Senior Radiation Oncology Physicist - Team Lead

hhccareers; Fairfield (CT); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Hartford HealthCare is seeking a Radiation Oncology Senior Physicist to lead a multidisciplinary team and supervise quality assurance programs. The role covers clinical planning tasks, chart reviews, plan checks, and advanced treatments while guiding new technologies and training.

The position emphasizes collaboration with physicians and dosimetrists, maintaining cutting-edge expertise, and participating in student education within a comprehensive cancer institute network.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree from an accredited Physics Program required.
• Ph.D. in Medical Physics preferred.
• Board Certification in Therapeutic Physics by a recognized board.

Responsibilities

• Quality assurance on a monthly, annual, and ongoing basis per AAPM guidance.
• Perform chart reviews, plan checks, patient-specific QA and special procedures.
• Oversee day-to-day operations, ensure QA coverage, supervise regional dosimetrists.
• Collaborate with physicians on clinical problem solving and tech issues.
• Guide decision making, QA development, and training for new technologies.
• Lead acceptance testing and commissioning of new equipment/software.
• Participate in education of radiation therapy students through didactic demos.
• Maintain expertise in latest radiation oncology technologies.

Skills

C# programming for API scripting

Team leadership

Education

Master's degree in Physics

Ph.D. in Medical Physics (preferred)

Tools

Mosaiq R&V system

Varian TrueBeam

Ethos

Eclipse

OnCentra

BrainLab planning

Velocity deformable

RadFormation suite

ArcCheck

SRS MapCheck

IC Profiler

SunCheck Suite

Job description

Hartford HealthCare is seeking a Radiation Oncology Senior Physicist to lead a multidisciplinary team and supervise quality assurance programs. The role covers clinical planning tasks, chart reviews, plan checks, and advanced treatments while guiding new technologies and training.

The position emphasizes collaboration with physicians and dosimetrists, maintaining cutting-edge expertise, and participating in student education within a comprehensive cancer institute network.