Board Certified Therapeutic Medical Physicist at Fidelity Partners Services in San Antonio, Texas, United States

Job description

• The Board Certified Therapeutic Medical Physicist will provide comprehensive on-site medical-physics support for the STVHCS Radiation Oncology Service. The role is approximately 90% direct patient-care support and 10% administrative activity, with responsibility for treatment planning, dose accuracy, radiation safety, equipment and system quality assurance, clinical consultation, documentation, and continuous quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Design, optimize, evaluate, and technically review radiation-treatment plans and support accurate delivery of prescribed radiation doses.
• Consult with Radiation Oncologists, dosimetrists, therapists, and technical staff during treatment planning and delivery.
• Support SBRT, SRS, IGRT, IMRT/VMAT, brachytherapy, CT simulation, and other specialized radiation-oncology procedures.
• Review monitor-unit and treatment-time calculations independently and complete weekly and final treatment-chart reviews.
• Perform dosimetry, treatment-planning, imaging, record-and-verify, and radiotherapy-network quality assurance.
• Evaluate equipment performance and support annual calibrations, commissioning, measurements, maintenance, repairs, and implementation of new procedures.
• Maintain radiation-protection and quality-management programs and recommend corrective actions when performance or safety concerns are identified.
• Support radiotherapy computer systems, interfaces, data integrity, and clinical workflow reliability.
• Document services accurately; complete required reports; and participate in QA/QI, patient-safety, training, teaching, and performance-monitoring activities.
• Provide coverage flexibility and support qualified replacement coverage when required to maintain uninterrupted services.

Requirements

• Citizenship / Access Requirements: Must satisfy all VA credentialing, suitability, PIV, information-system, privacy, and facility-access requirements applicable to the position.
• Security Requirements: No classified clearance is specified. VA background/suitability screening, credentialing, PIV/access procedures, privacy and information-security training, and system-access controls apply.
• Master’s degree or PhD in Medical Physics or a closely related qualifying discipline.
• Current American Board of Radiology certification in Medical Physics or Therapeutic Medical Physics.
• Applicable current, full, and unrestricted professional licensure, registration, credentialing, and National Provider Identifier requirements.
• At least two years of continuous relevant work experience within the preceding three years.
• At least two years of experience performing quality-assurance procedures in therapeutic medical physics.
• At least one year of experience with therapeutic medical physics; Elekta linear accelerators with C-Rad/Sentinel; IGRT/Cone Beam CT; RayStation and Mosaiq; 2D/3D, SRT, SBRT, IMRT/VMAT; Delta IV or equivalent IMRT QA; and Siemens CT Simulator or equivalent systems.
• Technical proficiency and fluency in spoken and written English.
• Ability to maintain required continuing education, credentialing, occupational-health, and VA training requirements.

Skills

Required

• IGRT/Cone Beam CT
• RayStation and Mosaiq
• 2D/3D, SRT, SBRT, IMRT/VMAT
• Delta IV or equivalent IMRT QA