Medical Physicist-TLD Service

Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City seeks a Medical Physicist to oversee quality, safety and regulatory compliance for imaging modalities. The role involves acceptance testing, periodic evaluation, and post-repair assessments to ensure patient safety and image quality.

Responsibilities include determining radiation doses for procedures, performing QA surveys across diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and MRI, and writing policies for the department. On-call duties and staff training are expected.

Qualifications

• Required: BSc degree in Physical Science or physics.
• Desired: Master’s in physics, medical physics, or related field.
• Experience with QA of imaging modalities is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare reports ensuring safe use of ionizing radiation within the hospital.
• Perform QA tests on radiotherapy equipment at weekly, monthly and annual intervals.
• Assist in radiation safety surveys and shielding calculations as needed.
• On-call support according to operational needs.
• Provide training to physicians, radiographers, technicians and nursing staff.

Skills

Quality safety

Acceptance testing

Periodic evaluation

Dose estimation

Quality assurance

Training delivery

Radiation protection

Shielding calculations

Image reconstruction

Education

BSc in Physical Science

Master in physics/medical physics (preferred)

Tools

Dosimetry software

Job description

The role of a Medical Physicist directly involves the quality safety and regulatory compliance of medical imaging modalities The quality and safety aspect can be divided into the following three areas a acceptance testing of imaging modalities to ensure patient safety and image quality b periodic evaluation of imaging modalities to ensure compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements and c evaluation after major repairs service of imaging equipment to ensure patient safety and image quality To determine radiation doses for various radiologic proceduresTo perform on call according to operational needs May be required to write policies and procedures for the department of medical physics Provides in-service training for Physicians radiographers technicians and nursing staff May be required to assist in the quality assurance of diagnostic radiology equipment Will be required to perform quality assurance surveys of diagnostic radiology equipment and Nuclear medicine and MRITo perform radiation protection surveys of both diagnostic and Nuclear Medicine installations To perform shielding barrier calculations for diagnostic radiologyTo assist with the monitoring of doses to personnel using personal systemsTo perform diagnostic QC tests on digital radiography units and digital mammography unitsTo measure patient doses for diagnostic radiology proceduresTo estimate the radiation dose received by the patient as well as ways to keep the radiation dose to the workers as low as possible To have experience in image reconstruction and data analysis To assist in determining the optimal approaches to be used for processing different types of nuclear medicine studies.

• a acceptance testing of imaging modalities to ensure patient safety and image quality
• b periodic evaluation of imaging modalities to ensure compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements
• c evaluation after major repairs service of imaging equipment to ensure patient safety and image quality
• To determine radiation doses for various radiologic procedures
• To perform on call according to operational needs
• May be required to write policies and procedures for the department of medical physics
• Provides in-service training for Physicians radiographers technicians and nursing staff
• May be required to assist in the quality assurance of diagnostic radiology equipment
• Will be required to perform quality assurance surveys of diagnostic radiology equipment and Nuclear medicine and MRI
• To perform radiation protection surveys of both diagnostic and Nuclear Medicine installations
• To perform shielding barrier calculations for diagnostic radiology
• To assist with the monitoring of doses to personnel using personal systems
• To perform diagnostic QC tests on digital radiography units and digital mammography units
• To measure patient doses for diagnostic radiology procedures
• To estimate the radiation dose received by the patient as well as ways to keep the radiation dose to the workers as low as possible
• To have experience in image reconstruction and data analysis
• To assist in determining the optimal approaches to be used for processing different types of nuclear medicine studies

Accountabilities

Prepares reports to ensure safe use of ionizing radiation within the hospital Performs the quality assurance tests on linear accelerators at weekly monthly and annual intervals and generates reports as required by the medical physicists To prepare reports of work carried out relating to the work carried out in the department and other reports as they may relate to the safe use of ionizing radiation within the hospital

Experience

Required: Upon completion of Internship. Desired: N.A.

Educational Qualification

Required: BSc degree in Physical Science from an accredited program or equivalent. Bachelor s degree in physics Desired: Master s degree in physics, medical physics, or a related fieldTo sit as a member on any committee to which being nominated.