Overview
Join our team as a day shift, full-time, Medical Physicist in Athens, TX.
Get to Know Your Team: - UT Health Athens is a 127-bed facility, including a 24-hour ED, designated as a Level IV trauma center and Level III stroke center; advanced diagnostic technology; 10-bed ICU; maternity unit radiation therapy center; and a stand-alone ED in Gun Barrel City.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate radiation treatments to ensure precise delivery and high-quality care for patients.
- Address theoretical and practical problems of measurements of ionizing radiation under clinical conditions.
- Calibrate radiation-producing and detecting equipment, including nuclear medical apparatus, and measure radiation output of treatment sources and generators.
- Provide all necessary dose-calculation services for patient treatment and diagnosis using external, interstitial, intracavitary, and distributed internal sources, as well as consultation and collaboration services for other departments using radiation in any form.
- Assist in the evaluation, selection, and implementation of innovative software and hardware technologies pertinent to Radiation Oncology.
- Performs and/or assists in developing a Proforma to justify new Radiation Oncology technologies.
Qualifications
Job Requirements:
- Master's degree in medical physics
- ABR board eligible
- Texas licensure
Preferred Job Requirements:
- Completion of a CAMPEP approved residency program
