Medical Physicist

About This Role

This role involves the precise calibration of radiation-producing equipment, ensuring dose accuracy, patient safety, and the maintenance of a robust quality assurance program within a proton radiation therapy setting.

Responsibilities

• Perform delivery of non-standard, standard and complicated treatment planning and techniques
• Calibrate various therapy machines and measure instruments against national standards
• Measure therapy beam data for treatment planning purposes
• Lead and facilitate the troubleshooting process, collaborating with Medical Engineers
• Operate and perform quality assurance (QA) on equipment as required
• Perform radiation surveys of patients exposed to radioactive sources and treatment rooms
• Enter and validate data in treatment planning systems
• Assist with writing specifications and commissioning new therapy equipment and accessories
• Design new techniques and ancillary equipment as required
• Rapidly adopt and champion implementation of new technology and techniques
• Serve as a technical resource, role model and/or preceptor for staff, and conduct in-services
• Assist in completion of competencies for other staff
• Assist with ensuring compliance with all state and federal regulating and accrediting bodies

Requirements

• Completion of a CAMPEP-accredited medical physics residency program
• Knowledge of treatment units and simulators
• Knowledge of record and verify and radiation oncology electronic medical record systems
• Knowledge and ability to learn and apply complex radiation therapy principles
• Proficient with general radiation equipment
• Excellent interpersonal skills and communication abilities
• Excellent problem solving abilities and analytical skills

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Medical Physics.
• No experience required.

Benefits

Certifications