Senior Medical Physicist (PhD) - Radiation Therapy - Bayfront Health

Position Summary

Orlando Health Cancer Institute (OHCI) St. Petersburg is seeking a strong clinical physicist to join our dynamic team of physicists that value on-site clinical coverage and patient care.  Please apply if you want to be part of an organization that has almost all the emerging technology and want to work in tandem with a great group of physicists, physicians and dosimetrists stationed in Orlando!  St. Petersburg will be our brand new regional care center that will house a Varian TrueBeam, Bravos HDR, Somatom.Go CT simulator, and an empty vault for future expansion.  All physics activities will also be supported by the physics team in Orlando with the St. Petersburg physicist supporting the on-site treatment procedures and local Radiation Oncology team. 

 

Applicants must have a minimum of a Masters degree and ABR certification.  The successful candidate is expected to have good interpersonal skills, in addition to excellent written and oral communication.  This open physics position will provide comprehensive clinical support with vacation and sick coverage coming directly from the Orlando-based physics team.

As a department, OHCI Rad Onc treats more than 200 patients per day, at 5 locations across the greater-Orlando area and this soon-to-open, St. Petersburg area center.  In total, our equipment will include 5 matched Varian TrueBeams, a Varian Edge, Varian Ethos, Elekta Synergy, ViewRay MRIdian, Mevion S250 proton therapy system, Nucletron HDR, 6 CT simulators, and soon-to-be-added equipment such as another Varian TrueBeam and a Bravos HDR unit.  Treatment planning for all centers is performed using Full-Scale Eclipse/ARIA deployed through Citrix. 

 

Within our physicist group, we value a team-first attitude, collaboration with your colleagues, and enthusiasm for clinical medical physics.  Physicists are expected to participate in our CAMPEP-accredited residency program and are also presented opportunities to participate in clinical research, though not required by any means.  Our current Orlando-based medical physics team includes 9 photon-clinic physicists, 2 proton-clinic physicists, 2 therapy physics residents, 2 medical physics assistants, 3 IT/CE liaisons, and a medical physics research fellow.  As the St. Petersburg practice grows, as too will on-site physician and physics staffing numbers based on patient volumes.  Our department is seeing additional growth with multiple physical expansion opportunities occurring across the Central-Florida area, even beyond St. Petersburg. 

 

Finally, we work alongside an excellent team of highly-engaged Radiation Oncologists (12) and certified Medical Dosimetrists (11), all of whom lean heavily on physicist involvement within our busy practice.  Senior-level physicist's compensation includes an annual merit increases plus annual leader-incentive bonus ranging from 8-12%. 

Responsibilities

1. Administrative1.1 In collaboration with the Chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology, the Administrator, the Chief Therapist and the Nurse Manager, plan for the proper allocation of Department resources, incljuding equipment usage, selection and replacement; staffing requirements, assignment and recruitment; budget preparation; program operation and continuing review of policies and procedures.1.2 Directly supervise physicists, dosimetrists and Therapists. 1.3 Authorize purchase of equipment, supplies etc. as required for the routine operation of the Department.1.4 Develop and administer a comprehensive maintenance program for all major equipment within the Department.1.5 Develop and administer a comprehensive Quality Assurance (QA) program for all treatment modalities, localization procedures and computational equipment and programs sufficient to assure the accurate delivery of prescribed dose to patients.1.6 Collaborate with the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) to develop and administer a comprehensive radiation safety program in compliance with relevant State of Florida Department of Health rules and regulations and licenses, including a personnel radiation monitoring program.1.7 Monitor on a regular basis the performance of the therapy staff and treatment areas and provide the necessary equipment and support to assure the accurate delivery of patient treatments.

 

2. Consultative2.1 Develop performance, acceptance testing and commissioning specifications for all newly acquired equipment. Approve for clinical use. Review staff training and competency.2.2 Calculate, or review, and certify for use all shielding for new or modified radiation areas.2.3 Collaborate, as requested, with the Radiation Oncologist and/or physics and/or dosimetry staff on individual patient treatment plans using all appropriate treatment modalities available within the Department of Radiation Oncology.2.4 Develop, or review, and approve for clinical use new or non-standar