The successful candidate will be a key member of our collaborative and supportive Physics team, which currently consists of four physicists. Radiation Oncology at Allina Health is composed of a collegial, respectful, and talented group of professionals including four dosimetrists, five physicians, and our wonderful nurses, therapists, and front desk staff.
The physics team at Allina Health Cancer Institute splits time between two clinical sites at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis and United Hospital in St. Paul.
Quality & Safety
Responsible for the design, implementation and compliance of the quality control program for all radiation producing equipment and radioactive materials in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations and accrediting bodies.
Implements and quality assures appropriate procedures for the planning and delivery of radiotherapy, including technical specifications/tolerances a well as the flow of procedures entailed in the process, including the supervision and QC review of treatment plans and dose calculations.
Performs daily clinical tasks pertaining to chart checks, plan checks, patient specific quality assurance, or other special procedures as needed.
Performs all weekly, monthly and annual Quality Assurance testing on all equipment.
Attends and participates in departmental or facility meetings such as but not limited to: CQI, huddles, & weekly new case conference
Treatment & Planning
Perform physics planning and delivery of all radioactive brachytherapy source procedures required in both radiation oncology and outside departments.
Produce computer plans to satisfy physician prescription or written directive.
May produce treatment plans using the health system's available modes and techniques.
Collaboration
Works with the physics team in a peer team model, in which all physicists have proficiency and cover each other in all aspects.
Consults and collaborates with radiation oncology, dosimetry, radiation therapist, or department members on complex treatment cases.
Collaborate with Radiation Safety officer to achieve federal and state compliance associated with linear accelerators, x-ray producing devices and brachytherapy sources.
Participates in the collaboration with IS and vendors to troubleshoot and upgrade systems used in Radiation Oncology.
Provides leadership in technical, educational and radiation matters to the radiation oncology department.
Innovation
Determine technical specifications for selection of new equipment and/or software, supervising the installation, and measuring performance parameters to ensure the accurate clinical implementation of new equipment/software.
Participates in the development and implementation of protocols or treatment procedures in conjunction with all medical staff.
Other duties as assigned.
Master's degree in Medical Physics from a CAMPEP accredited Program required or Doctoral/Ph.D. level advanced degree required
American Board of Radiology Certification in Therapeutic Medical Physics; or American Board of Medical Physics in Medical Physics; or HDR Brachytherapy Authorized Medical Physicist must meet credentialing criteria required upon hire or within 12 months of hire.
Each site has one GE CT simulator and two Varian Truebeam linear accelerators equipped with VisionRT, and utilizing Hyperarc and HD-MLCs for stereotactic treatment. Our Minneapolis location also provides physics services for HDR GYN brachytherapy, Y-90 liver radioembolization, cardiac intravascular brachytherapy, and Gammatile implant programs. External beam treatment planning is performed using Varian Eclipse, with Aria for Oncology Information System.
While prior experience with these procedures and equipment is desirable, the successful candidate will join a team of equals who will support them in gaining proficiency and expertise in all radiation therapy services provided at Allina.
Additional equipment includes: Mobius3D and MobiusFX for patient specific QA, Radformation software (Clearcheck, Autocontour, Clearcalc, EZFluence), DoseLab Pro, QAPilot, MIM, Velocity, and a wide array of measurement equipment, including SRS MapCheck, MapCheck2, IC Profiler, SunScan 3D, MP3, Octavius SRS 1000 & 1600, for routine quality assurance. Additionally, QA automation is planned for 2025. There are also ample opportunities for clinical research and continuing education.
Allina Health is a nonprofit health system that cares for individuals, families and communities throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Our compassionate and expert team provides care for people at every stage of life.We serve our communities by providing exceptional care, as we prevent illness, restore health and provide comfort to all who entrust us with their care28,000+ EmployeesFull Benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K and more benefits.
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