Medical Physicist 29291

Job Description

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 and our cancer program is MD Anderson credentialed.

• 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 a major radiation center.

Monday - Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm

No weekends, evenings or holidays!

Work/life balance schedules

• Full‑time employees are eligible for health, dental and vision benefits
• Company holidays and a flexible holiday
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) Package
• Additional accrual increase after 1 year of service
• 401(K)
• Scrub Allotments
• Yearly Bonus Program

• COMPASSION: we show compassion for others
• ACCOUNTABILITY: we hold ourselves accountable for our actions
• RESPECT: we show respect for others
• EXCELLENCE: we strive for excellence in all that we do
• SERVICE: we provide outstanding service to our patients, team members and community.

Additionally, as DPN is a service‑oriented organization, all DPN employees are expected to embrace and demonstrate the following when interacting with patients, employees and other customers:

• Smile, make eye contact and greet with energy!
• Restate what you are hearing. Listen patiently and compassionately to complaints. Our patients and families are likely going through a difficult time. Irritability on their part is not about you.
• Give full attention. Turn away from the computer screen and face the person you are conversing with.
• Explain any potential delays in service and provide frequent updates.
• Empathize (feel empathy for someone)

• 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 delivery accuracy;
• 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 our Core Values;
• Other duties as assigned.