Medical Physicist PRN - Radiation Oncology Clinic

University of Arkansas System•Little Rock, AR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Medical Physicist supports clinical operations across the UAMS Radiation Oncology Clinic and contributes to institutional quality, safety, education, and clinical innovation. The role provides independent professional expertise in treatment planning, dose calculation, and quality assurance to support safe, effective, patient-centered radiation therapy. The physicist provides clinical coverage for photon and/or proton therapy services, including daily treatment support; commissioning and calibration; and routine and patient-specific quality assurance of treatment planning, delivery, and imaging systems. The role maintains QA programs in accordance with AAPM, regulatory, and institutional standards. The physicist collaborates with physicians, dosimetrists, therapists, engineers, and staff on safe workflows, complex treatment planning, and chart review. The role supports clinical implementation and optimization of technologies such as SRS/SBRT, proton therapy, surface-guided radiation therapy, motion management, dual-energy CT, and emerging treatment and imaging platforms. As a faculty member, the physicist participates in education and mentorship, accreditation and regulatory activities, quality improvement initiatives, translational clinical research, and departmental service. The position operates under general direction and exercises broad professional judgment in complex clinical and technical responsibilities.

Requirements

PhD or master's degree in Physics or a closely related discipline.
ABR Certification or eligibility in Therapeutic Radiological Physics.

Nice To Haves

PhD.
Graduation from a CAMPEP-approved Medical Physics Residency Program.
Knowledge of Eclipse, Brainlab, Oncentra, CRAD Surface imager, proton therapy, Proteus One, Ethos-based adaptive planning, ARIA, MIMVista, and RadCalc.

Responsibilities

Provides comprehensive clinical physics support for photon and/or proton therapy services.
Ensures accurate dose delivery, safe clinical workflows, and compliance with departmental quality and safety standards.
Supports daily treatment operations, image guidance, treatment planning, and verification, including plan review, secondary and independent dose calculations, patient-specific and routine quality assurance, and comprehensive chart reviews.
Performs commissioning, calibration, and ongoing quality assurance of treatment planning systems, delivery units, and imaging systems.
Develops, maintains, and improves QA programs in accordance with AAPM, regulatory, and institutional guidelines.
Collaborates with physicians, dosimetrists, therapists, engineers, and staff to resolve clinical and technical issues and support high-quality patient care.
Collaborates with radiation oncologists, physicist colleagues, therapists, engineers, and administrative staff to support efficient, safe, and patient-centered clinical workflows.
Participates in departmental and institutional committees, accreditation and quality initiatives, and program development activities.
Contributes to education and mentorship of residents, students, and staff, and supports professional development, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
Performs other duties as assigned to support departmental objectives.