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La Mesa, California

Radiation Therapist - Sharp Grossmont Hospital - Days - Per Diem

Radiation Therapist Top 25% in Radiation TherapyNo callPer Diem

Listed compensation

$68.45-$98.92/hr

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Employment & setting
Per Diem
Call expectations
No call
Weekends
Includes weekends
Posted 1h ago · Verified live

Job Description

Hours

  • Shift Start Time:
  • Variable

Shift End Time

Variable

AWS Hours Requirement

8/40 - 8 Hour Shift

Additional Shift Information

  • Weekend Requirements:
  • As Needed

On-Call Required

No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum)

$68.450 - $88.330 - $98.920

This position is covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with SEIU-UHW. As part of the terms of employment, employees in this role are required to join the union within 31 days of hire and remain a member (e. g. dues paying, fee paying, religious exception contributor) for the duration of the collective bargaining agreement.

This position was originally posted to ratified SEIU members from 9/10/26 – 9/17/26. The position is now available to be filled by internal candidates that are not members of the ratified Bargaining Unit or External candidates to Sharp.

What You Will Do

Performs procedures, setups, simulations, and prescribed treatments under the direction of the Radiation Oncologist, Physicist, or Lead Radiation Therapist to provide the highest level of care to Radiation Oncology patients.

Required Qualifications

  • Certified Radiation Therapy (T)(ARRT) - ARRT -REQUIRED
  • AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
  • Certified Radiologic Technologist (CRT) - CA Department of Public Health -REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 1 Year experience as a Certified Radiation Therapist in a physician's office or hospital setting.

Other Qualification Requirements

Satisfactory completion of formal training program in a JRCERT/CHEA approved school and meets the requirements of an appropriate State and/or Federal mandated certification or equivalent. - Required

Essential Functions

Demonstrates initiative and teamwork

Follows instructions and works with minimal supervision; complies with work schedules and deadlines. Consistently exerts positive energy to identify, recommend, and participate in problem resolution, in an objective manner.

Department improvement

Participates in a pro-active manner, in both identifying concerns and offering solutions. Including the following meetings: Body Mechanics, Disaster Procedures, Fire, Safety, Hazardous Materials, and Infection Control.

  • General support
  • Initiate supplies necessary for treatments.
  • Assist in maintenance of inventory in clinical area.
  • Assist in continuous quality improvement.
  • Report equipment failure to supervisor.
  • Maintains cleanliness.
  • Accurately charges billing for procedures.
  • Meeting attendance
  • Demonstrates an orderly and logical approach to resource utilization.
  • Consistently utilizes time management skills to improve efficiency/ effectiveness ratio.

Recognizes external factors and positively adjusts to change. Readily and willing adjusts to changes in the work environment.

  • Patient care
  • Interprets and performs prescribed treatment plan.
  • Maintains pre-treatment and treatment records: for simple dose-calculations as required.
  • Operates simulator/mold and treatment equipment.
  • Assist in preparation of weekly chart rounds.
  • Maintains daily treatment schedules.

Fabricates immobilization/positioning and treatment devices, i. e. molds Vaclocs, and masks.

  • Assist MD with treatment simulation and use of immobilization molds.
  • Photographs patients for documentation purposes.
  • Physician's orders are correctly interpreted 90-95% of the time.
  • Reviewed annually for proficiency in treating adult and geriatric cancer patients.
  • Ability to provide simple dose calculations for emergency setups.
  • Patient satisfaction

Patient satisfaction achieves oncology service-wide target. There is evidence of patient satisfaction through the following: verbal comments from patients themselves or through their physician, written feedback from patient evaluation cards, comments and scoring on AIDET surveys and Press- Ganey results.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Knowledge of radiation therapy.
  • Ability to keep neat, accurate records.
  • Ability to follow physician's orders.
  • Effective interpersonal and patient contact skills.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class

Key Responsibilities

Performs radiation therapy procedures, setups, and simulations under the direction of oncologists and physicists. Maintains accurate treatment records, manages clinical inventory, and ensures high standards of patient care and safety.

Requirements

Requires certification as a Radiation Therapist (ARRT), a California Certified Radiologic Technologist (CRT) license, and AHA Basic Life Support certification. Completion of a JRCERT/CHEA approved training program is mandatory.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Treatment planningImmobilization techniquesRecord keepingEquipment operationInterpersonal skillsSafety compliance

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Radiation Therapist - Sharp Grossmont Hospital - Days - Per Diem at Sharp HealthCare a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Radiation Therapy — ranked against 518 active Radiation Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Radiation Therapy Career Context

In California, the Radiation Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$150k (18 salary observations; 28 listings), vs ~$120k nationally (63 salary observations; 205 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-03-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 40 active Radiation Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$174k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $157k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

6.4/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 25% in Radiation Therapy

  • No call
  • Includes weekends

Living in La Mesa

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$891k
Typical market rent
$2,645/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
111.9
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.