Summary:

The Medical Physicist, Oncology, is primarily and professionally engaged in the evaluation, delivery and optimization of radiation therapy. A major responsibility of the radiation oncology physicist is to provide a high standard of clinical physics service and provide oversight of the establishment and conduct of the quality management program. For example:

• Responsible for treatment planning, quality assurance, safety of patient radiation treatment delivery, weekly chart checks, and process improvement for modalities include but not limited to external beam, SRS/SRBT, HDR Brachytherapy, SRS, SRT etc
  
• Assist in developing radiation oncology medical physics program, policies, and procedures.
  
• Participates in departmental research, education, presentations, meetings, and chart rounds.
  
• Implements new treatment techniques/procedures for the center when needed, support advanced treatment and image guided technology, and take a lead role in collaboration with vendors and IT to address clinically related hardware and software issues

Reports directly to: Lead Physicist, Oncology
Reports indirectly to: Department Chair, Radiation Oncology

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Physics required (other degrees cannot be considered; online degrees cannot be considered)
  AND
• Master's degree in Medical Physics or Radiation Physics required (other degrees cannot be considered; online degrees cannot be considered)
• PhD desirable
• American Board of Radiology qualification in Diagnostic Medical Physics (all three parts) is required
• Current professional clinical license required
• A minimum of five years of experience (post ABR qualification) in Medical Physics in with broad experience in treatment planning and quality management in a tertiary setting

Benefits:

• Tax-free income
• Housing Allowance
• Living Allowances (e.g., annual airfare)
• Return airfare (start/end contract)
  
• Medical coverage
• 25 working days paid annual leave and 10 Public Holidays