Full Time, permanent placement role. Duties will be at several greater Knoxville TN facilities, based from Morristown Hamblen Healthcare System in Morristown, TN.

• Covenant Health is accepting Medical Physicist candidates in various stages of their career.
• We welcome candidates who have their M.S. or Ph.D and will be completing their residency in 2025.
• We are accepting candidates who have completed their M.S. and residency and are newly certified with  the American Board of Radiology or American Board of Medical Physicists.
• We are accepting candidates who have several years of experience and certification.

Position Summary:

The Thompson Cancer Survival Center (TCSC) is looking for an outstanding medical physicist to join the radiation oncology team at Covenant Health, the largest nonprofit provider of radiation therapy services in the state of Tennessee. This opening is for a medical physics position with primary responsibilities at the Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System (MHHS) location, with additional opportunities at other radiation oncology departments in and around Knoxville.

The Thompson Cancer Survival Center uses Eclipse, Velocity, Mosaiq, and Radformation products. The primary responsibilities involve delivering external beam radiation therapy (3D, IMRT, VMAT, and SBRT) using a Varian TrueBeam linear accelerator. The successful candidate will join a team that includes a senior medical physicist, two certified dosimetrists, and a radiation oncologist.

The larger Covenant Health Medical Physics Team consists of 14 medical physicists, 3 physics assistants, 14 certified dosimetrists, 3 medical physics residents, and numerous graduate students from the CAMPEP program at the University of Tennessee. Covenant Health currently operates 5 Varian linacs, 4 Elekta linacs, 3 Flexitron HDR systems, a GammaKnife Icon, an IBA Proteus Plus three-room proton therapy clinic (2 gantries and 1 fixed beam), and a separate ProNova 230 MeV cyclotron with a non-clinical research beam-line used for radiation effects testing.

This large medical physics group provides the benefits of a highly experienced and diverse team while allowing you to work day-to-day in a smaller group environment. With our broad range of equipment and services, you will have opportunities to expand your skill set in all aspects of radiation oncology. Most importantly, the role offers an excellent work-life balance, allowing you to spend quality time at home or enjoy the local attractions.

Knoxville features a vibrant, walkable downtown, varied nightlife, active neighborhoods, and eclectic shopping and restaurants. Morristown offers abundant recreational opportunities, including lakes, mountains, and rivers, as well as cultural attractions, a low cost of living, and high-quality residential neighborhoods. Knoxville and Morristown are conveniently located within an 11-hour drive of nearly half of the U.S. population and are within easy driving distance of Nashville, Atlanta, Asheville, Lexington, and the Great Smoky Mountains.

Responsibilities 

• Responsible for physicist of the day (POD) clinical coverage, including treatment planning, equipment troubleshooting, image fusion, physics consults, dose calculations, dose measurements, simulations, quality assurance, and continuing physics.
• Performs special procedures, including High Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy, Low Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy, microsphere brachytherapy, radioisotope therapy, Gamma Knife, Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS), Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT/SABR), and/or pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy.
• Consults with the radiation oncologist(s), dosimetrist(s), therapist(s), and other physics staff concerning treatment planning, patient radiation dose, prior dose delivered, and optimization of patient treatment plans and delivery.
• Provides clinical guidance to the radiation therapists during the simulation, respiratory gating, and image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) process.
• Performs image registration, image fusion, and dose reconstruction for patients receiving external beam radiation therapy.
• Performs weekly continuing physics (i.e., Chart Checks) following the most recent Medical Physics Practice Guidelines (MPPG).
• Responsible for assurance of the accuracy of treatment unit parameters and settings used for a patient's treatment, including the correct transfer of parameters from between simulation, treatment planning, the electronic chart, and the treatment unit.
• Performs and/or reviews conventional, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), and/or pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton treatment planning with the Radiation Oncologists, Medical Physicists, and/or Medical Dosimetrists.
• Performs weekly, monthly, and annual quality assurance (QA) testing for radiation therapy equipment, including but not limited to, linear accelerators, proton therapy systems, treatment planning systems, and CT simulators following the most recent Medical Physics Practice Guidelines (MPPG).
• Reviews daily QA testing for linear accelerators, PBS proton delivery, image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), surface guided radiation therapy (SGRT), Gamma Knife, and/or HDR brachytherapy.
• Performs patient-specific intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) QA, PBS patient-specific QA, and in-vivo dosimetry measurements as needed.
• Responsible for the provision of radiation oncology physics and radiation dosimetry training for medical practitioners and other health-care providers.
• Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Must be eligible to work in the United States.

About Covenant Health

Headquartered in Knoxville, Covenant Health is a community-owned integrated healthcare delivery system dedicated to improving quality of life through 2,200,000 patient encounters.

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