Medical Physicist

ohiohealth; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

OhioHealth is expanding its Physics team to support growth across multiple care sites in Columbus, OH, with partial work-from-home flexibility. The successful candidate will join the Radiation Oncology team and contribute to clinical physics, QA, and the adoption of advanced treatment techniques across sites.

Candidates should hold a Master’s Degree with ABR board certification or eligibility, and demonstrate strong communication and teamwork skills in a large, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant field.
• ABR board certified or board eligible in Therapeutic Radiological Physics.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to work well in a large team environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical Physics support to our care sites, including daily operations and QA activities.
• Support SBRT, SRS, HDR, and cardiac brachytherapy and participate in clinical trials.
• Develop and implement new treatment techniques and technologies.
• Collaborate with a large team and provide rotating chart check coverage remotely.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Master's Degree

Job description

We are more than a health system. We are a belief system. We believe wellness and sickness are both part of a lifelong partnership, and that everyone could use an expert guide. We work hard, care deeply and reach further to help people uncover their own power to be healthy. We inspire hope. We learn, grow, and achieve more - in our careers and in our communities.

Job Description Summary:

Our OhioHealth Physics team is expanding! We are looking to add a new Physics position to support our growth of an additional care site. The successful candidate will work as an integral part of the OhioHealth Radiation Oncology team. This job will be primarily working at our care sites within Columbus, OH, with the option to work from home one day per week. We are certainly open to considering Residency candidates.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• - Provide clinical Physics support to our care sites, including daily operations, routine quality assurance activities, support for SBRT, SRS, HDR, and cardiac brachytherapy, chart checks, support department adherence to policies and procedures, and all aspects of participation in clinical trials.
• - Participation in the development and implementation of new treatment techniques and new technologies.
• - Although each of us has a home base and a primary care site for which we are responsible, our large group provides collaborative cross-coverage support for the team. We also provide rotating weekly chart check coverage remotely.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• - Master's Degree
• - ABR board certified or board eligible in Therapeutic Radiological Physics
• - Strong communication skills
• - Ability to work well in a large team environment

SYSTEMWIDE EQUIPMENT:

• - Linear Accelerators: combination of Varian iX, TrueBeams, TrueBeam Novalis w HDMLC, and Halcyon
• - EMR/TPS: Aria v16.0, Eclipse, EZFluence, MIM, Velocity, Insightive
• - CT's: GE RT Discovery with MAR, contrast, and 4DCT capabilities
• - HDR: 2 Bravos units - Riverside and Grant, both primarily treating GYN cancers
• - SRS: offered at 3 care sites - Riverside, Grant, and Delaware. Use of BrainLab Elements and ExacTrac/ExacTrac Dynamic. Treatments include single lesion, multimet (single iso), trigem, AVM. RTSafe gel dosimetry used for annual end to end testing
• - SBRT: free breathing, gated, triggered imaging, and breath-hold treatment delivery techniques
• - Intravascular cardiac brachytherapy (Novoste system)
• - TBI (VMAT technique)
• - MU second check software: Mobius and ClearCalc
• - Range of Physics equipment: SRS MapCheck, ArcCheck, DQA3, IC Profiler, MMWL, Wellhoffer scanning tanks, Quasar, DoseLab for TG-142 monthly and annual QA analysis

ABOUT US:

Our Physics team currently consists of 14 board certified Physicists, 1 Medical Physics Assistant, and 15 dosimetrists. We are responsible for covering 10 different care sites across central and eastern Ohio. OhioHealth can offer a competitive salary based on the AAPM's 2024 Professional Salary Survey.

Columbus, Ohio is one of the fastest growing cities in the nation, and for good reason! The city is able to offer the perks of an urban city with the ease of commute and suburban tranquility of a smaller city.

Responsibilities And Duties:

Provide evidence of compliance of equipment for radiation therapy treatment, brachytherapy, simulation and radiation detection, with regulatory and accreditation agency rules and recommendations. Measure and characterize medical radiation from radiation therapy treatment, brachytherapy, and simulation equipment prior to clinical utilization. Perform acceptance testing, evaluation and commissioning of equipment used for external beam therapy, brachytherapy, simulation, treatment-planning, and radiation detection; acceptance testing and evaluation of their associated computer systems, algorithms, data and output Develop and/or evaluate with the medical practitioner, the dosimetric component of patients treatment plans-Review radiation oncology dosimetry information noted in patient records. -Develop and manage a comprehensive Quality Management Program that monitors, evaluates and optimizes radiation oncology processes. -Develop and/or evaluate a comprehensive clinical radiation safety program in radiation oncology Direct the radiation oncology physics program to include the technical direction of the staff responsible for treatment planning, machine maintenance and repair and other physics support staff. Provide radiation oncology physics and radiation dosimetry training for medical practitioners and other health care providers Provide consultation to assure accurate radiation dose delivery. Provide institutional consultation on program development in radiation oncology. Plan and specify thickness, material, placement of shielding needed to protect patients, workers, the general public and the environment from radiation produced incident to diagnosis or treatment of humans. -Assess and evaluate installed shielding designed to protect patients, workers, and the ge