Medical Physicist

UNC-Chapel Hill; North Carolina; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC-Chapel Hill seeks a clinical radiation therapy physicist to support two facilities: Chapel Hill and Rockingham (Eden, NC). The role is full-time, shared with another physicist, and emphasizes IMRT/VMAT, IGRT, SBRT, SRS and brachytherapy, with duties including chart checks, calibrations and QA.

The successful candidate will oversee junior staff during equipment acceptance and commissioning and ensure safe, accurate delivery of treatment plans in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• PhD in Medical Physics or related field required.
• ABR board eligible or board certified in Therapeutic Medical Physics.
• Experience with IMRT/VMAT, IGRT and SBRT.
• Familiarity with Elekta, Mosaiq, Raystation and RadCalc.
• Knowledge of Radiation Safety and North Carolina regulations.

Responsibilities

• Provide part-time clinical physics services for two facilities, totaling a full-time role.
• Deliver IMRT/VMAT, IGRT, SBRT, SRS and brachytherapy programs.
• Perform chart checks, machine calibrations and quality assurance.
• Oversee junior staff during equipment acceptance and commissioning.
• Ensure precise delivery of treatment plans and patient safety.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Strong technical skills

Team collaboration

Education

PhD in Medical Physics/Physics/Engineering or related field

ABR board eligible or board certified in Therapeutic Medical Physics

Tools

Elekta systems

Mosaiq

Raystation

RadCalc

VisionRT

Job description

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We prepare tomorrow’s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

Position Summary

The University of North Carolina is seeking a clinical radiation therapy physicist to provide services at two locations: the Departments of Radiation Oncology at the University of North Carolina Cancer Hospital (Chapel Hill) and the University of North Carolina Cancer Care Center at Rockingham (Eden, NC.) This full time position will share responsibilities for the two locations with another physicist on staff.

Both The University of North Carolina Cancer Hospital (Chapel Hill) and The University of North Carolina Cancer Care Center at Rockingham (Eden, NC) are part of the broader University of North Carolina system. The Department of Radiation Oncology at Rockingham works under the guidance and oversight of the main Radiation Oncology Department located at the University of North Carolina Cancer Hospital in Chapel Hill, NC.

North Carolina Cancer Hospital, Dept of Radiation Oncology: The department is currently staffed with 13 Radiation Oncologists, 7 Dosimetrists, 12 Medical Physicists, and 1 IT specialist. The clinic is equipped with 2 Elekta Versa accelerators, 1 Varian TrueBeam accelerator, 1 CyberKnife system, 1 Mobetron intraoperative accelerator, 1 Elekta HDR system, 1 VariSeed LDR prostate system, 1 Philips large bore CT simulator, and 1 Philips MR-simulator.

North Carolina Cancer Care Center at Rockingham, Dept of Radiation Oncology: The Rockingham facility is staffed by 1 radiation oncologist, 1 physicist, and 4 radiation therapists, treating between 10 – 20 patients per day with 3D, IMRT / VMAT , SBRT treatments on a single Elekta Infinity linear accelerator.

Shared resources: Clinical treatment planning systems (TPS) include Raystation TPS , Accuray Precision TPS for CyberKnife, Oncentra HDR Brachy TPS , and VariSeed LDR Brachy TPS ; Record and Verify uses Mosaiq. Ancillary systems include VisionRT. Dosimetry services are centralized.

• Provide part-time clinical radiation therapy physics services for both facilities, together amounting to a full-time position;
• Provide clinical radiation therapy physics services for IMRT / VMAT , IGRT , SBRT , SRS and brachytherapy programs;
• Perform staff physicist duties such as chart checking, machine calibrations, and quality assurance;
• Oversee and direct junior staff during acceptance and commissioning of equipment, gathering of dosimetry data, as well as external beam and brachytherapy treatment planning;
• Be responsible for the precise and accurate delivery of radiation treatment plans and for the safety of patients and treatment staff.

Ideal candidates should have a desire to practice clinical medical physics, excellent verbal and written communications skills, strong technical skills, and a commitment to establishing new technologies.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

• PhD in Medical Physics/Physics/Engineering or related field.
• ABR board eligible or board certified in Therapeutic Medical Physics.

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

• Experience in IMRT / VMAT , IGRT and SBRT .
• Specific experience with Elekta, Mosaiq, Raystation and RadCalc.
• Familiarity with Radiation Safety and State of North Carolina regulations.

Special Physical/Mental Requirements

Campus Security Authority Responsibilities

Not Applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

The University is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all to apply without regard to age, color, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.