Therapeutic Medical Physicists

Job Details

Job Location:

Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX - Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234

Position Type:
Full Time

Job Shift: Day

Job Category:
Health Care

The Therapeutic Medical Physicist shall perform clinical radiation therapy physics and other support services in support of BAMC's Radiation Oncology program Department of Radiology, BAMC, San Antonio, TX

Hours:

Part-Time
- Job Share (20-40 hours per week with flexibility) or Full-Time

Reporting Time:

• If working
  * 8 hours (8x5): 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
• If working
  * 10 hours (10x4): 6:30 AM - 5:00 PM

The contract lead at the facility will coordinate and maintain scheduling.

When directed by the Government, the HCW shall remain on duty to complete

patient treatment where lack of continuity of care would otherwise jeopardize patient health. This provision is not intended to apply to the time required to complete routine tasks (e.g., completion of paperwork or routine administrative tasks at the end of a shift) which are to be completed as part of the normal work schedule.

• The HCW shall perform clinical radiation therapy physics and other support services as required by the Department of Radiology, BAMC.
• Manage the Radiation Therapy Service Equipment Quality Control Program.
• Develop, oversee, and analyze technician quality control testing of radiation producing, detection, and measurement equipment.
• Perform physics quality control testing, calibration, and equipment evaluation on equipment to be used directly for radiation therapy purposes.
• Monitor maintenance of treatment device, dosimetry, and radiation therapy imaging equipment, and pertinent accessory purposes.
• Coordinate maintenance of treatment device, dosimeter, radiation therapy imaging equipment , and accessories with medical maintenance.
• Perform dosimetry inter-comparison.
• Provide expert guidance for procurement of new and emerging technologies related to treatment and quality assurance equipment. Assist the Government in developing specifications for the procurement of this equipment. Provide consulting services for equipment acceptance testing.
• Serve as Authorized Radiation Safety Officer for Radiation Oncology.
• Support computer systems. Manage multiple computer systems.
• Monitor/ensure computer maintenance.
• Develop and oversee quality control testing.
• Enter therapy and radioisotope data.
• Certify computer output against measurements for treatment planning system, beam-scanning system, and computers interfaced with linear accelerator.
• Coordinate maintenance of imaging, treatment planning, accelerator control, and physics computer systems. Perform quality control testing. Consult on patient simulation and treatment.
• Consult with physician and radiation therapist to determine positioning of patient and equipment.
• Provide periodic analysis of consistent and accurate positioning of patient equipment, and treatment aid.
• Perform treatment chart checks.
• Evaluate special dosimetry.
• Perform and analyze special dosimetry on selected procedures.
• Consult with physician concerning the effect upon patient. Perform fetal exposure evaluation.
• Plan treatment. (a) Develop treatment plan. Confer with physician; construct patient models and cross sections. Develop treatment plans and obtain physician approval. Calculate treatment times. Discuss final plan with radiation therapist and annotate treatment chart. Check dosimetrist's plan and calculations. (b) Validate treatment plan, check dosimetrist's plan and calculations. Collaborate with physician on final treatment plans. Design and oversee construction of treatment aid device.
  
  (a) Verify accuracy and integrity of treatment aid device. (b) Oversee design of treatment aids. (c) Develop…