Medical Physicist

Overview

St. Luke's Health System in Twin Falls, Idaho is looking for a full‑time Board Certified/Board Eligible Medical Physicist to work with our highly collaborative and patient‑focused team e's Cancer Institute. The selected individual will be joining a team of physicists and dosimetrists in an Aria/Eclipse environment with Varian True Beam linear accelerators. This role offers great work/life balance, retirement and health‑care benefits, PTO, and sign‑on and relocation bonuses.

The Twin Falls team consists of a Chief of Physics, 2 physicians, 2 dosimetrists, 6 therapists and a therapist supervisor. While this position is based in Twin Falls, you will also be part of a larger group that is spread throughout the Boise area consisting of an additional 5 physicists, 9 dosimetrists and a dedicated IT support team.

• Ensures that all treatment machines and radiation sources are correctly calibrated according to accepted protocols.
• Ensures that all radiation safety requirements throughout the facility are met in collaboration with the hospital Radiation Safety Officer.
• In coordination with other team members, develops and maintains a QA program.
• Ensures that the beam and source data are accurate and correctly entered into the treatment planning system.
• Establishes treatment planning and dose calculation procedures that are used throughout the department, and ensures their accuracy.
• In consultation with the radiation oncologists and dosimetrists, oversees treatment planning and determination of radiation dose distributions in patients undergoing treatment.
• Ensures policies and procedures contain proper elements of good radiation oncology practice, delivery of treatment, radiation safety, quality control, and regulatory compliance.
• Releases a treatment machine into clinical service after maintenance, and documents that any alteration caused by the maintenance and repair schedule does not affect the accelerator performance or calibration.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• 1 True Beam
• 1 Varian NTx with HDMLC - scheduled for replacement with a True Beam Edge in August 2026
• Flexitron Afterloader
• Brain Lab Exac Trac Patient Monitoring System
• CT - Siemens Open Pro simulator with Varian RGSC 4
  
  DCT
• Sun Nuclear IC Profiler-based monthly QA procedures
• EPID Portal Dosimetry

• Aria Record & Verify
• Eclipse 18
  • Rapid Plan
  • MCO
  • GPU Computing
• Brainlab
  • Cranial
  • Multimets
• Radformation
  • Auto Contour
  • Clear Check
  • Clear Calc
  • EZFluence
  • Quick Code

• Education:
  
  Master’s degree in Medical Physics or a related field
• Experience:
  
  2 years in radiation oncology physics setting or completion of CAMPEP accredited residency
• Licenses/Certifications:
  
  Certification in Therapeutic Radiological Physics (TRP) or Therapeutic Medical Physics (TMP) by the A  or ABMP

St. Luke’s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

e's, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission – and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on‑site massages, on‑site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Personify Health Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.