Quality Assurance Chief Physicist - Radiology Oncology - Mount Sinai Union Square - Full Time Days

Quality assurance of treatment planning computer systems including entry, processing, and verification of radiation beam data.

1. Maintenance of backup media for all computers used in treatment planning and delivery.

2. Radiation protection survey and leak test.

3. Calibration of radioisotopes.

4. Audit/Review of patient treatment folders.

5. IMRT plan verifications.

6. Daily, monthly, and annual LINAC quality assurance records and calibration

7. Special dose calculation and invivo patient dosimetry.

8. Implant procedures – Backup physicist

9. Updates a Continuum P&P manual, reflecting all procedures, and including all forms

10. Coordinate independent (RPC) LINAC output comparison with the RPC for all BI LINACs

11. Prepare data for Internal Audit review of all Continuum sites

12. Collects and coordinates QI data for all Continuum sites

13. Oversee calibration equipment certificate compliance

14. Recommends and evaluates new methodologies and technologies associated with the delivery of Radiation Oncology services.

15. Participates and represents the department in meetings and committees both within the Department/Medical Center as well as outside agencies/facilities.

16. Ensures that the Physics division operates in compliance with all regulatory standards.

17. Oversees all quality assurance activities, as well as establishes and enforces the policies and procedures.

18. Maintains patient/employee confidentiality in the management of information.

19. Observes the Health Care System's compliance policies.

20. Participates in the development of other staff members.

21. Participates in the department’s performance improvement activities

22. Observes the Health Care System’s compliance policies

23. Directs and supervises department staff through subordinate managers, including review/approval of recommended personnel actions

24. Implements and maintains established Medical Center policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, environmental and infection control

25. Directs (through subordinate supervisors) care and maintenance of department facilities, equipment and supplies

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:  

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization.  We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.

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Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ m