Job Description
The Medical Physicist maintains optimal, safe, and effective patient care regarding diagnosis and radiation treatment. All 6 DPN Radiation Oncology Centers are ASTRO APEx accredited, and our cancer program is MD Anderson credentialed.
Required Education and/or Experience:
* The Medical Physicist position requires a Master's degree in physics, medical physics, nuclear engineering, or biophysics; a doctorate is preferred.
* Certification in Therapeutic Medical Physics or equivalent by the American Board of Radiology, The American Board of Medical Physics, or The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine.
* A minimum of two years’ clinical experience in a major radiation center is required.
Schedule:
Monday - Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. No weekends, evenings, or holidays! Work/life balance schedules.
* Full-time employees are eligible for health, dental, and vision benefits.
* Company holidays and flexible holiday schedule.
* Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) package.
* Additional accrual increase after 1 year of service.
* 401K plan.
* Scrub allotments.
* Yearly bonus program.
Core Value Expectations:
The CARES model reflects principles guiding our behaviors, decisions, actions, and relationships with colleagues and patients. All DPN employees are expected to embrace and demonstrate the following:
* Compassion: We show compassion for others.
* Accountability: We hold ourselves accountable for our actions.
* Respect: We show respect for others.
* Excellence: We strive for excellence in all we do.
* Service: We provide outstanding service to our patients, team members, and community.
Additionally, as a service-oriented organization, all employees are expected to:
* Smile, make eye contact, and greet with energy.
* Restate what you hear; listen patiently and compassionately to complaints, understanding that patients and families may be going through difficult times.
* Give full attention, turn away from screens, and face the person you're speaking with.
* Explain potential delays and provide frequent updates.
* Empathize with patients and families.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
* Determine relative dosimetry characteristics for various types of radiation and equipment.
* Perform final review of treatment plans.
* Oversee treatment planning systems, plans, and isodose verification.
* Provide technical direction for radiation therapy.
* Compute and verify tumor dose, establish, and monitor basic dosage.
* Conduct linear accelerator beam analysis, calibration, and maintenance.
* Assist in evaluating diagnostic and treatment modalities to maximize patient benefit.
* Participate in treatment planning, patient monitoring, and ensuring delivery accuracy.
* Participate in patient-specific QA.
* Lead technology assessment, planning, purchase, testing, and commissioning of equipment, software, and systems.
* Follow all healthcare privacy and safety rules and adhere to our Core Values.
* Perform other duties as assigned.
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