Position Summary: Provides Radiation Oncology Department with physics services to ensure a high level of radiation treatment quality and patient/staff safety. Participates in radiation equipment/software quality assurance program, treatment planning procedures, brachytherapy and special procedures, ensuring radiation equipment performance/maintenance, radiation safety and staff training.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Establishment of radiation beam characteristics for clinical usage.
- Radiation therapy equipment calibration and quality assurance.
- Assists in complicated simulation and patient setups.
- Treatment planning consultation with clinical and medical staff.
- Treatment planning (external beam, brachytherapy), dose calculation/check.
- Fabrication of treatment aids.
- Brachytherapy source storage, inventory, accountability, safety handling, ordering and procedure preparation.
- Record keeping and regulatory compliance.
- Assists with facility planning, shielding design and evaluation.
- Regulatory compliance, license renewal and amendment.
- Radiation safety and radiation protection for the cancer center, and staff training.
- Attends Radiation Safety Committee.
- Participates in department quality assurance and continuous quality improvement programs.
- Performs other duties as required or requested.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Master’s or Doctorate degree in Medical Physics from a CAMPEP accredited Medical Physics program.
- Passed Part I of the American Board of Radiology in certification examination in Therapeutic Medical Physics and eligible to take Part II of the test to obtain this certification
- Must obtain certification by the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Medical Physics within two years of employment.
- Two years of prior work experience as a Medical Physicist or Medical Physics Resident in a full-service radiation therapy center.
- Excellent computer skills with working knowledge of networks and interfaces.
- BLS within 90 days of hire
