Therapeutic Medical Physicist

Ansible Government Solutions•West Palm Beach, FL

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Ansible Government Solutions, LLC (Ansible) is currently recruiting a Therapeutic Medical Physicist to provide onsite services to eligible beneficiaries of the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center located at 7305 N Military Trl, West Palm Beach, FL 33410. If you accept employment with Ansible, you must also acknowledge that any assigned schedule is subject to change at the direction of either Ansible or its customers. Ansible Government Solutions, LLC (Ansible) is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) providing Federal customers with solutions in many arenas. Our customers face wide-ranging challenges in the fields of national security, health care, and information technology. To address these challenges, we employ intelligent and committed staff who take care of our customers’ success as if it is their own.

Requirements

Master's degree in Medical Physics or related field
Board Certification in Medical Physics or Therapeutic Medical Physics by the American Board of Radiology (ABR)
Minimum 2 years of continuous working experience within the last 3 years in therapeutic medical physics
Experience with: Varian Linear Accelerators (TrueBeam with Brain Lab Accessories)
Experience with: Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) including Cone Beam CT
Experience with: Eclipse treatment planning system and ARIA record & verify system
Experience with: Treatment modalities including 2D/3D Conformal, SRS, SRT, SBRT, and IMRT/VMAT
Experience with: IMRT QA systems (e.g., MapCheck)
Experience with: CT Simulators
Experience with: Superficial X-ray machines
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
Proficiency in computer systems and networking related to radiation oncology
Ability to pass a government background check and complete required VA training
Sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, twist, and reach above shoulders during the work shift
Lift up to 50 lbs from floor to waist
Lift up to 20 lbs
Carry up to 40 lbs a reasonable distance
Push/pull with 30 lbs of force

Nice To Haves

Experience in a healthcare system with ACR or APEx certification preferred

Responsibilities

Be available, when necessary, for consultation with the Radiation Oncologist and to provide advice or direction to technical staff when radiation treatments are being planned or when patients are being treated.
Where possible, should be present to observe and/or help supervise complicated simulations and/or treatment set-ups.
Be present at the machine during patient setup for SBRT/SRS and IGRT.
Specify and monitor method(s) to calculate MUs or treatment times and ensure independent review(s) of such calculations.
Develop and maintain a method for the weekly and systematic review of the charts of all patients under radiation treatment.
Perform a final chart review at the end of the course of radiation treatment in order to confirm that the prescribed dose has been delivered, and to document the total doses delivered to critical structures.
Responsible for data input into the planning system, which should be based upon measured beam data for the radiation beams in question, and for output from the planning system(s).
Responsible for understanding the calculation algorithm and should document those conditions for which the algorithm and measured data are in disagreement by more than 5%.
Ensure that all users of the treatment planning system receive appropriate training.
Provide advice and consultation, to VA and third-party clinical engineers, for the operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the VA RADIATION ONCOLOGY’s linear accelerators and CT simulation equipment, all of their relevant accessories and the computerized network interconnectivity; record and verification systems.