How to hire radiation therapists

Job description template

Copy it, fill in the brackets, and remove anything that does not fit your job. Keep only must-haves you would really turn someone away for.

[Job title] at [Company name]
[City, State] · [Full-time / Part-time] · [Pay range]

About the role
[Two or three sentences about your team, the work and why it matters.]

What you will do
• Administer prescribed doses of radiation to specific body parts, using radiation therapy equipment according to established practices and standards.
• Check radiation therapy equipment to ensure proper operation.
• Conduct most treatment sessions independently, in accordance with the long-term treatment plan and under the general direction of the patient's physician.
• Enter data into computer and set controls to operate or adjust equipment or regulate dosage.
• Follow principles of radiation protection for patient, self, and others.
• Observe and reassure patients during treatment and report unusual reactions to physician or turn equipment off if unexpected adverse reactions occur.
• Position patients for treatment with accuracy, according to prescription.
• Review prescription, diagnosis, patient chart, and identification.

What you bring
• [Required license, certification or years of experience, if any]
• [Education, only if you truly need it. Typical to start in this job: Associate's degree]
• Strong active listening, reading comprehension, critical thinking, monitoring, speaking and writing skills
• Working knowledge of customer and personal service, English Language, medicine and dentistry and physics
• [Anything else you would really turn someone away for]

Pay and benefits
[Pay range]. For reference, the U.S. median for this job is $50.63 an hour ($105,310 a year).
[Benefits, schedule and anything else candidates should know.]

How to apply
[Apply on JAI Bot. Every applicant hears back.]

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Interview questions for radiation therapists

Ask every candidate the same questions, in the same order, and write down what they say. Questions about past work show what someone has actually done.

1. Tell me about a time you had to administer prescribed doses of radiation to specific body parts, using radiation therapy equipment according to established practices and standards. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
2. Tell me about a time you had to check radiation therapy equipment to ensure proper operation. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
3. Tell me about a time you had to conduct most treatment sessions independently, in accordance with the long-term treatment plan and under the general direction of the patient's physician. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
4. Tell me about a time you had to enter data into computer and set controls to operate or adjust equipment or regulate dosage. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
5. Tell me about a time you had to understand a request or problem that was explained poorly. How did you make sure you got it right?
6. Tell me about written instructions, a policy or a manual you had to follow closely. How did you make sure you followed it correctly?
7. Describe a decision at work where the obvious answer was wrong. How did you work out the better choice?
8. Why this job, and why now? What would make you stay here for the long term?

Good answers name a real situation, what the person did themselves and what happened. Avoid questions about age, family plans, religion, health, national origin or anything else unrelated to the job.

What radiation therapists do

• Administer prescribed doses of radiation to specific body parts, using radiation therapy equipment according to established practices and standards.
• Check radiation therapy equipment to ensure proper operation.
• Conduct most treatment sessions independently, in accordance with the long-term treatment plan and under the general direction of the patient's physician.
• Enter data into computer and set controls to operate or adjust equipment or regulate dosage.
• Follow principles of radiation protection for patient, self, and others.
• Observe and reassure patients during treatment and report unusual reactions to physician or turn equipment off if unexpected adverse reactions occur.
• Position patients for treatment with accuracy, according to prescription.
• Review prescription, diagnosis, patient chart, and identification.

Skills that matter most

Active ListeningReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingMonitoringSpeakingWritingCustomer and Personal ServiceEnglish LanguageMedicine and DentistryPhysics

Education, experience and outlook for radiation therapists

• Typical education to start: Associate's degree (BLS)
• Related work experience most have: 1 to 2 years (O*NET)
• Job outlook: +2.8% over ten years, about as fast as average · about 700 openings a year (BLS)

What to pay radiation therapists

Pay depends a lot on where the job is. Highest and lowest median yearly pay by state:

See radiation therapists pay in every state

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Job duties and skills: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. JAI Bot has modified this information; USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Pay: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, May 2025. Interview questions and the job description template: JAI Bot, based on the duties and skills above.