Medical Physicist - Dallas, Texas

The US Oncology Network•Dallas, TX

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Texas Oncology is seeking a full-time, team-oriented Medical Physicist to join their regional group of five radiation oncology centers in the Dallas metroplex. This position will primarily be based at the Medical City location, a busy practice offering a full range of radiation therapy procedures including SRS, SBRT, TBI, and HDR, in addition to standard external beam therapy. The Medical City location is equipped with Varian iX with OBI, Varian 2100CD, Accuray CyberKnife M6, Elekta HDR, GE Discovery RT CT, ARIA, Eclipse, Accuray Precision planning, and Oncentra Brachy planning. The team at this location includes 2 Radiation Oncologists, 2 ABR Certified physicists, 1 Certified Medical Dosimetrist, 6 Radiation Therapists, 1 Diagnostic CT/XRAY Technologist, and 1 Chief Therapist. The Dallas Region comprises 6 radiation oncology centers supported by 10 Medical Physicists and 10 Radiation Oncologists. While centers are independent, the physics staff collaborate on projects and provide mutual assistance. The region offers external beam therapy (3D, IMRT, VMAT), active SBRT programs at 5 centers, HDR programs at 5 centers, TBI programs at 2 centers, radiopharmaceuticals at 3 centers, a CyberKnife program at 1 location, and a CAMPEP accredited physics residency program at 1 location. Texas Oncology encourages collaboration among network physicists, offering vendor webinars, a journal club, and opportunities to serve on physics committees.

Requirements

MS or PhD degree in Medical Physics from a CAMPEP-accredited graduate program
Graduation from a CAMPEP-accredited Medical Physics residency program
ABR board certified or in the process of obtaining certification
Texas state licensure
RAM license eligibility

Responsibilities

Full range of on-site clinical medical physics support.
Occasional on-site or remote physics support for sites within the region.
Determines the need for, specifies, and accesses dosimetric and treatment planning equipment including, but not limited to, measurement instruments to calibrate all treatment equipment and monitoring devices, computerized treatment planning systems, computerized water phantom systems with appropriate ionization chambers and diodes, film densitometry systems, etc.
Advises and consults with physicians to provide advice or direction to technical staff when patients are being planned or treated.
Working knowledge of SRS, SBRT, and HDR
Experience with Varian linear accelerators
Experience with Accuray Cyberknife planning, treatment and QA
Experience with Eclipse treatment planning
Experience with HDR planning and treatment – Elekta and/or Varian
Experience with ARIA