetry procedures and tumor localization.

Other names for Radiation Therapists: Computed Tomography Simulation Therapist (CT Simulation Therapist), Dosimetrist, Radiation Therapist, Radiation Therapy Technician, Radiation Therapy Technologist (RTT), Radiologic Therapist, Radiology Therapist, Registered Radiation Therapist, Staff Radiation Therapist,

• Administer prescribed doses of radiation to specific body parts, using radiation therapy equipment according to established practices and standards.
• Position patients for treatment with accuracy according to prescription.
• Enter data into computer and set controls to operate and adjust equipment and regulate dosage.
• Follow principles of radiation protection for patient, self, and others.
• Maintain records, reports and files as required, including such information as radiation dosages, equipment settings and patients' reactions.
• Review prescription, diagnosis, patient chart, and identification.
• Conduct most treatment sessions independently, in accordance with the long-term treatment plan and under the general direction of the patient's physician.
• Check radiation therapy equipment to ensure proper operation.
• Observe and reassure patients during treatment and report unusual reactions to physician or turn equipment off if unexpected adverse reactions occur.
• Check for side effects such as skin irritation, nausea and hair loss to assess patients' reaction to treatment.
• Educate, prepare and reassure patients and their families by answering questions, providing physical assistance, and reinforcing physicians' advice regarding treatment reactions and post-treatment care.
• Calculate actual treatment dosages delivered during each session.
• Prepare and construct equipment, such as immobilization, treatment, and protection devices.
• Photograph treated area of patient and process film.
• Help physicians, radiation oncologists and clinical physicists to prepare physical and technical aspects of radiation treatment plans, using information about patient condition and anatomy.
• Train and supervise student or subordinate radiotherapy technologists.
• Act as liaison with physicist and supportive care personnel.
• Provide assistance to other health care personnel during dosimetry procedures and tumor localization.
• Implement appropriate follow-up care plans.
• Store, sterilize, or prepare the special applicators containing the radioactive substance implanted by the physician.
• Assist in the preparation of sealed radioactive materials, such as cobalt, radium, cesium and isotopes, for use in radiation treatments.

• Still cameras
• Radiation detectors
• Automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles
• Power saws
• Medical radiological positioning aids for general radiological use
• Skinfold calipers
• Brachytherapy units
• Radiotherapy teletherapy cobalt 60 equipment
• Computed tomography CT or CAT radiotherapy simulators
• Medical computed tomography CT or CAT scanners or tubes
• Milling cutters
• Medical imaging wet darkroom or daylight processors
• Desktop computers
• Digital cameras
• Workshop presses
• Medical radiation dosimeters
• Phantom dosimeters
• Electrometers
• Heat guns
• Medical radiological positioning aids for general radiological use
• Medical linear accelerator intensity modulated radiation therapy IMRT three dimensional units
• Water baths
• Notebook computers
• Medical radiological shielding freestanding or portable screens
• Medical linear accelerator intensity modulated radiation therapy IMRT collimators
• Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanners
• Medical x ray units for general diagnostic use
• Medical cine fluoroscopy equipment
• Medical x ray intensifying screens
• Medical linear accelerator intensity modulated radiation therapy IMRT collimators
• Medical radiation dosimeters
• Distance meters
• Medical radiological positioning aids for general radiological use
• Medical radiological positioning aids for general radiological use
• Medical radiological positioning aids for general radiological use
• Medical radiological positioning aids for general radiological use
• Medical radiological positioning aids for general radiological use
• Medical radiation films or badges
• Lasers
• Power drills
• Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves
• Eye shields
• Medical radiological shielding aprons or masks or drapes
• Medical linear accelerator intensity modulated radiation therapy IMRT collimators
• Respiratory monitoring kits or its accessories
• Radiation detectors
• Radiation detectors
• Medical radiological shielding aprons or masks or drapes
• Hospital intercom systems
• Medical positron emission tomography PET units
• Medical ultrasound or doppler or pulse echo or echography units for general diagnostic use
• Vacuum molding machines
• Medical radiation dosimeters
• Wood chisels
• Lathes
• X ray and fluoroscopy RF radiotherapy planning simulators

Graphics or photo imaging software

Medical software

Internet browser software