Medical Physicist

Lifespan; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 189,000 - 311,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown University Health seeks a Medical Physicist-in-Chief or Associate Chief Medical Physicist in the Department of Radiation Oncology to lead clinical practice and QA programs, collaborate on treatment planning, and oversee dosimetry and radiotherapy quality assurance.

The role emphasizes 75% clinical work, 20% research/teaching, and 5% administration, with opportunities to contribute to resident and student education at Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University Medical School.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD degree in physics or medical physics.
• Board Certification (appropriate) for faculty appointment.

Responsibilities

• Develops equipment specifications for radiation therapy, radiosurgery, brachytherapy, simulation and radiation detection.
• Plans and specifies shielding to protect patients, workers and the public from radiation.
• Participates in initial acceptance, evaluation and commissioning of external-beam therapy, radiosurgery, brachytherapy, simulation and related systems.
• Evaluates and updates radiation therapy and radiosurgery treatment procedures.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements for equipment used in radiotherapy.
• Collaborates with physicians on policies for therapeutic use of radiation and imaging techniques for planning and delivery.
• Develops and evaluates dosimetric plans with physicians and dosimetrists; reviews dosimetry data in patient records.
• Provides supervision to staff involved in treatment planning and machine maintenance.
• Performs radiotherapy research and teaching to residents and students; pursues funding for medical physics research.

Education

MS or PhD degree in physics or medical physics

Appropriate Board Certification

Job description

SUMMARY

Reports directly to Medical Physicist-in-Chief or Associate Chief Medical Physicist, Department of Radiation Oncology, for clinical practice and administrative duties and responsibilities. In collaboration with other professional and support staff: establishes adequate protocols to ensure accurate patient dosimetry; measures and characterizes radiation to determine delivered dose; consults with physicians regarding treatment planning; and develops, maintains and directs radiotherapy and radiosurgery quality assurance programs. Conducts and participates in departmental research and development projects and in teaching activities for residents and students. Division of workload will be approximately 75% clinical, 20% research and teaching and 5% administrative.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:

Instill Trust and Value Differences

Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develops equipment specifications for radiation therapy and radiosurgery equipment, brachytherapy, simulation and radiation detection.
• Plans and specifies shielding designed to protect patients, workers and the general public from radiation incident to radiotherapy and radiosurgery treatment and evaluates the installed shielding.
• Develops procedures and participates in the initial acceptance, evaluation and commissioning of equipment used for external-beam therapy, radiosurgery , brachytherapy, simulation, treatment planning and radiation detection, and their associated computer systems, algorithms, data and output.
• Develops procedures and participates in the continuing evaluation of radiation therapy and radiosurgery treatment, brachytherapy, simulation and radiation detection equipment.
• Provides evidence of compliance with regulatory and accreditation agency rules and recommendations for equipment used in radiation therapy and radiosurgery treatment, brachytherapy, simulation and radiation detection.
• Develops and/or evaluates, in collaboration with physicians, policies and procedures related to the appropriate therapeutic use of radiation.
• Develops and/or evaluates, in collaboration with physicians, imaging techniques that pertain to simulation, treatment planning and treatment delivery for radiotherapy and radiosurgery procedures.
• Develops and/or evaluates, in collaboration with physicians and dosimetrists, dosimetric plans for the treatment of patients undergoing radiation therapy.
• Reviews radiation oncology and radiosurgery dosimetry information noted in patient records.
• Participates in the management of staff responsible for treatment planning, machine maintenance and repair and other physics support staff.
• Develops other medical applications of physics as appropriate to safely carry out radiotherapy and radiosurgery procedures.
• Performs research, prepares scientific publications and pursues funding to support the academic development of medical physics at Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University Medical School.
• Provides radiation oncology physics teaching for physicians, medical physicists, residents and other departmental support staff and students.
• Participates in scientific meetings and professional societies to exchange information and enhance professional expertise.
• Provides institutional consultation for program development in radiation oncology.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• MS or PhD degree in physics or medical physics.
• Appropriate Board Certification.
• Qualifications sufficient for a faculty appointment at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University at the faculty rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Full Professor.
• Interpersonal skills to teach and supervise students and to interact with other members of the professional and support staffs.
• Knowledge and skills to provide care to patients with consideration of the aging process, human development stages and cultural patterns at each step of the radiotherapy process.

EXPERIENCE

Demonstrated experience working with medical physicists, radiation oncologists and other health care professionals in a Radiation Oncology Department.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Exposed to low-level radiation.
• Wears badge to monitor exposure.
• Able to maneuver and setup dosimetric phantoms for radiation measurements.
• Travels to sites of meetings and conferences.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

Provides supervision and shall be available for consultation to other physicists, dosimetrists, and radiation therapists as required.

PAY RANGE

$188,635.20-$311,272.00

EEO STATEMENT

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

LOCATION

Rhode Island Hospital - 593 Eddy Street Providence, Rhode Island 02903

WORK TYPE

M-F 8:00am-5:00pm

WORK SHIFT

Day

DAILY HOURS

8 hours

DRIVING REQUIRED

No