Clinical Physicist

Overview

Working at Moffitt is both a career and a mission: to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer. As the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center based in Florida, Moffitt employs some of the best and brightest minds from around the world. Join a dedicated team of nearly 10,000 who are shaping the future we envision. Moffitt has been recognized as a Best and Brightest Company to Work for in the Nation, a Digital Health Most Wired Organization and continually named one of the Tampa Bay Time’s Top Workplaces.

A National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center since 2001.

Summary

The Clinical Physicist I performs activities to assure the safe and effective delivery of radiation therapy as prescribed by Radiation Oncology physicians. Clinical Physicist I will work under the supervision of licensed medical physicists and at the direction of the Director of Clinical Physics.

• Minimum Education:
  
  Bachelor s Degree Medical Physics or a related discipline
• LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION:
  Physicist in Training Certificate
• Minimum Experience
  
  Required:
  
  With the appropriate educational background this position can be an entry level position into the field of Medical Physics.

• Linear Accelerator Quality Assurance:
  Perform daily, weekly, monthly and annual quality assurance measurements and tests to verify proper performance of linear accelerators, brachytherapy units and any other clinical radiation producing equipment.
• Dosimetry Planning and Quality Assurance:
  Provide technical support to the dosimetry team. Physicist may also be required to generate dosimetry plans for specialty procedures and as a backup for dosimetrists. Perform quality assurance on completed plans ensuring they are accurate and meet planning objectives specified by the physician.
• Other duties as assigned.