Medical Physicist Job at Tennessee Oncology, Tennessee

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  • Tennessee Oncology
  • Tennessee

Job Description

The medical physicist is responsible for the appropriate use of the treatment planning system, including evaluating a treatment plan for the delivery of radiation treatment based on the radiation oncologist’s prescribed course of radiation therapy, ensuring that the patient will not lose important healthy organ function and that the radiation delivered will not affect healthy surrounding tissue. The medical physicist is responsible for the appropriate use of the electronic medical record, including maintaining an accurate record of treatment planning progress, and communication and documentation of relevant patient information. The medical physicist is responsible for the performance and documentation of quality assurance in the clinic, including software QA, hardware QA, and patient QA.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Calibrate therapy equipment in a manner suitable for accurate radiation dose delivery.

• Serve as the focal point for machine maintenance and repair

• Direct the determination of radiation dose distributions in patients undergoing treatment (i.e. computerized dosimetry planning or direct radiation measurement)

• Maintain proper records necessary for APEx, NRC, state, or other regulatory agencies

• Design and implement pertinent aspects of the quality management program that involve the use of external beam radiotherapy equipment

• Manage the medical physics service in a manner to meet or exceed established standards of practice consistent with the facility size and available resources

• Establish, develop, and monitor procedures for measuring the performance levels of equipment used in radiation oncology

• Evaluate new technologies and implement as needed, including acceptance testing of new equipment and treatment devices

• Consult with the radiation oncologists, as required, concerning patient doses and optimization of patient treatment plans and delivery

• Provide technical direction of radiation oncology staff as specified by the Director of Medical Physics

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Master of Science or Doctoral degree in Radiological Physics, Physics, or related discipline.

• Certification by the American Board of Radiology or American Board of Medical Physics in Therapeutic Radiological Physics or Radiological Physics

• At least three years post-degree clinical experience in therapeutic medical physics

  • EXPERIENCE:

• Completion of a clinical medical physics residency program preferred

• Board certification by the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Radiological Physics

• Understand the technical aspects of radiation oncology and medical physics in order to perform radiotherapy medical physics and medical dosimetry and communicate these aspects to the radiation oncologists, other medical physicists, medical dosimetrists, radiation therapists, and other team members as needed

• Possess working knowledge of radiation safety principles and current rules and regulations of the State of Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation Department of Radiological Health (TDECDRH) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

• Extensive knowledge of modern radiation therapy systems and sub-systems

• Experience and fluency in modern treatment planning software systems. Mosaiq and RayStation treatment planning systems are preferred

• Proficient in using radiation-measuring equipment for calibration and quality assurance, treatment planning computers, and oncology information systems in a paperless environment

• Excellent overall understanding of all activities of a proton and photon radiation therapy department, (e.g. treatment planning, quality assurance, revenue cycle, customer service, medical staff role(s), etc.)

• Flexibility to handle multiple tasks and deadlines

• Proven time management skills

• Ability to work as a member of a team

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Computer skills including but not limited to MS Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Mosaiq

• Coding skills, such as Python or C++, preferred

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