Clinical Physicist - Radiation Oncology

Washington University in St. Louis • Alton, IL

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About The Position

Radiation therapy as practiced at the Washington University’s Department of Radiation Oncology is very personnel-intensive and can be highly customized and individualized for each patient, requiring extensive quality assurance (QA) and constant oversight to prevent catastrophic treatment delivery errors. It is subject to extensive and time consuming documentation imposed by current standards of practice and regulatory bodies such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The Clinical Staff Physicist provides the essential administrative, organizational and technical expertise that keeps the clinic functioning smoothly, safely, and at a state-of-the-art technical and clinical level in a technically complex environment.

Requirements

• Education: M.S. - Master Of Science - Physics
• Certifications /Professional Licenses : Therapeutic Medical Physics I - American Board of Radiology
• Work Experience: No specific work experience is required for this position.

Responsibilities

• Performs basic calibration and quality assurance testing, equipment varies by location.
• Determines the radiation dosimetry parameters for the treatment units, simulators and brachytherapy radiation sources.
• Calculates radiation dose distribution of patients undergoing treatment.
• Monitors or measures of the dose delivered to selected patients.
• Maintains dosimetry standards pertaining to radiation dosimetry systems.
• Decides space planning and radiation shielding design for new facilities, modalities and equipment.
• Completes radiation safety surveys for facilities and personnel.
• Provides clinical oversight of technical personnel (dosimetrist).
• Consults radiation oncologists regarding special clinical physics considerations for individual patients.
• Develops, maintains, and implements of calibration and quality assurance programs for all external beam treatment machines, simulators, treatment planning systems and brachytherapy equipment/sources.
• Develops, maintains, and implements of quality control procedures.
• Develops, maintains, and implements physics and dosimetry protocols.
• Ensures the release of treatment machines into clinical services after maintenance and for documenting that any alterations caused by the maintenance and repair schedule do not affect the treatment unit standards promulgated in the AAPM code of practice.
• Serves as liaison to equipment manufactures for installation, acceptance testing and verification testing and making recommendations concerning new equipment acquisitions and upgrades of hardware and software.
• Interprets test results and advising clinical staff on optimal equipment use.
• Oversees compliance with U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, licensing and other regulatory requirements governing personnel and general public safety and other issues; and attending Radiation Safety Committee meetings.
• Provides on-site contouring or normal anatomy and processing of multimodality imaging, including image registration, deformations, processing of respiratory motion correlated images.
• Provides on-site treatment planning, with equipment varying by location.

Benefits

• Washington University in St. Louis is committed to providing a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to our employees. Benefits eligibility is subject to employment status, full-time equivalent (FTE) workload, and weekly standard hours. Please visit our website at https://hr.wustl.edu/benefits/ to view a summary of benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level