The University of Iowa is seeking a clinical medical physicist for a faculty appointment in the Medical Physics Division of the Department of Radiation Oncology. A successful M.S.-prepared candidate will be appointed as a faculty associate and a successful Ph.D. candidate will be appointed on the clinical track at the rank of assistant, associate or full professor. The medical physicist will join a team of fourteen faculty medical physicists, thirteen radiation oncologists, seven radiation oncology residents, three medical physics residents, seven dosimetrists, two systems administrators, and one staff engineer. The primary responsibility of the successful applicant is to provide clinical physics support at 2-3 single-linear-accelerator partner sites in southeastern Iowa, integrating with the staff at each site covered to provide long-term service.

The University of Iowa team provides clinical support at four partner sites in addition to the University. All four partner sites are covered exclusively by both University of Iowa physicians and physicists, with four faculty physicians and two faculty medical physicists currently dedicated to those sites. This is the third physicist position dedicated to covering partner sites, where each partner site requires onsite physics coverage 3-4 days per week. Beyond those dedicated faculty, several other faculty members support each site ensuring teamwork, robustness, flexibility, harmonization of procedures, technical support, centralized leadership, and time-off coverage. The partner sites have a combined weekly chart rounds.

The partner sites among which support is needed from this position are Mercy Medical Center in Clinton, IA, Great River Health Systems in West Burlington, IA, and Ottumwa Regional Health Center in Ottumwa, IA. Depending on the successful candidate’s choice of housing location, options exist ranging from covering 2 partner sites with 50% travel (3 hour round trip) to covering 3 partner sites with 100% travel (3 hour round trip). There is flexibility and we are open to discussing the advantages and disadvantages of different arrangements with candidates.

The Clinton and Ottumwa sites have Varian TrueBeam linear accelerators that went live during or after October 2020, and the West Burlington site has an Elekta Versa HD linear accelerator. The successful candidate will play a role in establishing increased clinical capabilities at some of the partner sites including deep inspiration breath hold (DIBH) treatment for breast cancer patients and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT). Training at the University to gain familiarity with the overall team and procedures will be available as needed. In the event of the addition of another partner site, the successful candidate may contribute to the establishment of medical physics support there depending on geographic distance from the associated center.

Resident education is an important component of the departmental mission, and the successful candidate would be expected to supervise medical physics residents on rotations at partner sites. Conducting research and scholarship work is not an expectation for this position.

Required Qualifications: M.S. or Ph.D. degree in Medical Physics or equivalent with a minimum of 2 years of full-time equivalent clinical experience under the supervision of a board-certified medical physicist. Valid driver license and expectation to drive frequently to provide medical physics support.

Desirable Qualifications: Experience with the Philips Pinnacle treatment planning system, providing support independently in a small clinic, and Sun Nuclear quality assurance hardware and software. Certification by the American Board of Radiology in therapeutic medical physics.

Please see http://jobs.uiowa.edu/ requisition #74107 for further information. 

The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, associational preference, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran.