Radiation therapist
Code 3211.2
Radiation therapists are responsible for the accurate delivery of radiotherapy to cancer patients and, as part of the multidisciplinary team, for elements of treatment preparation and patient care. This encompasses the safe and accurate delivery of the radiation dose prescribed and the clinical care and support of the patient throughout the treatment preparation, treatment delivery and immediate post treatment phases.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- Abordaje de enfermedades respiratorias
- Análisis de correlación espacial-temporal en imágenes médicas
- Aplicaciones analíticas en salud
- Colaboración con equipos de investigación en salud
- Colaboración interprofesional en un entorno médico
- Métodos de minimización de interferencias en imágenes médicas
- Operaciones comunes y flujos de trabajo en entornos de salud
- Sistemas de gestión de información de las actividades de salud
- human anatomy
- side effects of radiotherapy treatment
- human physiology
- radiation physics in healthcare
- hygiene in a health care setting
- influence of adjuvant treatment on radiotherapy
- immunotherapy
- health care legislation
- psychological treatment measures
- medical contrast agents
- medical oncology
- dosimetric planning
- pharmaceutical products
- radiation protection
- radiobiology
- evidence-based radiography practice
- radiotherapy
- oncologic hormone therapy
- medical terminology
Skills and competences
- Atender a pacientes con enfermedades crónicas
- Colaboración con proveedores de atención médica
- Comunicar los riesgos a todas las personas implicadas
- Considerar las preferencias y valores del paciente en la toma de decisiones
- Elaborar informes técnicos para audiencias de salud
- Identificar fuentes de datos de salud relevantes
- Interactuar con médicos para aclarar información para la codificación precisa
- Manejar terminología técnica en salud
- Realizar seguimiento a pacientes en la plataforma RIS PAC
- Realizar seguimiento a pacientes oncológicos
- advocate for healthcare users' needs
- adhere to the ALARA principle
- administer radiation treatment
- communicate in healthcare
- contribute to continuity of health care
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- delineate organs at risk
- determine medical images' diagnostic suitability
- apply radiation protection procedures
- formulate a treatment plan
- ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations
- manage healthcare users' data
- manage radiology information system
- interpret medical images
- maintain imaging equipment
- operate medical imaging equipment
- post-process medical images
- prepare patients for imaging procedures
- prepare examination room for radiation treatment
- provide psychological support to patients
- perform pre-treatment imaging
- perform radiation treatments
- perform virtual simulation
- interact with healthcare users
- adhere to organisational code of ethics
- select immobilisation device for radiation therapy
- perform image guidance in radiation therapy
Transversal competences
- deal with emergency care situations
- respond to changing situations in health care
- first aid
- provide pre-treatment information
- health care occupation-specific ethics
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences