Senior Physicist - Radiation Oncology - Sioux Falls

sanford; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 192,000 - 317,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, SD, seeks a Physicist for the Radiation Oncology Department at the Sanford Cancer Center. You will collaborate with two physicists and the director to advance image-guided external beam therapy and HDR brachytherapy.

Experience with Aria/Eclipse, TomoTherapy, and TrueBeam is preferred; AMP RAM license is a plus. A satellite clinic in Worthington, MN is supported.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in physics, biophysics, medical physics, or radiological physics.
• Certification in radiation oncology is preferred; board eligibility considered for new grads.

Responsibilities

• Share duties with two Physicists and the Director of Radiation Oncology.
• Involved in image-guided external beam photon therapy and HDR brachytherapy.
• Support a satellite Sanford Health clinic in Worthington, MN.

Skills

Radiation physics

Medical physics

Board certification

Quality assurance

Education

Master's or PhD in physics

Tools

Aria/Eclipse

Tomotherapy

TrueBeam

GammaMed Plus

Job description

About Sanford Health

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America\'s heartland.

Job Overview

• Work Shift: 8 Hours - Day Shifts (United States of America)
• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
• Compensation: Salary Range: $92.50 - $152.50
• Union Position: No
• New sign-on bonus and relocation assistance available for qualified applicants.
• Compensation is based on years of applicable experience in the role.

Summary

Sanford Health is seeking a Physicist in the Radiation Oncology Department at the Sanford Cancer Center in Sioux Falls, SD.

Job Description

What you will do: The employee will share duties with two Physicists and the Director of Radiation Oncology. The department has four radiation oncologists and four dosimetrists.

This position will be involved in all aspects of modern image-guided external beam photon therapy and HDR brachytherapy. HDR experience and AMP status on a RAM license is preferred. Prior Aria/Eclipse experience is preferred.

Support is also provided to a satellite Sanford Health clinic in Worthington, MN.

Equipment

Equipment consists of a TrueBeam STX, standard Truebeam, and a TomoTherapy Hi-Art. The TomoTherapy machine will be replaced by a Truebeam next year.

Department software includes Aria/Eclipse 16.1 in a Citrix environment with all new FAS/GPU\'s, RapidArc, RapidPlan and MCO.

Portal Dosimetry is used for routine IMRT QA. RadCalc, Velocity, and Radformation products (AutoContour, Clearcheck and EZFluence) are used.

A GE Optima CT scanner is used for simulations.

A Varian GammaMed Plus iX HDR unit is used to support the GYN brachytherapy practice.

QA equipment is primarily Sun Nuclear with SunCHECK software. Equipment consists of 3DS and 1DS tanks, IC Profiler, DQA3, ArcCheck, and SRS MapCheck.

Equipment for the Worthington site includes a Truebeam and Canon Aquilion CT scanner. The department software exists in the same environment as the Sioux Falls clinic.

Qualifications

Master\'s or PhD degree in physics, biophysics, medical physics or radiological physics.

Certification in radiation oncology physics is preferred; however, consideration will be given to new grads and non-certified physicists who are board eligible. Acceptable certifications are: the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Physics, Therapeutic Medical Physics, or Therapeutic Radiologic Physics, American Board of Medical Physics, Canadian College of Physicist in Medicine or related certification board.

Must obtain certification within 5 years of date of hire.

Additional Qualifications

Master\'s degree in physics, biophysics, medical physics or radiological physics.

Three years\' experience working in diagnostic radiology/nuclear medicine department responsible for equipment testing and quality control/quality assurance required.

Board certified required.

For a physicist in diagnostic radiology, acceptable certifications are: the American Board of Radiology in Diagnostic Physics, Diagnostic Medical Physics, or Diagnostic Radiologic Physics, American Board of Medical Physics, Canadian College of Physicist in Medicine or related certification board.

For a physicist in radiation oncology, acceptable certifications are: the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Physics, Therapeutic Medical Physics, or Therapeutic Radiologic Physics, American Board of Medical Physics, Canadian College of Physicist in Medicine or related certification board.

EEO Statement

Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet.

Accommodation Information

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