Radiation Therapy Physicist — Sign-On Bonus & Growth

Optum

Henderson (NV)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus $15,000

Job summary

OptumCare in Las Vegas is seeking a junior medical physicist to join a dynamic radiation oncology team. The role spans therapy physics, treatment planning support, QA, and technology implementation across multiple offices in Clark County.

Required is a Master’s in medical or radiological physics and ABR eligibility. ARIA/Eclipse experience is preferred. A $15,000 sign-on bonus is offered for external candidates and a comprehensive benefits package accompanies employment.

Qualifications

Master's Degree in medical or radiological physics or in the physical sciences is required.
Board eligible by the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Physics is required.
Experience in ARIA/Eclipse is preferred.

Responsibilities

Involved directly in planning external beam, brachytherapy, SBRT, SGRT, SRS and other radiation therapy functions as appropriate in the Medical Physics scope of practice defined by AAPM.
Maintains the Code of Ethics as defined by AAPM and abides by the OPTUM CancerCare Corporate Compliance policy.
Performs calibrations and quality assurance measurements on all treatment and planning equipment according to established guidelines, records and analyzes results, takes corrective actions as needed and reports results to Chief Physicist.
Gathers, analyzes and periodically reviews data needed for planning and delivering patient treatments, processes data for use on computer, calibrations, or manually, upon approval by the Chief Physicist.
Participates in developing calibration and quality assurance guidelines and schedules.
Assists in maintaining quality assurance, calibration, data acquisition equipment and devices in good condition and current calibration.
Assists in the institutional radiation protection program and in maintaining compliance with regulatory agencies as requested by the Radiation Safety Officer, including performing routine surveys, calibrations, checks, tests and maintaining required records according to current license conditions.