Assistant/Associate/Full Professor and Program Director, Medical Physics
About the role
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is seeking an accomplished medical physicist to lead and advance UNLV’s CAMPEP-accredited therapeutic medical physics programs, including the master’s, certificate, PhD, and Doctor of Medical Physics degrees.
Responsibilities
- Providing guidance to all medical physics programs
- Serving as the point of contact for communications between UNLV and CAMPEP
- Serving as an advisor/mentor to medical physics students
- Participating in clinical site visits
- Participating in exams to evaluate clinical competency of students
- Participating in department seminars
- Establishing an active research program supported with extramural funding
- Teaching in the department’s medical physics programs
- Performing service duties in accordance with university criteria
Qualifications
- PhD or other doctoral degree in medical physics or a closely related discipline from an accredited college or university as recognized by the United States Department of Education and/or the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
- Certified in therapeutic medical physics by the American Board of Radiology, the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine or another appropriate certifying agency.
- Minimum five (5) years of full-time post-graduate experience in the field.
- Ability to contribute to a respectful and positive work environment.
- Alignment with our Campus Values to guide their decisions and actions and demonstrate our Rebel spirit.
Benefits
This is a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track or tenured faculty appointment in the Department of Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences.
Pay
The rank of Assistant/Associate Professor (tenure-track) requires comprehensive experience and research activity. The rank of Associate/Professor (tenured) requires research activity and a record of extensive scholarly achievement. Faculty rank will be dependent on educational credentials, experience and scholarly achievement.
Schedule
The position is a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track or tenured faculty appointment.