Clinical Medical Physicist - Radiation Oncology

MaineHealth; Brunswick (ME); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

MaineHealth seeks a Clinical Medical Physicist to join a growing Radiation Oncology program serving Southern and Coastal Maine, with primary duties at Maine Medical Center in Portland and the new Mid Coast Cancer Center in Brunswick.

You will support external beam radiotherapy, brachytherapy, and advanced imaging, while helping launch new CT simulation, image guidance, and stereotactic capabilities across sites. Collaboration with physicians, dosimetrists, therapists, and vendors is essential.

Qualifications

• CAMPEP-residency graduate or board-certified physicist.
• Experience with external beam, brachytherapy, and imaging.
• Strong collaboration with clinicians, dosimetrists, and therapists.

Responsibilities

• Support external beam radiation therapy, stereotactic treatments, brachytherapy, imaging, simulation, and treatment delivery.
• Perform treatment planning support, dose calculations, patient-specific QA, and physics plan review.
• Maintain QA programs and participate in equipment commissioning, validation, and technology implementation.
• Collaborate with physicians, dosimetrists, therapists, physicists, IT, engineering, and vendor partners.
• Contribute to patient safety, quality improvement, and workflow standardization.

Skills

Clinical physics

Collaboration

Problem solving

Education

CAMPEP residency or board-certified physicist

Board certification (medical physics)

Tools

Varian TrueBeam

ARIA/Eclipse

MIM

Oncentra

Job description

Maine Medical Center

Professional - Clinical
Req #: 91583

MaineHealth | Southern & Coastal Maine

Join a Growing Radiation Oncology Program in Maine

MaineHealth is seeking a Clinical Medical Physicist to join Radiation Oncology. This is an experienced medical physics and dosimetry team supporting a regional radiation oncology network, serving patients across Southern and Coastal Maine.

We welcome candidates ranging from recent CAMPEP residency graduates to experienced board-certified physicists.

The Opportunity

The MaineHealth Radiation Oncology network includes four treatment sites within approximately 40 minutes of Portland, that includes Maine Medical Center (Portland) and the new Mid Coast Cancer Center (Brunswick), opening January 2027. This position provides physics support across the network, with primary involvement at both Maine Medical Center, Portland and the new Mid Coast Cancer Center, Brunswick.

At Maine Medical Center, Portland

You’ll participate in a comprehensive program offering stereotactic treatments, advanced imaging, brachytherapy, and special procedures.

At Mid Coast Cancer Center, Brunswick

You’ll help launch and support a new radiation oncology program featuring CT simulation, image guidance, surface guidance, respiratory motion management, and stereotactic treatment capabilities.

Clinical Services include:

• 3DCRT and VMAT
• SBRT and SRT/SRS
• HDR, GammaTile, and intravascular brachytherapy
• Electron and superficial therapy
• Advanced image guidance and motion management

Clinical Technology

Our technology environment includes:

• Varian TrueBeam linear accelerators
• ARIA, Eclipse, MIM, and Radformation modules
• GE CT simulation
• Elekta Flexitron HDR with Oncentra treatment planning
• VisionRT surface guidance
• X-Strahl superficial x-ray systems

What You’ll Do

As a Clinical Medical Physicist, you will:

• Support external beam radiation therapy, stereotactic treatments, brachytherapy, imaging, simulation, and treatment delivery.
• Perform treatment planning support, dose calculations, patient-specific QA, and physics plan review.
• Maintain quality assurance programs and participate in equipment commissioning, validation, and technology implementation.
• Collaborate with physicians, dosimetrists, therapists, physicists, IT, engineering, and vendor partners.
• Contribute to patient safety, quality improvement, workflow standardization

Opportunities to Build and Grow