Medical Physicist Job at McLaren, Montana

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  • McLaren
  • Montana

Job Description

Summary

Looking to join a dynamic physics team in a growing center? The Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Macomb is hiring. The position is open to all career levels with compensation based on experience, so this would be a terrific opportunity for either a current resident looking for a first post-residency position, or an experienced physicist looking to advance their career. This position is part of a core team of 3 physicists responsible for activities in the Macomb, Clarkston, and Port Huron centers, with additional support from the Karmanos Network Physics team.

The Team

The successful candidate will join a local team of 2 other physicists, 3 dosimetrists, and 4 physicians providing care for cancer patients across these 3 centers.

The Karmanos Cancer Network comprises 10 cancer centers spread throughout Michigan. The physics team, consisting of 12 physicists and 2 physics residents, collaborates closely in all areas of patient care, technical duties, and quality/system improvement projects. The new team member will have immediate opportunities to make significant contributions across the spectrum of physics activities.

Technologies

The centers have three Varian TrueBeams and 1 Varian Trilogy, 3 CT Simulators (1 Philips Big Bore, 2 GE LightSpeed), 1 Elekta Flexitron HDR, and 1 Varian Bravos HDR unit. Advanced technologies such as SGRT (Identify/VisionRT), HyperArc, gating, 4DCBCT, etc., are available. We offer a broad range of treatments to our patients including SRS/SBRT, respiratory gating, and brachytherapy.

All centers throughout the Karmanos Cancer Network utilize cloud hosted Eclipse treatment planning and Aria record and verify on a common system that is supported by a dedicated IT and administration team.

Essential Responsibilities
• Acceptance and commissioning of LINAC
• Implementation of clinical stereotactic program
• Radiation therapy equipment calibration, quality assurance
• Collaboration with clinical and medical staff on simulation and treatment planning
• Provide ongoing oversight of quality and safety of patient treatment delivery
• Participation in department quality assurance and continuous quality improvement program
• Participation in clinical research effort
• Collaboration in network physics initiative

Requirements

  • Master's or PhD degree in medical physics or related discipline.
  • Board Certified or eligible for certification in therapeutic medical physics from American Board of Radiology (ABR) or equivalent certification
  • Two or more years of prior work experience as a Medical Physicist or Medical Physics Resident in full-service radiation therapy center.

Job Tags

Full time, Work experience placement, Local area, Immediate start

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