Clinical Nuclear Medicine Physicist

About the role

The Department of Radiology offers a unique opportunity for a Clinical Nuclear Medicine Physicist to join the growing Clinical Imaging Physics Section. The UW Department of Radiology consists of more than 165 faculty across 13 sections, reading over 1,000,000 diagnostic scans per year. We train more than 50 residents and fellows per year and have an extensive presence throughout the medical student curriculum.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical nuclear medicine physics support
• Affirm the nuclear medicine quality assurance (QA) program in accordance with society guidelines, manufacturer recommendations, and accrediting bodies requirements
• Maintain board certification in nuclear medicine physics through continuing education activities
• Support the UW Theranostics program
• Work with a team of clinicians, technologists, and physicists to develop and implement theranostics imaging and dosimetry protocols for clinical and research studies
• Perform annual surveys and acceptance testing for PET, SPECT, and other nuclear medicine instruments
• Participate in the ACR accreditation process
• Provide physics support for nuclear medicine-focused clinical trials, including preparatory activities such as custom calibrations for scanners/instruments
• Troubleshoot clinical issues on the scanner such as identifying and ameliorating image artifacts and other problems affecting clinical image quality or quantitative accuracy
• Help support physicians and technologists in nuclear medicine software (e.g., MIM, Mirada, Cedars QPS, etc.)
• Aid in developing, reviewing, and implementing clinical and research imaging protocols, including optimization of acquisition and reconstruction settings
• Aid in addressing additional nuclear medicine and clinical imaging support needs, as directed by the Section Chief of the Clinical Imaging Physics
• Conduct research in topics related to nuclear medicine, molecular imaging, theranostics, or radiopharmaceutical therapy
• Collaborate with other UW faculty and scientists in the Departments of Radiology, investigators in departments and schools across campus, and industrial partners to support research focused on nuclear medicine, molecular imaging, theranostics, and radiopharmaceutical therapy
• Build an independent research program
• Apply for, and obtain, extramural funding to support research projects focusing on nuclear medicine imaging
• Attend scientific conferences and meetings to present scientific research results, moderate sessions, and participate on committees and in working groups
• Write and submit manuscripts to professional journals
• Work with others in establishing successful collaborations with industrial partners
• Teach trainees and technologists
• Help teach nuclear medicine physics to nuclear medicine and diagnostic radiology residents and fellows
• Serve as an institutional subject matter expert regarding nuclear medicine physics
• Help educate and train technologists about the technical principles of nuclear medicine imaging and radiopharmaceutical dosimetry
• Mentor for the Medical Imaging Physics Residency program

Qualifications

• Must be certified or eligible for certification in Medical Nuclear Physics or Radiological Physics by the American Board of Radiology (ABR); in Nuclear Medicine Physics by the American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP) or the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM); or in Nuclear Medicine Physics and Instrumentation by the American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine (ABSNM) by start date.
• Experience in supporting accreditation of clinical nuclear medicine program through annual surveys and acceptance testing on nuclear medicine scanners and instrument testing by start date.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in research related to molecular imaging, nuclear medicine, theranostics, or radiopharmaceutical therapies.
• Evidence of writing or assisting in writing grant applications to secure funding in support of nuclear medicine research.
• American Board of Radiology (ABR) Medical Physics (DX) certification and/or American College of Radiology (ACR) qualified medical physicist for computed tomography.
• Successful completion of CAMPEP medical imaging physics residency program.
• Excellent communication skills are needed for interacting with a variety of personnel including clinical imaging physicists, technologists, radiologists, residents, fellows and researchers.
• Education: PhD in Physics, Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering or a closely related field by start date.