Physicist - Radiation Oncology

Job Description:

Join a dedicated Radiation Oncology team where your expertise directly impacts the quality, safety, and effectiveness of patient care. As a Certified Medical Physicist, you will play a critical role in the design, optimization, and delivery of advanced radiation treatment plans, ensuring the highest standards of accuracy, quality, and patient safety. Working collaboratively with physicians, dosimetrists, radiation therapists, and clinical leaders, you will provide technical leadership and expertise in treatment planning, quality assurance, and radiation safety.

Under the direction of the Administrative Director/Manager or Chief Physicist, you will help drive innovation, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement across all radiation oncology services.

This role will work Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm.

• Design, optimize, and evaluate radiation treatment plans to ensure precise and effective patient care.
• Provide expert technical guidance for radiation therapy procedures, technologies, and treatment delivery.
• Partner with Radiation Oncology leadership and clinical teams to maintain comprehensive quality management and quality assurance programs.
• Collaborate with the Radiation Safety Officer to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and uphold the highest standards of radiation safety.
• Support the implementation of new technologies, treatment techniques, and process improvements that enhance patient outcomes.
• Contribute to a culture of teamwork, excellence, and continuous learning within the Radiation Oncology department.

At Intermountain Health, you‘ll have the opportunity to work with advanced technologies, collaborate with highly skilled multidisciplinary teams, and make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients facing cancer. Your expertise will help shape the future of radiation oncology while advancing our commitment to exceptional clinical quality and compassionate care.

Oversees the development and implementation of the procedure for calibration of radiation therapy equipment in accordance with the current standards of the American Association of Physicist in Medicine (AAPM) and state and federally governed agencies and formulates and oversees all aspects of brachytherapy within the department and those procedures performed in other departments in collaboration with the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) to maintain safety standards.

Assumes responsibility for providing performing calibrations and quality control in compliance with state regulations and in accordance with the standards of AAPM on all therapeutic radiation machines as required by the Division of Radiation Control and commissions new or upgraded equipment to achieve compatibility with existing machines.

Coordinates with the Chief Therapist the technical functions in the department in order to ensure that physician‘s instructions for simulation and treatment of patients are carried out as prescribed and intended, and directs, coordinates and performs all aspects of treatment planning, preparation of beam shaping devices, etc.

Actively works as a Medical physicist and provides routine clinical radiation therapy physicist services, consults with oncologists on the physical aspects of patient‘s treatment, and assists in the development of radiation treatment plans.

Coordinates the radioactive Materials Licenses issued by the NRC and state agencies pertaining to brachytherapy sources with the RSO, reports all variances to administrative staff and the Radiation Safety Officer, researches new equipment developments and techniques, assess the impact on and reviews existing local standards, advises on procurement of new equipment and compiles reports to…