Manager and Chief-Diagnostic Medical Physics

Responsibilities

• Oversee and provide support, training, and mentorship to DMP personnel and NMHC medical trainees.
• Ensure appropriate competencies.
• Manage daily operations, finances, and HR matters for DMP.
• Develop and maintain policies and procedures for DMP services.
• Continuously balance physicist portfolios and staffing to ensure appropriate time allocation and work-effort bandwidth.
• Ensure the highest level of technical quality, accreditation, and regulatory compliance for Radiography, Mammography, Fluoroscopy, Ultrasound, CT, MRI, and Nuclear Medicine.
• Provide management oversight of MRI Safety Committee, in partnership with technical leadership in the Department of Radiology.
• Partner with modality technical leaders and Information Services to optimize imaging protocols and patient dosimetry, as well as technology adoption.
• Coordinate with Planning & Construction teams to streamline DMP involvement for renovations, new construction, and future planning.
• Maintain active clinical practice as a Diagnostic Medical Physicist, providing expert-support for site planning, shielding design, routine physics testing, patient dosimetry, accreditation submissions, and regulatory inspections.
• Collaborate with Radiation Safety Officer and Health Physics department to ensure coordinated radiation safety protocols for staff and patients.
• Participate in the systemwide NMHC Radiation Safety Committee.

Qualifications

• Education: Master of Science degree (or higher) in Medical Physics or a related field.
• Licensure: Registered OR eligible for registration as a Diagnostic Imaging Specialist with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS), inclusive of Mammography.
• Must obtain DIS designation through IEMA-OHS within 3 months of hire.
• Certification: Board certified by American Board of Radiology (ABR) or American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP) in Diagnostic Medical Physics or in previous medical physics certification categories.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years of clinical diagnostic medical physics experience in a complex healthcare environment.
• Preferred: Successful completion of a CAMPEP-accredited Medical Physics residency program.
• Demonstrated leadership experience supervising professional staff and leading complex projects.
• Proven experience supporting or managing multi-site or enterprise-level medical physics programs.
• Advanced expertise in patient dose estimation, optimization strategies, and radiation risk assessment.
• Experience providing leadership, mentorship, or instructional support within a CAMPEP-accredited Diagnostic Medical Physics residency program.
• Strong written, verbal, analytical, and presentation skills, with a track record of effective project management.