Overview

You may be eligible for a sign on bonus!

Join our team as a day shift, full-time, Satellite Oncology Medical Physicist in Albuquerque, NM. 

Fulfilling your purpose begins here: 

People First, Always. Here’s how we take care of our people: 

• Medical, vision, dental health insurance, health savings account / flexible spending, competitive pay, paid time off, 401k retirement plan with company match, employee assistance program and more. 

Your team is bigger than your department: 

• Lovelace Medical Center is an acute care hospital, with 263 licensed beds, providing comprehensive care, including around-the-clock emergency care, surgical services, non-invasive robotic spine surgery, stroke care, radiology and oncology services.
• We believe healthcare is a team sport and every player has something to contribute. We show compassion, celebrate differences and treat one another with respect. 

Responsibilities

• May be the Radiation Safety Officer if the PHD Physicist is not

• Supervises dosimetrist, radiation therapy technologists, biomedical engineers, and specialists in physics related activities.

• Performs calibration checks and safety surveys of Linacs and other sources of radiation (for example: HDR Systems).

• Assists the brachytherapy program including:
  • Simulation, supervision and film acceptance
  • Preparation of radioactive sources
  • Radiation survey and protection
  • Computer dosimetry
  • Loading and unloading whenever scheduled

• Assists in developing, purchasing and acceptance specifications for therapy equipment (examples: linacs, simulators, treatment planning systems, hyperthermia equipment,e tc.) Assists in the acceptance testing of such equipment and in the shielding analysis of treatment rooms.

• Develops, implements, supervises and participates in quality control programs in therapy department.

• Consults with radiologist and radiation oncologist concerning patients and fetal dose determinations.

• Participates in planning of future facilities.

• Researches and develops new devices and modalities for improved therapeutic use of radiation.

• Maintains professional contact with peers through attendance at professional meetings and similar activities.

• Is periodically on call for night-time or week-end duty.

• May be asked to participate in yearly review of Dosimetrists in the physics group

• Participates in the radiation safety program.
• Helps develop department policies and procedures.
• Consults with other physicians and patients regarding radiation exposure and safety.

• Is expected to lift heavy items from time to time (lead blocks, cerrobend blocks, 30-40 lb source containers, water phantom tanks, etc.)

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Physics or a closely related allied science
• 3 years experience
• Board certification (ABR, ABMP, or equivalent) 

• BLS

• Eligible to become Authorized Medical Physicist (AMP) for Gammaknife Icon and Varian HDR (prior AMP status preferred).

• Experience with Mosaiq, Varian linacs, Tomotherapy, Pinnacle, Brachyvision, Radcalc, and intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) with Zeiss Intrabeam.