Medical Physicist – St. Cloud, MN

Join a collaborative team of five physicists and six fully remote dosimetrists supporting a regional cancer center with 5 sites all on a single vendor platform. 6080% hybrid work-from-home flexibility and no nights weekends or holidays.

$8000 hiring bonus and $5000 relocation bonus available for qualified candidates

Summary

This position will support radiation oncologists thatutilize a single vendor platform across our five sites located in St. Cloud (2) Monticello Alexandria Willmar and Wadena.

Primary tasks include patient treatment plan checks; weekly physics chart checks daily monthly and annual machine quality assurance SRS and SBRT presence/consulting as well as serving as a resource to the dosimetrists and physicians for special physics consultations.

Additional responsibilities include MLC-based linac SRS planning and the involvement in acceptance testing and commissioning of new treatment machines software or other hardware. On site presence required at our St. Cloud center while our other 4 satellites are covered by remote and by special consult presence. The physicist will also be required to perform any required daily monthly and annual QA for each satellites CT and linac.

Schedule

• Full-time 80 hours every two weeks Hybrid work (60-80% Work from Home)

• Monday-Friday Working hours between 7:30am- 5pm

• No nights weekends or holidays.

Pay and Benefits

• Salary range:$176740.03 - $265088.13 per year

  • Pay may be determined by factors such as education experience skills knowledge location and internal equity

  • Salary and salary range are based on a 1.0 FTE reduced FTE will result in a prorated offer rate

  • May be eligible for additional pay through bonuses quality incentives or production-based (RVU) compensation.

• $8000 hiring bonus and $5000 relocation bonus available for qualified candidates

• Benefits: Medical dental time off retirement employee discounts and more!

Qualifications

Required:

• Masters Degree or higher in Medical Physics or Applied Physicsand a completed medical physics residency program

• New graduates of a medical physics program with clinical experience during studies will also meet experience requirements.

• American Board of Radiology Certification in Radiation Oncology Physics for 5 years preferred. Will also consider American Board of Radiology eligible to be attained within first 5 years of employment.

Preferred:

• 1 year post graduate experience in a program of similar size with computerized treatment planning and comparable computerized simulator/accelerator preferred.

• 5 years post residency experience in a Varian/ARIA program of similar size with computerized treatment planning and comparable computerized simulator/accelerator experience preferred.

• ABR certified in radiation therapy physics. Strong MLC-based linac SRS planning experience preferred.

Department Information

Our department operates six beam-matched linear accelerators from Varian Medical Systems across our locations supporting advanced treatment techniques including 3D-CRT IMRT VMAT SBRT and MLC-based linac SRS in St. Cloud with IGRT and SGRT available at all sites. Three locations are equipped with large-bore CT simulators and PET/CT systems from Philips while Wadena features a PET/CT unit from Siemens Healthineers. Treatment planning is performed in Eclipse with ARIA EMR and Velocity for image registration and data management. Our comprehensive physics QA hardware and software includes but not limited to SNC Profiler ICs PTW Octavius 729s PTW 3D and 1D water tanks PTW electrometers Varian Portal Dosimetry Package Varian MPC Radformations ClearCheck ClearCalc EZfluence and Auto Contouring packages Sun Nuclear StereoPhan phantom with SRS MapCheck.

Our Location

CentraCare a leading not-for-profit health system and one of the largest providers of rural care serves patients across Central West Central and Southwestern Minnesota. It delivers nationally recognized care through 40 medical and surgical specialties innovative population health programs and a collaborative physicianadministration leadership model. St. Cloud Hospital a 489-bed regional referral center and Level II trauma center delivers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services with Magnet-designated nursing and expert support staff. Just 60 minutes from Minneapolis-St. Paul the St. Cloud region is a family-friendly mini-metro featuring excellent schools and four colleges vibrant arts and theatre abundant lakes and outdoor recreation and year-round activities for all seasons.

About CentraCare Cloud Minnesota has made a commitment to diversity in its workforce. All individuals including but not limited to individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. CentraCare is an EEO/AA employer.