Medical Radiation Physicist - FT - All - Patient Care Services - Admin @ MV at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, California

Job Description:

El Camino Health is committed to hiring, retaining and growing the best and brightest professionals who will carry our mission and vision forward. We are proud of our reputation in the community: One built on compassion, innovation, collaboration and delivering high-quality care. Come join the team that makes this happen.

FTE

1

Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours

80

Work Shift

All Shifts: 8 hours

Job Description

The Medical Radiation Physicist is responsible for all physics and radiation safety duties and will oversee all operations related to clinical medical physics that are provided at El Camino Hospital. The MRP will conduct all aspects of the radiation therapy physics consistent with the mission and goals for El Camino Health, including clinical medical physics support, equipment calibration and commissioning, maintaining of appropriate quality assurance for equipment and treatment delivery, compliance with radiation safety, licensing issues, and other pertinent regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain established El Camino Health policies, procedures and objectives as well as quality assurance, safety, environmental and infection control policies. Assists in developing policies and procedures.




• Assists in the development of long-term strategic planning, and ways to optimize patient care, staff working environment and cost containment.




• Provides assistance and consultation with all medical staff with treatment planning as required, requested or indicated. Assures accuracy of simulations and treatment delivery. Generates 3D conformal, IMRT, VMAT, HDR and Cyber Knife treatment plans. Actively participates in physician directed chart rounds.




• Performs annual calibration of linear accelerators and simulators as required by JCAHO, ACR and state law. Contracts for yearly ALARA reports.




• Performs computerized dose calculations and provides the isodose plans for external beam radiation therapy and brachytherapy treatments to the radiation oncologist within two working days of request. Conformal and IMRT plans within five working days.




• Checks all patient charts weekly and performs IMRT QA (using ArcCheck) within three days of the start of treatment for accuracy, completeness and compliance with the patient's prescription. Makes necessary corrections and changes as appropriate. Also checks all patients' chart at the end of treatment for completeness.




• Performs quality assurance testing on all radiation therapy equipment to assure compliance and accuracy for billing of continuing physics for all medical radiation physics, dosimetry, and treatment devices.




• Takes necessary steps to ensure that the equipment is maintained in appropriate working conditions.




• Prepares and presents quality assurance reports and maintains all quality assurance records required in connection with the use of radiation therapy equipment




• Performs annual survey regarding all treatment equipment including linear accelerators and simulation machine and system administrator duties for Varian Eclipse TPS and MOSAIQ electronic medical record Advises and consults for the Radiation Oncology in regards to the potential purchase and installation of radiation oncology equipment, including accelerators, simulators and treatment planning computers.




• Coordinates and performs data measurement and machine acceptance to bring new technology on line in a timely manner.




• Participates in the safety and quality assurance for Radiation Oncology Department, to support the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) for all Radiation Oncology matters, both non-emergent and emergent.




• Performs related work as required

Qualifications

Master's degree in medical physics or medical radiation physics.

Five (5) years medical physics experience.

Experience with Stereotactic Radiation Surgery (SRS), Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT), Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), High and/or Low Dose Brachytherapy, superficial therapy, and external beam treatment planning.

License/Certification/Registration Requirements

Board Certified American Board of Radiology in Radiation Therapy Physics and /or American Board of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology Physics preferred.

Board of Licensure for Professional Medical Physicists preferred.

Valid Radioactive Material License.

This is a general description of the nature and level of work performed by people in this classification. It may not include every responsibility, duty and skill required of persons who successfully do this job.

The Physical Requirements and Working Conditions of this job are available. El Camino Health will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability if that will allow them to perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so creates an undue hardship for the hospital, or causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace which cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation.

Light Work - Walking or standing up to 49% of shift, duties require standard movement, may occasionally lift up to 20 lbs. - (Physical Requirements-United States of America)

An Equal Opportunity Employer:
El Camino Health seeks and values a diverse workforce. The organization is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of qualifications and competencies. El Camino Health prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, ancestry, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, marital status, age, medical condition or any other status protected by law. In addition to state and federal law, El Camino Health also follows all applicable fair and equitable employment policies from the County of Santa Clara.

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