Dartmouth Radiation Oncology and Biomedical Sciences, with the Dartmouth Cancer Center and Geisel School of Medicine, seeks a full-time faculty medical physicist to support our clinical, educational, and research goals. The successful candidate will be based at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics in Lebanon, NH and work within a team including eight physicists, eight radiation oncologists, and six dosimetrists. This position includes rich opportunities for research collaboration with faculty at the NCCC, Geisel School of Medicine, Thayer School of Engineering with CAMPEP-accredited graduate program in medical physics, The Dartmouth Institute, and Dartmouth College. Faculty appointment at the Geisel School of Medicine is commensurate with qualifications. Career development for the successful candidate is a high priority of our leadership.
Cover letter should be addressed to Benjamin Williams, PhD, Chief of Clinical Physics, Radiation Oncology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics.
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Facilities and Equipment:
The Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics Radiation Oncology clinic treats between 1,000-1,100 patients annually, with additional regional services provided in St. Johnsbury, VT and via strong affiliations with two neighboring medical centers. The Dartmouth Health network is currently served by 8 linear accelerators, including Varian TrueBeams for IGRT/SBRT/SRS treatments and ViewRay MRIdian accelerator for MR-guided therapy. HDR brachytherapy, TBI and TSET therapy, radionuclide treatments, and prostate seed implantation services are also provided. Treatment planning and management are performed using Varian ARIA and Eclipse environments. Treatments are delivered with active surface monitoring using VisionRT, intrafraction x-ray imaging, and with Cherenkov emission imaging via clinical trials. Radiation Oncology at Dartmouth has a very strong history in translational research and participation in national clinical trials, exceptional graduate education and research records, and plans for growth of a physics residency program.
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Environment:
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics is an academic medical center located in Lebanon, New Hampshire in the Upper Connecticut River Valley on the NH and VT border. Home to Dartmouth College, the Upper Valley is a vibrant, academic and professional community offering excellent schools, lively arts, and an unmatched quality of life in a beautiful, rural setting. Amenities associated with urban areas in Boston MA, Burlington VT, and Montreal, QC are all within a few hours drive. U.S. News & World Report has consistently ranked Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics as One of America’s Best Hospitals.
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Minimum Qualifications:
PhD in Radiation Physics, Radiological Health or allied field with 2 years of postgraduate clinical experience at a major radiotherapy center. Additional experience preferred.
Required Licensure/Certification Skills:
Board certification or eligibility for certification, by either the American Board of Radiology (ABR) or the American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP).
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire's only academic health system and the state's largest private employer, serves patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,000 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, as well as across its wide network of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. DHMC is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes its Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 51 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the only such center in northern New England; Dartmouth Health Children’s, including the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, the state’s only children’s hospital and clinic locations around the region; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene and New London, NH, and Windsor, VT, and Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and more than 24 clinics that provide ambulatory services across New Hampshire and Vermon...t. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually, and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials recognized across the globe with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth Health and its more than 13,000 employees are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.
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