Therapy Medical Physicist

Summit Medical Group; Florham Park (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading medical group in NJ is seeking a committed Staff Physicist to enhance their highly specialized Radiation Oncology team. This role is pivotal in providing cancer treatment while ensuring quality assurance and compliance with safety regulations using advanced technology. Ideal candidates should have a Ph.D. in physics or medical physics and be certifying in the relevant field, bringing experience in radiation therapy and dosimetry.

Benefits

Medical and Dental benefits

401k savings plan

Life and Disability coverage

Qualifications

• Certification in medical physics required.
• Clinical experience of at least one year in Radiation Oncology preferred.
• Proficiency in brachytherapy and external beam techniques essential.

Responsibilities

• Acceptance and commissioning of radiation therapy machines.
• Continuous quality assurance and dosimetry calibration.
• Patient dosimetric measurements and compliance with regulations.

Skills

External beam planning

Clinical quality assurance

Dosimetry calibration

Radiation safety

Education

Ph.D/MS in physics or medical physics

Certification in medical physics

Tools

TrueBeam Linear Accelerators

Varian treatment planning system

Job description

About Our Company

We’re a physician-led, patient-centric network committed to simplifying health care and bringing a more connected kind of care.

Our primary, multispecialty, and urgent care providers serve millions of patients in traditional practices, patients' homes and virtually through VillageMD and our operating companies Village Medical, Village Medical at Home, Summit Health, CityMD, and Starling Physicians .

When you join our team, you become part of a compassionate community of people who work hard every day to make health care better for all.We are innovating value-based care and leveraging integrated applications, population insights and staffing expertise to ensure all patients have access to high-quality, connected care services that provide better outcomes at a reduced total cost of care.

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Job Description

The Summit Health division of Radiation Oncology is seeking a highly motivated Staff Physicist (accepting resumes with certifications in process) to join our team in the northern NJ Oncology centers (Berkeley Heights, Clifton, Florham Park). Our multidisciplinary Radiation Oncology department provides outstanding comprehensive care in a calming and supportive environment, while offering the latest in technology and clinical research trials. Our expert team is skilled in treating patients impacted by a variety of cancers through advanced techniques and a vast array of radiation treatment options. We strive to offer intricately tailored care and treatment planning with minimal side effects for our patients.

We offer the most modern treatments available: including our PET/CT simulator which provides markedly reduced scanning time, drastically improving our efforts to get patients in and out as quickly as possible. Additionally, we utilize image-guided radiation treatments with intensity modulated radiation therapy, as well as RapidArc. When necessary, we employ the use of prone breast boards, respiratory gating and breath-hold techniques that aid in the prevention of heart and lung damage.

We offer the full spectrum of radiation treatment modalities including:

• PETCT simulation

• External beam radiation

• Brachytherapy

• Stereotactic radiosurgery

• Stereotactic body radiotherapy

Summit Health Cancer Center achieves four-year accreditation for radiation oncology services from ASTRO’s Accreditation Program for Excellence (APEx)

Job functions:

• Acceptance/Commissioning of radiation therapy machines/software/equipment

• Continuous quality assurance and dosimetry calibration of various equipment, external beam radiation, brachytherapy, CT simulator and Treatment Planning System.

• External beam treatment planning (3D, IMRT, VMAT, SBRT and SRS) using Varian treatment planning system.

• HDR Brachytherapy planning and treatment.

  Physics support for SBRT, SRS, HDR and 4DCT.

• Performs and evaluates patient related dosimetric measurements

• Implementation of state and federal regulations.

• Active participation in quality assurance programs

• Accessibility to RTT and dosimetry staff for set up and delivery advice

• Close interaction with SMG and IT staff

• Close interaction with Varian for Truebeam maintenance and troubleshooting

• Assistance to other health care professionals in optimizing the balance between the beneficial and deleterious effects of radiation;

• Compliance with applicable federal and state regulations

• Active participation in software and/or hardware consideration and/or purchase

• Develop and/or improve electronic and/or paper charting of all special procedures

• Participate actively in the periodic recurring departmental accreditation process with national oversight body (APEX, ACR or ACRO)

• Frequent collaboration with all clinical staff in SMG Department of Radiation Oncology

• Protection of the patient and others from potentially harmful or excessive radiation;

• Measurement and characterization of radiation;

• Participate in the establishment of protocols to ensure safe, timely and accurate patient treatment planning and delivery

• Conduct radiation safety education courses as required for all departmental staff

• Performance of radiation exposure monitoring program within the department

• Active participation in department’s clinical quality assurance endeavors

• Equipment and Software: TrueBeam Linear Accelerators, Aria Records, and Verify systems

Education, Certification, Computer and Training Requirements

• Certification in the specific subfield(s) of medical physics with its associated medical health physics aspects by an appropriate national certifying body and abides by the certifying body's requirements for continuing education.

• Ph.D/MS in physics, medical physics, radiological physics, medical health physics, or equivalent disciplines from an accredited college or university

• One year of clinical experience in a Radiation Oncology department

• Proficiency in following modalities:

• External beam planning, including 2D, 3D, IMRT, gating

  Specialized EBRT to include SBRT and/or SRS

• High dose rate brachytherapy

• Radionuclide handling and/or therapy

• BC/BE with certification by either:

• The American Board of Radiology; or The American Board of Medical Physics

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