Clinical Medical Physicist – Oncology Radiotherapy

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare; Huntley (IL); On-site; USD 153,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwestern Medicine seeks a Clinical Medical Physicist for Huntley Oncology Clinic. The role entails leading complex treatment planning, patient positioning, and comprehensive QA within a busy radiotherapy clinic.

You will oversee physics operations, develop protocols, and ensure regulatory compliance while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to advance patient care and safety.

Qualifications

• Board certification required for therapeutic medical physics
• IL emergency management licensure required or eligible for licensure

Responsibilities

• Perform complex treatment planning, patient positioning support, and QA
• Oversee all medical physics operations within a radiotherapy clinic
• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, therapists, and dosimetrists
• Develop specifications for external beam therapy, brachytherapy, simulations, and dosimetry measurements
• Ensure regulatory and accreditation compliance for radiation equipment and systems

Skills

QA data analysis

Data analysis

Clinical documentation

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

ABR Board Certified Therapeutic Medical Physicist

Illinois Emergency Management Registered Therapeutic Radiological Physicist

PhD

Tools

QA software

Treatment planning systems

Job description

Northwestern Medicine seeks a Clinical Medical Physicist for Huntley Oncology Clinic. The role entails leading complex treatment planning, patient positioning, and comprehensive QA within a busy radiotherapy clinic.

You will oversee physics operations, develop protocols, and ensure regulatory compliance while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to advance patient care and safety.