Medical Physicist - 104448

Responsibilities

• Ensures that all treatment machines and radiation sources are correctly calibrated according to accepted protocols.
• Ensures that all radiation safety requirements throughout the facility are met in collaboration with the hospital Radiation Safety Officer.
• In coordination with other team members, develops and maintains a QA program.
• Safeguards the beam and source data, ensuring they are accurate and correctly entered into the treatment planning system.
• Establishes treatment planning and dose calculation procedures that are used throughout the department, and ensures their accuracy.
• In consultation with the radiation oncologists and dosimetrists, oversees treatment planning and determination of radiation dose distributions in patients undergoing treatment.
• Ensures policies and procedures contain proper elements of good radiation oncology practice, delivery of treatment, radiation safety, quality control, and regulatory compliance.
• Releases a treatment machine into clinical service after maintenance, and documents that any alteration caused by the maintenance and repair schedule does not affect the accelerator performance or calibration.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Education: Master’s degree in Medical Physics or a related field.
• Experience: 2 years in radiation oncology physics setting or completion of CAMPEP accredited residency.
• Licenses/Certifications: Certification in Therapeutic Radiological Physics (TRP) or Therapeutic Medical Physics (TMP) by the ABR or ABMP, OR board eligible with the expectation of obtaining board certification within 3 years.

Qualifications

• Education: Master’s degree in Medical Physics or a related field.
• Experience: 2 years in radiation oncology physics setting or completion of CAMPEP accredited residency.
• Licenses/Certifications: Certification in Therapeutic Radiological Physics (TRP) or Therapeutic Medical Physics (TMP) by the ABR or ABMP, OR board eligible with the expectation of obtaining board certification within 3 years.

Benefits

Includes retirement and health-care benefits, PTO, and sign-on and relocation bonuses.

Pay

Competitive salary and retirement plans offered.

Schedule

Full-time, 40 hours per week.

Twin Falls, Idaho Overview

Twin Falls, Idaho offers the perfect blend of professional opportunity and outdoor enjoyment. While our community is a welcoming small town of about 60,000 residents, our Cancer Institute draws patients from across a large region, creating a thriving and dynamic program. People love Twin Falls for its easy access to world-class skiing, hiking, backpacking, and mountain biking, as well as blue skies, kayaking, boating, hunting, camping, natural hot springs and the list goes on. Here, work-life balance is more than a concept—it’s a priority, so you can enjoy everything this incredible region has to offer.