Medical Physicist

Department:

37305 AMG Corporate - Cancer: Medical Physics

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

This is a hybrid role at Condell Medical Center in Libertyville that can offer up to 2 days of remote work, as available. Some travel may be needed to nearby sites for staffing coverage.

Provide physics services to the Radiation Oncology Department in accordance with the highest standards of practice and as required by regulatory agencies.  Provide emergent physics services to the Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Departments as needed when standard resources are unavailable.

Major Responsibilities:

• Provision of operational aspects of Medical Physics.
  •     Prepares and delivers continuing education to the radiation oncology staff as it relates to medical physics, equipment, and radiation safety. Also performs or coordinates annual inservices for the department.
  •     Performs acceptance testing and performance verification of xray equipment in the radiation oncology department.
  •     Coordinates the maintenance of instrumentation required for quality control, image quality, and patient treatment measurements.
  •     Designs and fabricates treatment aides and treatment beam modifiers as needed.
  •     Consults with radiation oncologists and treatment staff on the physical and radiobiological aspects of patients' treatments and development of treatment plans.
  •     Acquires and stores data needed for treatment and treatment plans in the planning computer.
  •     Calculates dose distributions and machine settings for patient treatments.
  •     Develops techniques (hardware, software, or procedures) to improve the delivery of radiation treatments.
  •     Acquires beam data for patient dose calculation.
• Calibration of radioactive sources and radiation producing equipment.
  •     Perform measurements that will lead to a calibration when needed.
  •     Use appropriate measuring devices to calibrate the radiation sources.
  •     Perform annual calibration of all diagnostic and therapeutic radiation producing equipment in the department of radiation oncology.
  •     Coordinate the calibration of all necessary equipment by a standards laboratory at required energies and at appropriate intervals for said device.
  •     As needed, verifying the calibration of radioactive sources and materials.
• Develop and implement QC programs and policies for radiation equipment and patient treatment at the discretion of the manager of medical physics.
  •     Review, critically evaluate and approve dosimetrists' treatment plans for accuracy and appropriateness.
  •     Perform weekly chart checks of patients under treatment.
  •     Performs in-vivo measurements to verify the dose delivered to patients as needed.
  •     Keep records of quality assurance measurements and generate reports as needed.
  •     Perform weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual quality assurance test of radiation oncology equipment per manufacturer, AAPM and IEMA guidelines.
  •     Assure that QC program meets the requirements of Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
  •     Maintain, review, provide oversight and direction of all service and upgrades on all radiation oncology equipment. When needed, physicists must approve and sign off on such service before the equipment can be used clinically.
  •     Perform annual absolute dose output of the linear accelerators with independent 3rd party institutions such as the RPC and RDS.
• Stay abreast of new radiotherapeutic treatment delivery and treatment delivery techniques. Participate in continuous practice improvement.
  •     Read and report on medical physics literature as it relates to radiation oncology.
  •     Attend such training courses or refresher courses as appropriate to maintain skills and knowledge.
  •     Actively participate in chart rounds, process improvement a