Associate Medical Physicist

Inova Health System; Falls Church (VA); Sur place; USD 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Retirement matching 5%

Education assistance up to $5,250/year

Student loan assistance up to $10,000

Mental health support with 25 sessions

Résumé du poste

Inova Center for Personalized Health in Falls Church, VA seeks an Associate Medical Physicist to join our team. This full-time role runs Monday through Friday and offers a sign-on bonus as part of our competitive compensation package.

You will work with physicists and physicians across the Inova system to optimize patient dosages, ensure equipment QA, and maintain safety and regulatory compliance in radiation therapy and diagnostic imaging.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Physical Science required.
• Certification - eligible to take the American Board of Radiology certification.
• Licensure - eligible to submit to become a VA State inspector in the subject specialty.

Responsabilités

• Maintains contacts with physicists and confers with physicians on dosages and QA.
• Ensures regulatory compliance with state and federal rules and recommendations.
• Interacts with vendors about equipment specifications and acceptance rules (linear accelerators, MRI, CT).
• Discusses radiation exposure with patients.
• Confers with physicians in subspecialties in all patient uses in ionizing radiation.
• Provides Medical Physics coverage to subspecialties (e.g., Radiation Therapy, Cardiac Cath).
• Intercompares data with other radiation therapy institutions; stays current with literature in the field.
• Attends hospital committees (e.g., Radiation Safety Committee).
• Maintains professional relationships with Department Directors and Medical Directors; develops contacts with physicists in other practices.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Formation

Master's in Physical Science

Description du poste

Inova Center for Personalized Health is looking for a dedicated Associate Medical Physicist to join the team. This role will be full-time Monday through Friday and offers a sign on bonus.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develops and maintains contacts with physicists in other practices. Confers with physicians throughout Inova systems regarding patient dosages, regarding equipment evaluation and quality assurance.
• Cooperates and adhere to regulatory agencies (state and federal) in demonstrating compliance with applicable rules and recommendations.
• Confers with vendors or equipment used in practice (i.e. linear accelerators, MRI, CT etc.) concerning purchase specifications, acceptance rules and regulations.
• Discusses with patients and other members of the public radiation exposure with medical procedures.
• Confers with physicians in subspecialties in all patient uses in ionizing radiation.
• Provides Medical Physics coverage as deemed appropriate to the sub specialty (i.e.. Radiation Therapy, Cardiac Cath.).
• Intercompares data with other radiation therapy institutions; Stays abreast of clinical and dosimetric literature in sub specialty.
• Attends any hospital assigned committees (i.e. Radiation Safety Committee).
• Maintains professional working relationship with the pertinent Department Directors and the Medical Directors; Develops and maintains contacts with physicists in other practices.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Additional Requirements:

• Certification - With time in work, experience, is eligible to take the American Board of Radiology certification.
• Licensure - Applicant is eligible to submit to become a VA State inspector in the subject specialty.
• Education - Master's in Physical Science