HEAD, MEDICAL RADIATION PHYSICIST

Los Angeles County (CA)•Los Angeles, CA

68d

About The Position

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation. Through its unified system of 23 health centers and four hospitals - and expanded network of community partner clinics - DHS annually provides direct care for over 500,000 outstanding patients, employs over 23,000 staff, and has an annual budget of over $8.4 billion. For additional information regarding DHS please visit www.dhs.lacounty.gov. Through academic affiliations with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC), and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences (CDU), DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every medical specialty and subspecialty. In addition, to its direct clinical services, DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the County's 911 emergency response system, as well as Housing for Health and the Office of Diversion and Re-entry, each with a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations, including those released from correctional and institutional settings, to supportive housing. MISSION: To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care.

Requirements

A Ph.D. in physics, biophysics or medical physics -AND- five years' experience in the physics of radiation therapy, diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and hospital safety.

Nice To Haves

Experience beyond the Minimum Requirements.
American Board of Radiology (ABR) Certification.

Responsibilities

Administers and directs a medical radiation physics section providing consultative services to physicians engaged in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Assigns, reviews and evaluates the work of Medical Radiation Physicists in the preparation of treatment plans, computation of dose rates and dose distribution patterns for the treatment of patients by external beam therapy and radioactive source therapy; and in the field of nuclear medicine to ensure correctness of determination of radiation dose to patients and proper doses of scanning.
Prepares and justifies the personnel, equipment and space budget and reviews specifications for new equipment; in concert with physicians, determines operating parameters of new equipment.
Administers and directs the development and use of computer systems and programs for the resolution of spatial and treatment problems in radiation beam therapy or for the more effective use of imaging systems.
Acts as the LA General Medical Center Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) or assign duties to qualified subordinate staff as needed.
Directs the radiation safety program at the Medical Center in compliance with governing legal regulations and policies established by the Medical Center Radiation Safety Committee for the safety of patients and personnel.
Plans, organizes, and administers the section by establishing proper goals and standards, recruiting and selecting employees, evaluating performance and resolving employee problems.
Participates in interdisciplinary conferences with physicians to determine the proper direction of the radiotherapy program and to ensure optimal radiation physics participation.
Directs and reviews the development of training programs in radiation physical and in the fields of diagnostic radiologic radiation therapy, nuclear medicine, and radiobiology for the training of physicians and technical personnel.
Conducts lectures in medical radiation physics and radiology for resident physicians.