Medical Physicist

McLaren; Mount Clemens (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Macomb's Karmanos Cancer Institute is seeking a Medical Physicist to join a core team serving three Michigan centers. The role includes commissioning and validating LINACs, implementing a clinical stereotactic program, and ensuring quality and safety in treatment delivery.

Ideal candidates hold a Master’s or PhD in medical physics, ABR board certification or eligibility, and 2+ years in a radiotherapy center. Schedule is full-time, with standard daytime hours and on-call none.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in medical physics or related discipline.
• Board Certified or eligible for certification in therapeutic medical physics from ABR or equivalent certification.
• Two or more years of prior work experience as a Medical Physicist or Medical Physics Resident in a full-service radiation therapy center.

Responsibilities

• Acceptance and commissioning of LINAC.
• Implementation of clinical stereotactic program.
• Radiation therapy equipment calibration, quality assurance.
• Collaboration with clinical and medical staff on simulation and treatment planning.
• Provide ongoing oversight of quality and safety of patient treatment delivery.
• Participation in department quality assurance and continuous quality improvement programs.
• Participation in clinical research efforts.
• Collaboration in network physics initiatives

Skills

Clinical physics

QA/QC routines

Team collaboration

Education

Master’s or PhD in medical physics

Job description

Summary

Looking to join a dynamic physics team in a growing center? The Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Macomb is hiring. The position is open to all career levels with compensation based on experience, so this would be a terrific opportunity for either a current resident looking for a first post-residency position, or an experienced physicist looking to advance their career. This position is part of a core team of 3 physicists responsible for activities in the Macomb, Clarkston, and Port Huron centers, with additional support from the Karmanos Network Physics team.

The Team

The successful candidate will join a local team of 2 other physicists, 3 dosimetrists, and 4 physicians providing care for cancer patients across these 3 centers.

The Karmanos Cancer Network comprises 10 cancer centers spread throughout Michigan. The physics team, consisting of 12 physicists and 2 physics residents, collaborates closely in all areas of patient care, technical duties, and quality/system improvement projects. The new team member will have immediate opportunities to make significant contributions across the spectrum of physics activities.

Technologies

The centers have three Varian TrueBeams and 1 Varian Trilogy, 3 CT Simulators (1 Philips Big Bore, 2 GE LightSpeed), 1 Elekta Flexitron HDR, and 1 Varian Bravos HDR unit. Advanced technologies such as SGRT (Identify/VisionRT), HyperArc, gating, 4DCBCT, etc., are available. We offer a broad range of treatments to our patients including SRS/SBRT, respiratory gating, and brachytherapy.

All centers throughout the Karmanos Cancer Network utilize cloud hosted Eclipse treatment planning and Aria record and verify on a common system that is supported by a dedicated IT and administration team.

Essential Responsibilities

• Acceptance and commissioning of LINAC
• Implementation of clinical stereotactic program
• Radiation therapy equipment calibration, quality assurance
• Collaboration with clinical and medical staff on simulation and treatment planning
• Provide ongoing oversight of quality and safety of patient treatment delivery
• Participation in department quality assurance and continuous quality improvement programs
• Participation in clinical research efforts
• Collaboration in network physics initiatives

Requirements

• Master’s or PhD degree in medical physics or related discipline.

• Board Certified or eligible for certification in therapeutic medical physics from American Board of Radiology (ABR) or equivalent certification

• Two or more years of prior work experience as a Medical Physicist or Medical Physics Resident in full-service radiation therapy center.
  Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time

• Daily Work Times: 7-3, 8-4, 9-5

• Hours Per Pay Period: 80

• On Call: No

• Weekends: No