Medical Physicist III

About the Role

Provides Radiation Oncology Department with physics services to ensure a high level of radiation treatment quality and patient/staff safety. Works independently and assumes responsibility for all applicable treatment modalities.

Responsibilities

• Establishes radiation beam characteristics for clinical usage.
• Calibrates radiation therapy equipment, performs quality assurance checks, and coordinates with service engineering to perform basic troubleshooting and repairs.
• Consults with clinical and medical staff on simulation and patient setups, and treatment planning.
• Provides ongoing oversight of quality and safety of patient treatment delivery.
• Provides treatment planning (external beam, brachytherapy), quality assurance checks.
• Responsible for brachytherapy source storage, inventory, accountability, safety handling, ordering procedure preparation, and participation in procedures.
• Responsible for accreditation and regulatory compliance, machine registration, license renewal and amendment.
• Responsible for facility planning, shielding design and evaluation.
• Responsible for radiation safety and radiation protection guidance for the cancer center, and staff training.
• Attends Radiation Safety Committee.
• Responsible for department quality assurance and continuous quality improvement programs.
• Ensures modalities are eligible for clinical trials, including phantom testing, QA and accreditation.
• Actively participates in clinical research efforts.
• Responsible for clinical training of radiation oncology staff where applicable.
• Provides support to system sites as necessary.
• Trains and guides physicists and dosimetrists.
• Actively contributes to system initiatives for technology implementation and quality improvement.
• Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Requirements

• Master’s or PhD degree in medical physics or related discipline.
• Certified in therapeutic medical physics from American Board of Radiology (ABR) or equivalent certification from Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM) or American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP).
• Five years of work experience in a full-service radiation therapy center after receiving board certification in therapeutic medical physics.

Schedule

• Full-time
• Daily work times: 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM
• Hours per pay period: 72
• On call: No
• Weekends: No