The Medical Physicist maintains optimal safe and effective patient care with regard to diagnosis and radiation treatment. All 6 DPN Radiation Oncology Centers are ASTRO APEx accredited and our cancer program is MD Anderson credentialed.
Required Education and/ or Experience:
All of the following must be met.
- The Medical Physicist position requires a Masters degree in physics medical physics nuclear engineering biophysics; doctorate preferred.
- Certification in Therapeutic Medical Physics or equivalent by the American Board of Radiology The American Board of Medical Physics or The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine.
- The Medical Physicist position also requires a minimum of two years clinical experience in major radiation center.
Schedule:
Monday Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm
No weekends evenings or holidays!
Work/life balance schedules
- Fulltime employees are eligible for health dental and vision benefits
- Company holidays and a flexible holiday!
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) Package
- Additional accrual increase after 1 year of service
- 401K
- Scrub Allotments
- Yearly Bonus Program
Core Value Expectations:
The CARES model reflects the principles that guide our daytoday behaviors; our decisions our actions and our relationships with each other and with the patients and families we serve. All DPN employees are expected to embrace and demonstrate the following:
- COMPASSION: we show compassion for others
- ACCOUNTABILITY we hold ourselves accountable for our actions
- RESPECT: we show respect for others
- EXCELLENCE: we strive for excellence in all that we do
- SERVICE: we provide outstanding service to our patients team members and community.
Additionally as DPN is a serviceoriented organization All DPN employees are expected to embrace and demonstrate the following when interacting with patients employees and other customers:
- Smile make eye contact and greet with energy!
- Restate what you are hearing. Listen patiently and compassionately to complaints. Our patients and families are likely going through a difficult time. Irritability on their part is not about you.
- Give full attention. Turn away from the computer screen and face the person you are conversing with.
- Explain any potential delays in service and provide frequent updates.
- Empathize (feel empathy for someone)
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Determines relative dosimetry characteristics for various types of radiation (high energy xrays electrons etc.) and radiation producing equipment;
- Final review of treatment plans;
- Oversees treatment planning system plans and Isodose verification;
- Provides technical direction for radiation therapy;
- Computes and verifies tumor dose and establishes and monitors basic dosage;
- Provides linear accelerator beam analysis periodic calibration and maintenance;
- Assists in evaluation of diagnostic and treatment modalities to maximize patient benefit;
- Participates in treatment planning patient monitoring and accuracy of delivery;
- Participates in patient specific QA;
- Leads technology assessment planning and purchase of major equipment. Equipment software and systems acceptance testing and commissioning;
- Follow all health care privacy and safety rules and adheres to our Core Values;
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Education and/ or Experience:
All of the following must be met.
- The Medical Physicist position requires a Masters degree in physics medical physics nuclear engineering biophysics; doctorate preferred.
- Certification in Therapeutic Medical Physics or equivalent by the American Board of Radiology The American Board of Medical Physics or The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine.
- The Medical Physicist position also requires a minimum of two years clinical experience in major radiation center.
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