Medical Physicist

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Primarily and professionally engaged in the evaluation, delivery, and optimization of therapeutic applications of ionizing radiation, and the equipment associated with their production, use and measurement.
• Role involves clinical and educational components.
• Performs radiation safety duties as required for regulatory compliance and safe use of ionizing radiation.
• Performs and oversees calibrations, quality assurance monitoring, acceptance testing and commissioning for all radiation oncology simulation, planning, and treatment equipment.
• Oversees the maintenance and repairs of simulation and radiation treatment units.
• Responsible for releasing these machines for sale, clinical use following service.
• Reviews treatment plan calculations and data input into record and verifies system for accuracy, as performed by physics and technical employees.
• Performs and oversees external beam and brachytherapy treatment plans.
• Works closely with the radiation oncologists and dosimetrists providing consultation on treatment techniques for the optimization of radiation dose distribution in patients.
• Evaluates and/or implements new programs and treatment techniques for radiation oncology.

Equipment/Software used :

• Varian Truebeam linear accelerators.
• Aria R&V.
• Eclipse TPS.
• RadCalc secondary QA program.
• BrachyVision HDR treatment planning.
• Sun Nuclear ArcCHECK, MapCHECK 2.
• Srs MAPCHECK, IC Profiler.
• SNC Patient/Machine for patient and daily, monthly, annual QA.

Education and Experience:

• M.S. or Ph.D. degree in Medical Physics or a closely related field required.
• ABR Certified.
• At a minimum, 3 years clinical experience post-certification and designation as an Authorized.