Board Certified Therapeutic Medical Physicist

Fidelity Partners•San Antonio, TX

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Board Certified Therapeutic Medical Physicist will provide comprehensive on-site medical-physics support for the STVHCS Radiation Oncology Service. The role is approximately 90% direct patient-care support and 10% administrative activity, with responsibility for treatment planning, dose accuracy, radiation safety, equipment and system quality assurance, clinical consultation, documentation, and continuous quality improvement.

Requirements

Master’s degree or PhD in Medical Physics or a closely related qualifying discipline.
Current American Board of Radiology certification in Medical Physics or Therapeutic Medical Physics.
Applicable current, full, and unrestricted professional licensure, registration, credentialing, and National Provider Identifier requirements.
At least two years of continuous relevant work experience within the preceding three years.
At least two years of experience performing quality-assurance procedures in therapeutic medical physics.
At least one year of experience with therapeutic medical physics; Elekta linear accelerators with C-Rad/Sentinel; IGRT/Cone Beam CT; RayStation and Mosaiq; 2D/3D, SRT, SBRT, IMRT/VMAT; Delta IV or equivalent IMRT QA; and Siemens CT Simulator or equivalent systems.
Technical proficiency and fluency in spoken and written English.
Ability to maintain required continuing education, credentialing, occupational-health, and VA training requirements.
Must satisfy all VA credentialing, suitability, PIV, information-system, privacy, and facility-access requirements applicable to the position.

Responsibilities

Design, optimize, evaluate, and technically review radiation-treatment plans and support accurate delivery of prescribed radiation doses.
Consult with Radiation Oncologists, dosimetrists, therapists, and technical staff during treatment planning and delivery.
Support SBRT, SRS, IGRT, IMRT/VMAT, brachytherapy, CT simulation, and other specialized radiation-oncology procedures.
Review monitor-unit and treatment-time calculations independently and complete weekly and final treatment-chart reviews.
Perform dosimetry, treatment-planning, imaging, record-and-verify, and radiotherapy-network quality assurance.
Evaluate equipment performance and support annual calibrations, commissioning, measurements, maintenance, repairs, and implementation of new procedures.
Maintain radiation-protection and quality-management programs and recommend corrective actions when performance or safety concerns are identified.
Support radiotherapy computer systems, interfaces, data integrity, and clinical workflow reliability.
Document services accurately; complete required reports; and participate in QA/QI, patient-safety, training, teaching, and performance-monitoring activities.
Provide coverage flexibility and support qualified replacement coverage when required to maintain uninterrupted services.