Clinical Medical Physicist III

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day clinical physics and dosimetry activities related to the operations of the Florida Cancer Specialist Radiation Oncology Centers under the direction of the Director of Medical Physics.
• Provide technical services to meet the organizational mission of high quality and safety in the delivery of effective and efficient clinical radiation oncology care.
• Implement new equipment and modalities.
• Consult with physicians.
• Treatment plan development and implementation in collaboration with members of the radiation oncology team (i.e. physicians, dosimetrists, therapists, and nursing staff).
• Quality assurance of treatment delivery and systems.
• Lead linear accelerator machine installation, commissioning, and validation projects.
• Lead multi-site physics-dosimetry projects as assigned by the Director of Medical Physics.
• Provide multi-site support and technical review of physics-dosimetry operations.
• Travel between radiation oncology centers (approx. 25 miles) may be required.

Qualifications

• Education: Master's Degree or Ph.D.
• Certifications/Licenses: ABR certification in Therapeutic Radiologic Physics required. Florida Licensure is mandatory (FL TRP required). Valid state Driver’s License for travel to satellite offices and offsite meetings.
• Experience: At least five (5) years of clinical experience and a strong commitment to the highest clinical standards. Clinical experience with Varian Trilogy and TrueBeam accelerator systems, Eclipse TPS, Aria TMS, Portal Dosimetry and GammaMed HDR or equivalent types of equipment is required. Clinical experience with Brainlab Exac Trac and Variseed TPS or equivalent types of equipment is desired. Experience leading accelerator machine installation, commissioning, and validation. Experience leading radiation beam configuration for treatment planning systems.

Core Capabilities

• Analysis & Critical Thinking: Critical thinking skills including solid problem solving, analysis, decision-making, planning, time management and organizational skills. Must be detailed oriented with the ability to exercise independent judgment.
• Interpersonal Effectiveness: Developed interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, diplomacy, tact, conflict management, delegation skills, and diversity awareness. Ability to work effectively with sensitive and confidential material and sometimes emotionally charged matters.
• Communication Skills: Good command of the English language. Second language is an asset but not required. Effective communication skills (oral, written, presentation), is an active listener, and effectively provides balanced feedback. Ability to effectively communicate and interact with coworkers, hospital staff, patients, public, physicians, and their staff.
• Customer Service & Organizational Awareness: Strong customer focus. Ability to build an engaging culture of quality, performance effectiveness and operational excellence through best practices, strong business and political acumen, collaboration and partnerships, as well as a positive employee, physician and community relations. Self-management: Effectively manages own time, conflicting priorities, self, stress, and professional development. Self-motivated and self-starter with ability work independently with limited supervision. Ability to work remotely effectively as required. Must be able to work effectively in a fast-paced, multi-site environment with demonstrated ability to juggle competing priorities and demands from a variety of stakeholders and sites.
• Computer Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook required. Ability to process verbal information and input this information into various computer systems. Ability to operate modern office business machinery. Ability to operate phone system.