Dayton Physicians is looking to add a Medical Physicist to our Miami Valley Hospital North location!
Summary:The Medical Physicist maintains optimal, safe and effective patient care with regard to diagnosis and radiation treatment. All 6 DPN Radiation Oncology Centers are ASTRO APEx accredited! The ASTRO Accreditation Program for Excellence (APEx) is an independent radiation oncology practice accreditation program. The program is based on a comprehensive set of sixteen standards of radiation oncology practice, organized around five pillars of patient care.
Schedule:Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm; occasional evening or weekend hours
Work/life balance schedules
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:- Determines relative dosimetry characteristics for various types of radiation (high energy x-rays, electrons, etc.) and radiation- producing equipment;
- Final review of treatment plans;
- Oversees treatment planning system, plans, and Isodose verification;
- Provides technical direction for radiation therapy;
- Computes and verifies tumor dose and establishes and monitors basic dosage;
- Provides linear accelerator beam analysis, periodic calibration and maintenance;
- Assists in evaluation of diagnostic and treatment modalities to maximize patient benefit;
- Participates in treatment planning, patient monitoring and accuracy of delivery;
- Participates in patient specific QA;
- Leads technology assessment, planning and purchase of major equipment. Equipment, software and systems acceptance testing and commissioning;
- Follow all health care privacy and safety rules and adheres to Dayton Physicians Core Values;
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Education and/ or Experience:All of the following must be met.
- The Medical Physicist position requires a Master's degree in physics, medical physics, nuclear engineering, biophysics; doctorate preferred.
- Certification in Therapeutic Medical Physics or equivalent by the American Board of Radiology, The American Board of Medical Physics, or The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine.
- The Medical Physicist position also requires a minimum of two years' clinical experience in major radiation center.
