Contract Medical Physicist

Healthcare Technical Staffing, LLC; Nampa (ID); On-site; USD 118,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

HCT Staffing is seeking a Medical Physicist to join a client’s dynamic team for a 13-week assignment in Nampa, ID. The role involves clinical physics support for radiation therapy, QA, and collaboration with physicians.

You will specify and oversee dosimetry and treatment planning equipment, supervise maintenance, and contribute to QA programs. This on-site position offers a path to extension based on performance and staffing needs.

Responsibilities

• Determines the need for and accesses dosimetric and treatment planning equipment and related devices.
• Participates in the specification, selection and acceptance of radiation therapy systems and planning software.
• Supervises maintenance arrangements for radiation treatment equipment.
• Maintains documentation for radiation treatment plans and equipment and ensures QA compliance.
• Advises physicians and guides staff during patient planning and treatment phases.
• Leads QA and physics-related activities for site brachytherapy programs and clinical instruction.

Job description

HCT Staffing bridges the gap between healthcare facilities and top-tier talent. For our candidates, our commitment to understanding your skills, goals, and aspirations means we connect you with opportunities that truly align with your career path. Together, we are building the future of healthcare excellence. HCT Staffing is helping our client find a qualified Medical Physicist to join their Dynamic Team.

Location: Nampa, ID Duration: 13-week assignment (with potential extension) Shift: 40 hours, Days

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• -Determines the need for, specifies, and accesses dosimetric and treatment planning equipment including, but not limited to, measurement instruments to calibrate all treatment equipment and monitoring devices, computerized treatment planning systems, computerized water phantom systems with appropriate ionization chambers and diodes, film densitometry systems, etc.
• -Participates in the specification, selection, and acceptance of radiation-producing machines, accessories, and computerized treatment-planning system.
• -Supervises arrangements for proper maintenance of radiation treatment equipment.
• -Periodically evaluates all equipment for continued utility, appropriateness, reliable performance, age and condition and makes recommendations on practical life span, obsolescence and replacement.
• -Maintains responsibility for the design and implementation of the aspects of the quality management program that involve the use of the external beam radiotherapy equipment as well as the review and approval of the procedures followed by the radiation therapy staff.
• -Advises and consults with physicians to provide advice or direction to technical staff when patients are being planned or treated.
• -Develops protocols for performing and checking monitor units calculations to ensure all calculations agree with written prescription.
• -Participates in chart rounds to ensure the fulfillment of the prescription and review any changes in dose and patient set-up.
• -Oversees and is responsible for maintaining all required documentation relating to radiation treatment plans and equipment.
• -Participates in the clinical instruction of newly hired radiation staff and radiation therapy students.
• -Responsible for implementation and performance of all quality assurance and all physics related and patient treatment plans for site brachytherapy programs.
• -Assumes leadership role in geographic areas of responsibility for new technology development at the site levels.
• -Participates in peer leadership roles, including, but not limited to one or more of the following: Corporate sub-committees, Junior Physicist mentorship, publications or presentations, AAPM Chapter activates.
• -Participates in management of Medical Physicist staff in geographic area of responsibility.
• -May be expected to provide support at other practices.
• -Direct the radiation oncology physics program, including the technical direction of medical dosimetrists, therapy equipment service engineers and other physics support staff