Radiation Oncology Physicist III

About the Role

Work where every moment matters. Every day, more than 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network. The Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute focuses on offering our cancer patients an unparalleled network of coordinated services– all under one roof. Our system of care includes a truly integrated team with the most talented, experienced, and compassionate caregivers and physicians, backed by the latest cutting-edge technology.

Responsibilities

• Perform quality assurance on a monthly, annual, and ongoing basis guided by professional recommendations of the AAPM, including but not limited to linear accelerator, brachytherapy, and treatment planning software QA.
• Perform clinical tasks such as chart reviews, plan checks, patient-specific quality assurance, treatment plans for special procedures (SRS/SBRT/HDR), and supervising special procedure treatments and simulations.
• Oversee day-to-day operations, ensuring adequate physics and treatment planning coverage, timely performance of patient and machine QA, and providing direct supervision of regional dosimetrists.
• Advise and collaborate with physician and professional colleagues in clinical problem-solving and technical troubleshooting, guiding decision-making, quality assurance development, and ensuring adequate training for new technologies or techniques.
• Serve as team lead for acceptance testing and commissioning of new equipment and software.
• Participate in the education of radiation therapy students through didactic and clinical demonstrations.
• Maintain expertise in the latest technologies and techniques in radiation oncology treatments.

Requirements

• Master’s degree from an accredited Physics Program required.
• Ph.D. from an accredited Medical Physics Program preferred.
• Board Certification in Therapeutic Physics by the American Board of Radiology or equivalent institution.
• Five (5) years of Radiation Oncology Physics experience.
• Recent experience with the Mosaiq R&V system preferred.
• Experience with Varian TrueBeam and Ethos preferred.

Skills

• Knowledge of C# programming for API scripting.
• Proven ability to lead a team in process improvement and implementation of new technologies.
• Expertise in Eclipse, OnCentra, BrainLab elements planning systems, Velocity deformable registration software, and the RadFormation suite of software packages.
• Proficiency with ArcCheck, SRS MapCheck, IC Profiler, and the SunCheck Suite of applications.

Benefits

We provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance.