Medical Physicist - Atrium Health Pineville/Monroe Levine Cancer Radiation FT

Department:

37303 Atrium Health Union - Oncology: Radiation

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Daily during clinic hours and other times as needed to support clinical operations.

This position is Sign-on Bonus eligible. Based on eligibility.

Pay Range
$85.00 - $136.00

Interested applicants are invited to join Atrium Health Levine Cancer's physics practice working alongside a dynamic care team. Atrium Health Levine Cancer (AHLC) provides patients with access to nationally renowned physicians and state-of-the-art treatments at 25+ cancer care locations across the Carolinas, including 10 radiation therapy centers in the Greater Charlotte, NC area.

Atrium Health is recruiting a staff medical physicist to support clinical services at our LCI Pineville and Union clinics. These facilities feature 2 Varian Truebeams and one Varian Clinac iX, all with Surface Image Guidance setup and motion management systems. The treatment planning system is Varian Eclipse (v16.1) and ARIA is the oncology EMR. Each clinic has a GE CT scanner to support clinical simulations.

The team dedicated to supporting the LCI Pineville and Union centers currently consists of 3 dosimetrists and 3 physicians. The interested candidate would join 2 other medical physicists and a chief physicist. Atrium Health's Charlotte clinics are home to 50+ physicists, dosimetrists and medical physics assistants dedicated to supporting external beam and modalities across our network.

The 8 other Greater Charlotte-region Atrium Health Levine Cancer Radiation Therapy clinics are equipped with CT Simulators (GE/Philips), as well as Varian treatment planning (Eclipse v16.1), EMR (ARIA 15.6/16.1) and Clinac/TrueBeam treatment delivery systems, with one clinic equipped with RayStation (v2023B) TPS, Mosaiq EMR and an Elekta Infinity linear accelerator. AHLC's Charlotte-area clinics have active SBRT and SRS programs and employ Surface Image Guidance Technology in most facilities. Our network of clinics also includes the Proton and Advanced Radiation Therapy Center which features the 2-state region's only proton beam delivery system, Gamma Knife-based SRS and an active radiopharmaceutical therapy program. MIM Maestro image management software including AI contouring tools is also utilized. A full complement of QA tools and technologies are available. Active clinical projects include knowledge-based planning techniques, AI contouring, clinical implementation of Cherenkov radiation in radiotherapy and QA standardization using a cloud-based platform.

Additionally, our Charlotte area clinics currently host trainees from the Carolinas College of Health Sciences in radiation therapy and medical dosimetry. Physicists also serve as mentors in the joint Atrium Health/Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist CAMPEP-approved medical physics residency program. In 2025, the Charlotte campus of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine opened with its inaugural class of medical students. It is anticipated that opportunities for academic faculty physicist roles will be available to interested and appropriate candidates.

Interested candidates will join a collaborative environment where physicists work across facilities on projects impacting patients network-wide.

Major Responsibilities:

• Performs delivery of non-standard, standard and complicated treatment planning and techniques.
• Calibrates various therapy machines, measures instruments against national standards, and measures therapy beam data for treatment planning purposes. Leads and facilitates the troubleshooting process, works collaboratively with Medical Engineers. Operates and performs quality assurance (QA) on equipment as required.
• Performs radiation surveys of patients exposed to radioactive sources; regularly performs radiation surveys of treatment rooms.
• Enters and validates data in treatment planning systems.
• Assists with writing specifications and commissioning new therapy equipment and accessories; designs new techniques and ancillary equipment as required.
• Rapidly adopts and champions implementation of new technology and techniques; serves as a technical resource, role model and/or preceptor for staff, and conducts in-services as assigned.
• Assists in completion of competencies for other staff.
• Assists with ensuring compliance with all state and federal regulating and accrediting bodies.
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:

• Medical Physicist certification issued by the American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP) needs to be obtained within 4 years, or
• Medical Physicist (CMP-ABR) certification issued by The American Board of Radiology (ABR) needs to be obtained within 4 years, or
• Medical Physicist (CMP-CCPM) certification issued by The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM) needs to be obtained within 4 years.

Education Required:

• Master's Degree in Medical Physics.

Experience Required:

• No experience required.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

• Completion of a CAMPEP-accredited medical physics residency program is required.
• Knowledge of treatment units and simulators and awareness of treatment unit's limitations in clinical situations.
• Knowledge of record and verify and radiation oncology electronic medical record systems.
• Knowledge and ability to learn and apply complex radiation therapy principles.
• Proficient with general radiation equipment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with physicians, staff, patients and their families.
• Excellent problem solving abilities and analytical skills to compare data.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Must lift up to 20 lbs. frequently and up to 50 lbs. occasionally. Must be able to sit 50% of workday.
• May push up to 500 pounds, 50 to 200 feet.
• Exposed to mechanical, electrical, chemical and radiation hazards.
• Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

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Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
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• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

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• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

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Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation's largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.