JOB SUMMARY:  This position is responsible for conducting an ongoing program for all Medical Physics duties CARTI-wide including, but not limited to, calibration, use, and quality assurance of radiation therapy treatment, simulation, and planning equipment in treatment planning and dosimetry.  The CARTI Medical Physicist upholds corporate and departmental core values and philosophies.  The CARTI Medical Physicist shows compassion for patients and staff, ownership, and resolute teamwork for CARTI functions and philosophy by being an integral part of the CARTI clinical team and participates in clinical duties as needed.

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, LICENSURE, REGISTRATION: 

1. Master’s Degree in medical or radiological physics or in the physical sciences with an additional one year of postgraduate study in medical physics
2. Certified by the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Physics.

EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES:           

1. Minimum of one-year work experience post completion of a CAMPEP residency program or a minimum of 3 years work experience if a CAMPEP residency program was not completed.
2. Ability to use, operate, calibrate, collect and analyze data from or with clinical linear accelerators, treatment simulators, treatment planning computers, treatment block fabrication systems, dosimetry, and calibration instrumentation and devices, radiation survey and measurement instrumentation, and brachytherapy systems.
3. Working knowledge of dosimetry and calibration instrumentation and devices, and radiation survey and measurement instrumentation.
4. Ability to acquire dosimetric data and use it to commission treatment planning systems; and the ability to generate treatment plans with both high and low energy photon and electron beams Experience with SRS, SBRT, and HDR and LDR special procedures.
5. Working knowledge of medical linear accelerators and auxiliary systems, such as Record and verify systems.
6. Working knowledge of modern imaging systems (e.g. CT, MRI, and PET) that are directly tied to radiation oncology planning and practice.
7. Ability to independently develop and implement new procedures and train staff.
8. Ability to analyze available literature, task group reports, etc. to develop these clinical procedures; and then effectively communicate them to clinical staff.
9. Ability to maintain a collegial and professional relationship with the rest of the physics staff; and carry that same relationship to other CARTI departments.