Overview
Carle Health is seeking a
Comprehensive Medical Physicist to support Radiation Oncology, Interventional Radiology, and Radiation Safety at
Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois.
Opportunity Details
- Provides comprehensive medical physics support for four hospital units at Carle Health in Urbana:
- Carle Cancer Institute - Radiation Oncology
- Oversees quality control for three linear accelerators
- Supports external beam radiation therapy and clinical quality assurance
- Interventional Radiology
- Physics support for Y-90 radioembolization for patients with liver metastases
- Hospital Radiation Safety
- Partners with the Radiation Safety Officer on hospital-wide radiation safety programs
- Oversees staff radiation safety practices, dose monitoring, and compliance
- Ensures proper licensing and Authorized User (AU) requirements under Illinois regulations
- Neurosurgery
- Radiation safety support for GammaTile® (Cs-131) brachytherapy for brain tumors
- Ensures compliance with all State of Illinois and federal regulatory requirements, including IEMA and Title 32 Energy Chapter II
- Performs radiation measurements, data analysis, and quality assurance on therapeutic and diagnostic radiation equipment
- Verifies dosimetry calculations and supports radiation therapy treatment planning
- Conducts radiation safety surveys and QA activities to meet ACR certification requirements
- Maintains, schedules, and provides oversight for the Radiation Safety Committee, including documentation and meeting minutes
- Collaborates with physicians and clinical teams to ensure appropriate treatment guidelines are utilized and monitored
- Supports continuous quality improvement, regulatory readiness, and safe clinical operations
Education/Qualifications
- Master's degree in Physics or a related field
- Registered Therapeutic Radiation Physicist - IEMA
- Certified Specialist in Therapeutic Radiologic Physics (ABR)
- Must meet all requirements outlined in Title 32 Energy Chapter II (IEMA - Radiation)
- 1+ year of experience in medical physics or a related clinical setting
- Demonstrated ability to perform and analyze precise radiation measurements on therapeutic and diagnostic x-ray equipment
About Our Community
Globally connected, innovative and culturally rich, Champaign-Urbana is centrally located to Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Louis and is home to one of the world's great public research universities - the Big Ten University of Illinois. With ease of transportation, excellent schools and affordable housing options, our community features the friendliness and advantages of a smaller town while offering the dining, arts, sports, and entertainment options found in a much larger city.
Compensation and Benefits
The compensation range for this position is $89.05-$153.11/hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate's experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model. Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits
