Medical Physicist, II

Overview

Job title:

Medical Physicist, II at CARTI

JOB SUMMARY:

This position is responsible for overseeing all Medical Physics duties at CARTI, including calibration, use, and quality management of radiation therapy treatment, simulation, and treatment planning equipment. The CARTI Medical Physicist aligns with corporate and departmental core values, demonstrating compassion for patients and staff, taking ownership of all tasks, and collaborating as an integral part of the clinical team. Work-from-home flexibility is available with prior approval from the Director of Medical Physics, provided clinical coverage is maintained safely, and a signed Work-From-Home agreement is in place.

Unplanned in-person attendance may be required based on clinical needs.

• Maintains basic competency and participation in radiation therapy physics, SBRT, SGRT, SRS and other radiation therapy functions as described in the Medical Physics scope of practice defined by AAPM. Specifically:
  • External beam radiation therapy includes Photon 3D, IMRT, VMAT, and Electrons.
  • Treatment techniques are basic SRS, SRT, and SBRT that are appropriate to conventional linear accelerators, e.g., True Beam, 2100.
  • CT imaging and QA for external beam radiotherapy.
• Participates in all CARTI related didactic activities as directed by the Director of Physics.
• Maintains annual participation metrics. Participation is considered maintained if the sum of productivity for all pertinent procedures is within one standard deviation of the mean for the physics group; a three-month grace period is granted to bring the current participation rate within one standard deviation if needed.
• Provides Physics cross-coverage for modalities listed in this job description, including chart checks for treatments of similar duties.
• Maintains the Code of Ethics as defined by AAPM and abides by the CARTI Corporate Compliance policy.
• Performs calibrations and quality management measurements on all treatment and planning equipment according to established guidelines, policies, and laws.
• Records and analyzes results of measurements, takes corrective actions as needed, and reports results to the Director of Physics. Investigate and correct questionable results or failures promptly.
• Gathers, analyzes, and reviews data needed for planning and delivering patient treatments; processes data for use on computer, calibrations, or manually, upon approval by the Director of Physics.
• Participates in developing calibration and quality management guidelines, policies, procedures, and schedules.
• Assists in maintaining QA, calibration, data acquisition equipment and devices in good condition and current calibration.
• Provides direct supervision and performs routine checks of patient charts for accuracy and proper documentation; performs needed make-up treatment calculations.
• Assists in the institutional radiation protection program and in maintaining regulatory compliance; performs routine surveys, calibrations, checks, tests and maintains records according to license conditions.
• Provides direct supervision and assists in the design and fabrication of patient treatment and treatment aids.
• Maintains patient confidentiality and HIPAA compliance.
• Maintains a positive work climate and the overall team effort of the department and CARTI.
• Maintains working knowledge of state-of-the-art practices and innovative approaches relevant to CARTI.
• Performs related responsibilities as required to transcend and improve CARTI on an ongoing basis.

• Involved in advanced special procedures defined as radiotherapy physics procedures performed by CARTI other than conventional linear accelerator treatments, e.g., Cyberknife.
• Involved in brachytherapy procedures performed by CARTI Medical Physics.

This position involves periodic travel between CARTI clinics to perform Medical Physics related duties as described in this document or otherwise assigned by the Director of Medical Physics.

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• Master’s degree in medical or radiological physics or in physical sciences with an additional two years of post-graduate work in medical physics.
• Eligible for certification or certified by the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Physics or equivalent body.

• Successful completion of a CAMPEP residency program or a minimum of 2 years of similar work experience if a CAMPEP residency program was not completed.
• Ability to use, operate, calibrate, collect, and analyze data from computers, clinical linear accelerators, CT, treatment planning systems, dosimetry and calibration instrumentation, radiation survey and measurement instrumentation, and brachytherapy systems.
• Working knowledge of basic physics, dosimetry and calibration instrumentation, and radiation safety survey and measurement instrumentation.
• Ability to acquire dosimetric data used to commission treatment planning…