Sentara Healthcare is one of the largest and most highly respected healthcare providers in the entire state of Virginia. We have been in business for over 130 years, including 12 hospitals in our network and over 500 sites of care. We offer the best pay and strongest benefits in the region.
We are GROWING rapidly, and we are now seeking to add qualified professionals to our Diagnostic Medical Physics team. As a Diagnostic Medical Physicist with Sentara, you will be working with all modalities, offering both professional challenges and continuous career development. Our physicists do it all!
KEY DETAILS:
Newly revised pay and enhanced pay scales, that greatly exceed recently published AAPM rates.
Strong training program, designed around each person’s needs to ensure both quick and complete preparation for the job at hand.
All imaging modalities supported: inspections, accreditation, policies & procedures implementation & reviews. Dose optimization initiatives, teaching of residents, and radiation safety duties.
Choice of job locations including coastal Virginia or Blue Ridge Mountains.
Excellent work/life balance. Minimal travel, home every night. Monday through Friday, daytime shift.
Best benefits in the region which include 2 retirement programs, the most cost efficient/cost effective healthcare benefits available, and GENEROUS PAID TIME OFF. Added enhanced benefits specifically family oriented, covering all contingencies that come up in today’s familial needs.
Relocation financial assistance, licensing and certification costs covered.
QUALIFICATIONS:
New Residents, mid-career, senior career professionals are all encouraged to apply
MS or PhD, CAMPEP residency or equivalent in diagnostic medical physics, ABR certified or in process.
Radiation safety duties experience is a plus.
CULTURE:
Upbeat, inclusive, family values/family oriented, and respectful – we actually have fun on the job!
As a Diagnostic Medical Physicist - Under the direction of the Regional Manager for Medical Physics/Radiation Safety, your areas of responsibility will include and are not limited to: State of Virginia and North Carolina annual inspections, ACR accreditation, policies and procedures implementation and reviews, dose optimization initiatives, share responsibilities in teaching of radiology residents and perform radiation safety duties, as needed.
Benefits: Sentara offers an attractive array of full-time benefits to include Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Sick, Tuition Reimbursement, a 401k/403B, Performance Plus Bonus, Career Advancement Opportunities, Work Perks, and more.
Enhanced Benefits to support you and your family include: Paid Parental Leave, Adoption/Infertility/Surrogacy Reimbursement, Family Caregiver Leave, and Emergency Back-up Care. Enhanced benefits to promote your well-being and secure your financial future include; The Sentara Student Debt Program, Emergency Savings Account and a Floating holiday.
We Improve Health Every DaySentara Health, an integrated, not-for-profit health care delivery system, celebrates more than 130 years in pursuit of its mission - "we improve health every day." Sentara is one of the largest health systems in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, and among the top 20 largest not-for-profit integrated health systems in the country, with 30,000 employees, 12 hospitals in Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina, and the Sentara Health Plans division which serves more than 1.2 million members in Virginia and Florida. Sentara is recognized nationally for clinical quality and safety, and is strategically focused on innovation and creating an extraordinary health care experience for our patients and members. Sentara was named to IBM Watson Health's "Top 15 Health Systems" (2021, 2018), and was recognized by Forbes as a "Best Employer for New Grads" (2022), "Best Employer for Veterans" (2022), and "Best Employer for Women" (2020).
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