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Sylvania, OH - USA

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Medical Physicist Shift: EARLY COVERAGE; LATE COVERAGE; NO CALL NO WEEKENDS!!!! Years of experience REQ: 2-5 years in clinical radiation oncology setting First-timers accepted: NO Weekend REQ: No weekend coverage Is on-call REQ No Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs Yes Floating Req to Sister Facilities: (Y/N): Y - Flower Hospital and Maumee/ProMedica Perrysburg Cancer Center Open to accommodating block schedule N Locals accepted: No local travelers 50 miles or less Pending State License accepted: N RTO Restrictions: Greater than 7 days will require Management approval Guaranteed Hours: 40 Special Requirements: Certifications: Completion of CAMPEP approved residency or equivalent upon hire American Board of Radiology Certification in Therapeutic Medical Physics; or American Board of Medical Physics in Medical Physics; or HDR Brachytherapy Authorized Medical Physicist must meet credentialing criteria required upon hire Degree(s): Masters degree in Medical Physics from a CAMPEP accredited Program required; or Doctoral/Ph.D. level advanced degree Equipment: Varian Truebeam Varian Edge Varian Eclipse Varian Aria Varian Bravo HDR Variseed Siemens sim CTs Philips sim CT Accuray Cyberknife HDR Brachytherapy IVB GammaTile Theraspheres Align/VisionRT SRS/SRT/SABR & Varian HyperArc Varian clinacs and ARIA patient management system Job Summary: To provide medical physics services in the accordance with the highest standard of practice in planning optimization evaluation and delivery of radiation therapy. Responsible for ensuring the accurate and consistent performance of the equipment treatment plans and dose calculations. Responsible for the safe and accurate administration of therapeutic radiation and acts as the departments primary resource for all medical radiation safety and regulatory requirements. Job Description/Principle Responsibilities: Quality & Safety o Responsible for the design implementation and compliance of the quality control program for all radiation producing equipment and radioactive materials in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations and accrediting bodies. o Implements and quality assures appropriate procedures for the planning and delivery of radiotherapy including technical specifications/tolerances a well as the flow of procedures entailed in the process including the supervision and QC review of treatment plans and dose calculations. o Performs daily clinical tasks pertaining to chart checks plan checks patient specific quality assurance or other special procedures as needed. o Performs all weekly monthly and annual Quality Assurance testing on all equipment. o Attends and participates in departmental or facility meetings such as but not limited to: CQI huddles & weekly new case conference Treatment & Planning o Perform physics planning and delivery of all radioactive brachytherapy source procedures required in both radiation oncology and outside departments. o Produce computer plans to satisfy physician prescription or written directive. o May produce treatment plans using the health systems available modes and techniques. Collaboration o Works with the physics team in a peer team model in which all physicists have proficiency and cover each other in all aspects. o Consults and collaborates with radiation oncology dosimetry radiation therapist or department members on complex treatment cases. o Collaborate with Radiation Safety officer to achieve federal and state compliance associated with linear accelerators x-ray producing devices and brachytherapy sources. o Participates in the collaboration with IS and vendors to troubleshoot and upgrade systems used in Radiation Oncology. o Provides leadership in technical educational and radiation matters to the radiation oncology department. Innovation o Determine technical specifications for selection of new equipment and/or software supervising the installation and measuring performance parameters to ensure the accurate clinical implementation of new equipment/software. o Participates in the development and implementation of protocols or treatment procedures in conjunction with all medical staff. o Other duties as assigned. Hospital Highlights Type of Facility: Short Term Acute Care Magnet / Teaching / Level Trauma (if applicable): Level 3 Stroke Certified Total Staffed Beds: 315 Scrub Color: N/A Charting: Should be familiar with Varian clinacs and ARIA patient management system. Parking Cost: Free

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