Medical Physicist III

Mclaren-Health-Care; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care's Karmanos Cancer Institute in Lansing seeks a board-certified or board-eligible Medical Physicist to join a network of professionals. The successful candidate will support activities in planning, QA, and treatment delivery within a modern radiation oncology program.

The role involves collaboration with dosimetrists, radiation therapists, and physicians, using Varian TrueBeam and Eclipse/Aria systems, with opportunities for remote support within the network.

Qualifications

• Board-certified or board-eligible medical physicist.
• Experience in clinical radiation oncology physics.
• Strong collaboration with physicians and therapists.

Responsibilities

• Acceptance and commissioning of LINAC
• Management of clinical stereotactic program
• Radiation therapy equipment calibration, quality assurance
• Collaboration with clinical and medical staff on simulation and treatment planning.
• 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

Analytical thinking

Team collaboration

Quality assurance

Education

Master’s or PhD in medical physics or related discipline

Tools

Eclipse

Aria

RapidPlan

MCO

Varian TrueBeam

LINAC

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Looking to join a dynamic physics team in a growing cancer center? The Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Greater Lansing has an opening for a board certified or board eligible medical physicist. The position is part of a network of 12 physicists and is primarily responsible for supporting activities in Lansing, with potential for remote support from and to other centers.

The Team

The successful candidate will join a local team of 1 Physicist, 2 Dosimetrists, 5 Therapists, and 1 Radiation Oncologist. The Karmanos Cancer Network includes 13 physicists, 12 dosimetrists, and 3 physician practices providing care for cancer patients throughout the state of Michigan.

The physics team collaborates in all areas of patient care and technical responsibilities, and the new team member would have immediate opportunities to make significant contributions across the spectrum of physics duties.

Technologies

The network has upgraded all sites to the latest and full-featured Varian TrueBeam, equipped with 6 dof, 4DCBCT, gating, HyperArc, Identify, and developer mode. Phillips CT Simulators are nearly universal with several Canon CTs to be installed in the next two years. HDR brachytherapy is widely available through the network, including Lansing, featuring Varian Bravos HDR. We offer a broad range of treatments to our patients including Proton therapy, SRS/SBRT, respiratory gating, brachytherapy, and theranostics.

All Karmanos sites utilize Eclipse treatment planning and Aria record and verify on a common platform. Advanced tools like RapidPlan and MCO are available, along with Radformation ClearCheck, ClearCalc, AutoContour, and EZFluence.

Quality Assurance procedures and practices are standardized, and thoroughly implemented on the Image Owl Total QA platform. QA devices used are EPID, DQA3, IC Profiler, SRS Mapcheck, and various ICs and electrometers.

• Acceptance and commissioning of LINAC
• Management of clinical stereotactic program
• Radiation therapy equipment calibration, quality assurance
• Collaboration with clinical and medical staff on simulation and treatment planning.
• 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
• Master’s or PhD degree in medical physics or related discipline.

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.