Medical Physicist

Schedule:

Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm; occasional evening or weekend hours

Work/life balance schedules

• Full-time employees are eligible for health, dental and vision benefits
• Company holidays and a flexible holiday!
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) Package

• Additional accrual increase after 1 year of service

• 401K
• Scrub Allotments
• Yearly Bonus Program
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  The CARES model reflects the principles that guide our day-to-day behaviors; our decisions, our actions, and our relationships with each other and with the patients and families we serve. All DPN employees are expected to embrace and demonstrate the following:
  
  • COMPASSION: the patient is at the center of all we do
  • ACCOUNTABILITY: we hold ourselves accountable for our actions
  • RESPECT: we show respect for others
  • EXCELLENCE with Innovation: we strive for excellence in all we do
  • SERVICE through Collaboration: we provide service to our patients, team members and community.

  Additionally, a service-oriented organization, All employees are expected to embrace and demonstrate the following when interacting with patients, employees and other customers:
  

  • Smile, make eye contact and greet with energy!
  • Restate what you are hearing. Listen patiently and compassionately to complaints. Our patients and families are likely going through a difficult time. Irritability on their part is not about you.
  • Give full attention. Turn away from the computer screen and face the person you are conversing with.
  • Explain any potential delays in service and provide frequent updates.
  • Empathize (feel empathy for someone)

  Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
  

  • Determines relative dosimetry characteristics for various types of radiation (high energy x-rays, electrons, etc.) and radiation- producing equipment;
  • Final review of treatment plans;
  • Oversees treatment planning system, plans, and Isodose verification;
  • Provides technical direction for radiation therapy;
  • Computes and verifies tumor dose and establishes and monitors basic dosage;
  • Provides linear accelerator beam analysis, periodic calibration and maintenance;
  • Assists in evaluation of diagnostic and treatment modalities to maximize patient benefit;
  • Participates in treatment planning, patient monitoring and accuracy of delivery;
  • Participates in patient specific QA;
  • Leads technology assessment, planning and purchase of major equipment. Equipment, software and systems acceptance testing and commissioning;
  • Follow all health care privacy and safety rules and adheres to Core Values;
  • Other duties as assigned.

  Required Education and/ or Experience:
  
  All of the following must be met.
  

  • The Medical Physicist position requires a Master's degree in physics, medical physics, nuclear engineering, biophysics; doctorate preferred.
  • Certification in Therapeutic Medical Physics or equivalent by the American Board of Radiology, The American Board of Medical Physics, or The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine.
  • The Medical Physicist position also requires a minimum of two years' clinical experience in major radiation center.