Medical Physics Resident

JOB SUMMARY:  Medical Physics Resident will undergo two years of structured hands-on clinical training and didactic courses covering all aspects of radiation oncology physics.  Residents will participate in general clinical coverage of our clinical systems; VMAT/IMRT, IGRT, SBRT/SRS, HDR/LDR, TBI/TSE and Gamma Knife. This position requires a medical physics PhD individual who has excellent interpersonal skills, strong motivation in clinical medical physics, IT experience, and a desire to work in a dynamic environment. This position will rotate amongst our academic medical center, located at the Winston campus which has 4 linear accelerators, a Gamma Knife center that delivers >400 treatments a year, a state-of-the-art dedicated brachytherapy suite, GE wide-bore CT, PET/CT and 3T MRI scanners all located and staffed within the department - GE AW workstations, MIM, MOSAIQ, and multiple radiation treatment planning systems, and our community-based hospitals, and the Levine Cancer Institute at Atrium Health,  at all times under the direct supervision of an experienced board-certified clinical medical physicist.  

 

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:   Graduate Degree in Physics or similar field of study (PhD preferred).  Prior work with applications such as MOSAIQ, RaySearch, Pinnacle, Monaco, MIM, Sun Nuclear applications is preferred.

 

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION:   Graduate degree from a CAMPEP-accredited institution with certificate is preferred.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS – TRAINING TO INCLUDE:

1. Daily departmental support to maintain complex bioinformatics software and systems including MOSAIQ, EPIC, MIM Vista, Raysearch Treatment Planning System, including the interfaces between the systems and performance of upgrades for these systems.
2. General clinical coverage (plan, chart and R/V review, independent calculations, treatment inquiries including knowledge of the systems above.
3. QA procedures (IMRT, VMAT, IGRT, output factors, instrumentation, daily/monthly/annual LINAC QA, RTP QA, daily/monthly/annual QA of special procedure systems).
4. Obtain and provide planning and treatment assistance for: 3D conformal EBRT, VMAT/IMRT, SBRT/SRS, HDR/LDR, TBI/TSE and Gamma Knife.
5. Support of clinical research projects/protocols.
6. Establish and maintain image transfers for brachytherapy procedures (OnCentra) and work towards establishing connectivity with MOSAIQ.
7. Radiation safety training/procedures.
8. Work with IT support to create and update crystal reports within MOSAIQ

 

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Microsoft Windows workstation administration, Windows network printing configuration
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong motivation in medical physics, computer competency related to medical systems
• Ability to work in a dynamic team environment

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

1. Radiation Oncology Clinic
2. May be exposed to bloodborne pathogens in a clinic setting

 

 

 

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Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) is a U.S. News and World Report top 50 ranked medical school, integrated with a world-class health system, Atrium Health. WFUSM, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise, is a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery. WFUSM, has over $300M in annual, extramural funding that drives a cutting-edge Academic Learning Health System by integrating innovative research with excellent patient care across our enterprise.

Atrium Health is based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. AHWFB is an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians.

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