Radiation Physicist Masters

Job Summary

The Department of Radiation Oncology at Geisinger Health System is seeking applications for Medical Physicists to join our team in central Pennsylvania. The successful candidate will be involved in all aspects of clinical physics services. Responsibilities include supervising and supporting dosimetry, calibration, treatment planning, and safety equipment operations. The role involves maintaining equipment and regulatory records, as well as billing for services rendered.

Additionally, the physicist will contribute to departmental research activities and clinical protocols, and provide education for residency programs within Radiation Oncology.

• Clinical support of linear accelerator treatments, including patient simulation, image fusion, treatment planning, secondary dose calculation, plan quality assurance and reviews of treatment plan safety and quality.
• Special emphasis on stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), HDR, and TBI treatment planning, secondary dose verification and plan quality assurance.
• Clinical support of brachytherapy procedures, including patient simulation, treatment planning, secondary dose verification, treatment delivery and reviews of treatment delivery safety and quality; high dose rate equipment purchase, maintenance and quality assurance; and permanent seed implants, including ordering, assays, implant support and planning and documentation.
• Preparation and updates of physics and dosimetry policies and procedures as required.
• Maintenance of daily, monthly and annual quality assurance testing for software and equipment, both diagnostic and therapeutic, throughout the department.
• Involvement in the departmental residency program, including the development of, and instruction, in a new radio biology curriculum for both physicist and radiation oncologist residents.
• Coordination of physics aspects of the department's research program, including support for existing departmental and national research protocols, as well as developing original physics-oriented research projects.
• Travel, including interdepartmental travel as needed; training for new equipment, software or modalities; and participation in national meetings and conferences.
• Other physics duties as needed, including but not limited to commissioning of both software and new equipment for treatment or diagnostic use, radiation shielding calculations, and in vivo measurements for verification of patient dose.
• Radixact and/or Cyber Knife experience is desired.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

The department staff comprises six experienced medical physicists who are actively involved in various clinical, teaching, and research activities. Additionally, the department includes ten radiation oncologists, nine dosimetrists, one medical physics resident, and a dedicated IT specialist. The department is equipped with seven Varian linear accelerators, which include one Trilogy, five True Beam machines, and one Halcyon. It also has one Cyber Knife, one Radixact Tomotherapy machine, and two HDR brachytherapy afterloaders (Elekta Flexitron), along with five CT simulators from GE Medical Systems.

Furthermore, the department has three-year and ten-year long-term plans for system upgrade and an additional cancer center is currently under construction and is expected to open in Summer 2025. We encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job-specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

• Education:
  
  Master’s Degree in Medical Physics (Required)
• Experience:
  
  Education (Preferred)
• Certification(s) and License(s):
  Specialty Certification – Default Issuing Body

Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. We strive for kindness, excellence, learning, innovation, and safety. We provide a safe environment and offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partner coverage. We encourage collaboration and collegiality, and are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.