Head, Medical Radiation Physicist

Type of Recruitment

Open Competitive Job Opportunity (OC)

Exam Number: Y5779A

Start of Filing Period: December 5, 2024 at 8:00 a.m., PT

Until the needs of the service are met and is subject to closure without prior notice.

No out‑of‑class experience or withholds are allowed for this examination.

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation. Through its unified system of 23 health centers and four hospitals – and an expanded network of community partner clinics – DHS annually provides direct care for over 500,000 patients, employs over 23,000 staff, and has an annual budget of more than $8.4 billion.

Through academic affiliations with UCLA, USC, and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences, DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every specialty and subspecialty. DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency, the County’s 911 emergency response system, Housing for Health, and the Office of Diversion and Re‑entry, each playing a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations to supportive housing.

To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care.

• Administers and directs a medical radiation physics section providing consultative services to physicians engaged in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
• Assigns, reviews, and evaluates the work of Medical Radiation Physicists in the preparation of treatment plans and the computation of dose rates and dose distribution patterns for external beam therapy and radioactive source therapy; and in nuclear medicine to ensure proper determination of radiation dose to patients.
• Prepares and justifies the personnel, equipment, and space budget and reviews specifications for new equipment; determines operating parameters of new equipment in concert with physicians.
• Administers and directs the development and use of computer systems and programs to solve spatial and treatment problems in radiation beam therapy or to enhance the use of imaging systems.
• Acts as the LA General Medical Center Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) or assigns duties to qualified subordinate staff.
• Directs the radiation safety program at the Medical Center in compliance with legal regulations and policies established by the Medical Center Radiation Safety Committee.
• Plans, organizes, and administers the section by establishing proper goals and standards, recruiting and selecting employees, evaluating performance, and resolving employee problems.
• Participates in interdisciplinary conferences with physicians to determine the proper direction of the radiotherapy program and to ensure optimal radiation physics participation.
• Directs and reviews the development of training programs in radiation physics for the training of physicians and technical personnel.
• Conducts lectures in medical radiation physics and radiology for resident physicians.

• A Ph.D. in physics, biophysics, or medical physics.
• Five years’ experience in the physics of radiation therapy, diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine, and hospital safety.

Light. This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting (to a 10‑pound limit) and some bending, stooping, or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved.

To receive credit for the required degree you must include a legible copy of the degree and an official transcript that shows proof of degree awarded, or an official letter from the accredited institution indicating the area of specialization, by the time of filing or within seven (7) calendar days from the filing date. Applications without evidence of the required degree will not be accepted.

Official transcripts must show proof of degree awarded; if the transcript does not list the degree awarded, both transcript and degree must be submitted.

At the time of appointment, the successful candidate must provide an original official transcript…