Medical Physicist

St. Luke's Health System; Twin Falls (ID); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & retirement plans

On-site massages

Employee Assistance Program

Career development opportunities

Job summary

St. Luke’s Health System in Twin Falls, Idaho, seeks a Board Certified/Board Eligible Medical Physicist to join the Cancer Institute team. You will work with physicists and dosimetrists in an Aria/Eclipse environment using Varian TrueBeam accelerators.

The role is full-time, offering strong retirement benefits, health-care coverage, PTO, sign-on and relocation bonuses. You will collaborate with a supportive team in a dynamic regional program delivering high-quality radiation therapy.

Qualifications

• Education: Master’s degree in Medical Physics or related field.
• Experience: 2 years in radiation oncology physics setting or CAMPEP accredited residency.
• Licenses/Certifications: ABR/ABMP TRP or TMP, OR board eligible with plan to certify within 3 years.

Responsibilities

• Calibrate all treatment machines and radiation sources per accepted protocols.
• Collaborate with Radiation Safety Officer to meet safety requirements.
• Develop and maintain a QA program with the team.
• Enter beam and source data accurately into the treatment planning system.
• Establish and verify treatment planning and dose calculation procedures.
• Oversee treatment planning and dose distributions with radiation oncologists/dosimetrists.
• Ensure policies cover good practice, safety, quality control, and regulatory compliance.
• Release machines into clinical service after maintenance with documented changes.

Skills

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Education

Master’s degree in Medical Physics

CAMPEP accredited residency

Tools

Eclipse

Aria Record & Verify

Brainlab Cranial

Radformation

Job description

Responsibilities

• Ensures that all treatment machines and radiation sources are correctly calibrated according to accepted protocols.
• Ensures that all radiation safety requirements throughout the facility are met in collaboration with the hospital Radiation Safety Officer.
• In coordination with other team members, develops and maintains a QA program.
• Ensures that the beam and source data are accurate and correctly entered into the treatment planning system.
• Establishes treatment planning and dose calculation procedures that are used throughout the department, and ensures their accuracy.
• In consultation with the radiation oncologists and dosimetrists, oversees treatment planning and determination of radiation dose distributions in patients undergoing treatment.
• Ensures policies and procedures contain proper elements of good radiation oncology practice, delivery of treatment, radiation safety, quality control, and regulatory compliance.
• Releases a treatment machine into clinical service after maintenance, and documents that any alteration caused by the maintenance and repair schedule does not affect the accelerator performance or calibration.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
• Ensures that all treatment machines and radiation sources are correctly calibrated according to accepted protocols.

Technologies

• 1 TrueBeam
• 1 Varian NTx with HDMLC - scheduled for replacement with a TrueBeam Edge in August 2026
• BrainLab ExacTrac Patient Monitoring System
• CT - Siemens OpenPro simulator with Varian RGSC 4DCT
• SunNuclear IC Profiler-based monthly QA procedures
• EPID Portal Dosimetry

Software

• Eclipse 18
  • RapidPlan
  • MCO
  • GPU Computing
• Brainlab
  • Cranial
  • Multimets
• Radformation
  • AutoContour
  • ClearCheck
  • ClearCalc
  • EZFluence
  • QuickCode

Qualifications

• Education: Master’s degree in Medical Physics or a related field
• Experience: 2 years in radiation oncology physics setting or completion of CAMPEP accredited residency.
• Licenses/Certifications: Certification in Therapeutic Radiological Physics (TRP) or Therapeutic Medical Physics (TMP) by the ABR or ABMP, OR board eligible with the expectation of obtaining board certification within 3 years.
  

Requirements

St. Luke's Health System in Twin Falls, Idaho is looking for a full-time Board Certified/Board Eligible Medical Physicist to work with our highly collaborative and patient-focused team at St. Luke's Cancer Institute. The selected individual will be joining a team of physicists and dosimetrists in an Aria/Eclipse environment with Varian TrueBeam linear accelerators. This role is full-time, 40 hours per week and has great benefits including retirement and health-care benefits, PTO, and sign-on and relocation bonuses.

The Twin Falls team consists of a Chief of Physics, 2 physicians, 2 dosimetrists, 6 therapists and a therapist supervisor. While this position is based in Twin Falls, you will also be part of a larger group that is spread throughout the Boise area consisting of an additional 5 physicists, 9 dosimetrists and a dedicated IT support team.

Twin Falls, Idaho offers the perfect blend of professional opportunity and outdoor enjoyment. While our community is a welcoming small town of about 60,000 residents, our Cancer Institute draws patients from across a large region, creating a thriving and dynamic program. People love Twin Falls for its easy access to world-class skiing, hiking, backpacking, and mountain biking, as well as blue skies, kayaking, boating, hunting, camping, natural hot springs and the list goes on. Here, work-life balance is more than a concept—it’s a priority, so you can enjoy everything this incredible region has to offer.

Responsibilities

• Ensures that all treatment machines and radiation sources are correctly calibrated according to accepted protocols.
• Ensures that all radiation safety requirements throughout the facility are met in collaboration with the hospital Radiation Safety Officer.
• In coordination with other team members, develops and maintains a QA program.
• Ensures that the beam and source data are accurate and correctly entered into the treatment planning system.
• Establishes treatment planning and dose calculation procedures that are used throughout the department, and ensures their accuracy.
• In consultation with the radiation oncologists and dosimetrists, oversees treatment planning and determination of radiation dose distributions in patients undergoing treatment.
• Ensures policies and procedures contain proper elements of good radiation oncology practice, delivery of treatment, radiation safety, quality control, and regulatory compliance.
• Releases a treatment machine into clinical service after maintenance, and documents that any alteration caused by the maintenance and repair schedule does not affect the accelerator performance or calibration.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
• Ensures that all treatment machines and radiation sources are correctly calibrated according to accepted protocols.

Technologies

• 1 TrueBeam
• 1 Varian NTx with HDMLC - scheduled for replacement with a TrueBeam Edge in August 2026
• Flexitron Afterloader
• BrainLab ExacTrac Patient Monitoring System
• CT - Siemens OpenPro simulator with Varian RGSC 4DCT
• SunNuclear IC Profiler-based monthly QA procedures
• EPID Portal Dosimetry

Software

• Aria Record & Verify
• Eclipse 18
  • RapidPlan
  • MCO
  • GPU Computing
• Brainlab
  • Cranial
  • Multimets
• Radformation
  • AutoContour
  • ClearCheck
  • ClearCalc
  • EZFluence
  • QuickCode

Qualifications

• Education: Master’s degree in Medical Physics or a related field
• Experience: 2 years in radiation oncology physics setting or completion of CAMPEP accredited residency.
• Licenses/Certifications: Certification in Therapeutic Radiological Physics (TRP) or Therapeutic Medical Physics (TMP) by the ABR or ABMP, OR board eligible with the expectation of obtaining board certification within 3 years.
  

What's in it for you

At St. Luke’s, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission – and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on-site massages, on-site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Personify Health Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.

St. Luke’s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

*Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.