Medical Physicist

4 days ago

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States CommonSpirit Health Full time
Job Title: Medical Physicist

CommonSpirit Health is seeking a highly skilled Medical Physicist to join our team at CHI Memorial Hospital. As a Medical Physicist, you will play a critical role in supporting the technical requirements of planning and treating radiation therapy patients in the department of radiation oncology.

Responsibilities:
  • Assist in the interviewing and selection process of physicists, dosimetrists, and therapists.
  • Evaluate and purchase equipment, and implement service contracts and coordinate service and maintenance with Bio-Med and vendors.
  • Measure machine outputs and calibrate to ensure compliance with standards of good practice and applicable state and federal regulations.
  • Assist in the radiation safety program for external beam therapy and brachytherapy, and ensure compliance with relevant state and federal guidelines and licensing requirements.
  • Receive, log, register, and assume responsibility for radioactive materials from receipt of materials through decay and disposal of materials as per established protocols of the Nuclear Regulatory Committee.
  • Perform room surveys or additional measurements as needed, instruct nursing and other hospital employees on radiation precautions and self-protection settings, rules, and posting regulations for personnel and visitors.
  • Participate in medical conferences and attend meetings where patient and methods are discussed, and participate on committees as directed.
  • Assist with the development and evaluation of new devices, protocols, or design of equipment change in treatment planning, research, treatment policies, etc.
  • Adhere to and support established department policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection control, and assist in the implementation of quality assurance programs.
  • Adhere to Joint Commission and American College of Radiology standards of care.
Qualifications:
  • MS in Medical Physics or related field. Ph.D. in Medical Physics is preferred.
  • Board Certified by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) or the American Board of Medical Physics in Radiation Physics or the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine. Board eligible candidates as defined by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) must attain certification in therapeutic medical physics within three years from the date of hire as physicist.

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