Details
Posted: 14-May-22
Location: San Francisco//USA
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 107509207
Job Summary
Under the direct supervision of the Radiation Oncology Operations Director, the Chief of Clinical Physics and the Vice Chair of Physics, the Hospital Rad Physicist will be directly responsible for providing clinical service managing departmental informatics efforts, developing and implementing clinical workflows, updating templates, encounters, and carepaths, and configuring, installing and maintaining the departmental oncology information systems (OIS).
The Hospital Rad Physicist will demonstrate a high level of autonomy in performing informatics, and will work cross-functionally with all radiation oncology teams to design and update OIS features as appropriate to optimize quality, safety, and efficiency. Additionally, the Hospital Rad Physicist will be responsible for providing clinical aspects of radiation therapy treatment planning, and participate in commissioning of new equipment, calibration of radiation producing machines and dosimetry equipment, performing machine and patient-specific quality assurance, performing external beam and treatment planning tasks, designing and implementing special procedures as needed. The Hospital Rad Physicist accepts work from the Radiation Oncology Operations Director, the Chief of Clinical Physics and the Vice Chair of Physics, and carries out the successive steps and handles problems and deviations in the work assignment in accordance with instructions, policies, previous training, or accepted published practices. The Hospital Rad Physicist provides clinical coverage for staff and faculty members in areas including device and systems commissioning, machine and patient QA, and treatment planning.
Required Qualifications- Master degree in medical physics, physics, computer science, bioengineering, statistics or related field
- Formal graduate physics training in diagnostic or radiation oncology physics
- Seven (7) years’ experience as a therapeutic medical physicist
- In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience with radiation oncology information systems, including but not limited to Mosaiq, ARIA, Treatment Planning systems
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, excellent organizational skills, ability to prioritize duties/responsibilities and anticipate departmental needs
- ABR certification in diagnostic or therapeutic medical physics
- Demonstrates ability to provide appropriate care based on the needs of a specific individual, including all patient age groups including: infant, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric.
Preferred Qualifications- PhD in medical physics, physics, computer science, bioengineering, statistics or related field
- Completion of a CAMPEP-approved medical physics residency program
- Knowledge and hands-on experience with RayStation, Pinnacle, MIM, GammaKnife
- Experience with reporting and data analytics in Hospital Information System such as EPIC
- 10+ years experience as a therapeutic medical physicist
License/Certification- ABR certification in diagnostic or therapeutic medical physics
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