Overview

Northwest Permanente, P.C. is currently seeking a Board Certified Diagnostic Medical Physicist to join our growing medical group. Northwest Permanente, P.C. is a self-governed (physician led), multi-specialty group of over 1500 physicians, surgeons, and clinicians, caring for over 600,000 members in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Kaiser Permanente is one of the nation's pre-eminent health care systems, a benchmark for comprehensive, integrated and high-quality care.

We take care of you with exceptional compensation packages, market-leading retirement contributions, gold-star health benefits, generous PTO, sabbatical opportunities, continuing medical education time and allowance, and leadership development through our in-house Northwest Permanente University.

Our integrated model fosters an environment that encourages and rewards innovation, providing our staff with ample opportunities to explore their interests. A recipient Healthgrades 50 Best Hospitals awards, Vohs and Lawrence awards, and 3-star ratings from Society of Thoracic Surgeons (to name just a few), we put innovative ideas forward while doing the right thing for patients. And we want your voice at our table.

The emphasis of this position is diagnostic imaging physics and Radiation Safety in medical imaging; including equipment evaluations and quality assurance; radiation dose optimization and image quality; education of technologists, allied health personnel, and physicians; interpret, ensure compliance, and integrate radiation safety regulations and best practice standards in consult with the Radiation Safety Officer. Knowledge, familiarity, and experience with use of physicist evaluations of diagnostic imaging equipment used in Mammography, CT, Nuclear Medicine, MRI, Fluoroscopy (including CV/IR), and general radiology, as well as radiation measurement instrumentation is expected.

Experience with radiation shield design for diagnostic imaging including SPECT and PET-CT is a plus.

Working for Northwest Permanente, you’ll enjoy:

• Salary range of $212,500 to $241,400, depending on experience and qualifications
• 21% employer contribution to retirement programs, including pension
  • (This is not a match; NWP contributes 21% of clinician earnings to retirement programs regardless of employee contribution)
• Up to 95% employer-paid, best-in-class health plans for employee and dependents
• Up to $15K relocation allowance
• Leadership opportunities

Join our medical group

Northwest Permanente is a physician-led, multi-specialty group of 1,500 physicians, surgeons, clinicians, and administrative staff caring for 630,000 Kaiser Permanente members in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Kaiser Permanente is one of the nation's pre-eminent health care systems, a benchmark for comprehensive, integrated, value-based, and high-quality care.

Why Northwest Permanente Physicians Work Here

Practicing in an integrated health care model like ours means that our clinicians have instant access to dozens of specialties, which allows for a level of collaboration and comprehensive treatment not found just anywhere. But don’t just take our word for it. Hear what NWP physicians have to say about the collaborative environment they work in, and how this model not only makes their jobs easier -- it makes them better doctors. 

Why NWP is a B Corp

Being a certified B Corp is important to Northwest Permanente because B Corp is the only certification group that measures a company’s entire social and environmental impact and performance. Certification doesn’t just provide third-party proof for where companies currently excel; it also commits companies to their mission for the long term. Finally, the B Corp focus on transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet aligns with our organizational values of compassion, inclusion, and ownership.

Fun fact: We were a Best for the World honoree, which places us within the top 5% of all B Corps globally (5,000 plus and counting), in the workers category — for the 4th year running.

Learn more about B Corp and what we’re doing to make the world a better place in our Annual Impact Report.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Northwest Permanente, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Northwest Permanente believes that equity, inclusion, and diversity among our employees are critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

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Responsibilities

• Perform equipment evaluations and annual medical physics surveys for radiographic equipment including fluoroscopic, cone-beam CT, breast imaging, stereotactic breast biopsy, ultrasound, CT, MRI, SPECT, PET-CT, and SPECT-CT imaging systems that meet accreditation and regulatory requirements (MQSA, ACR, TJC, and Oregon and Washington regulatory authorities).
• Actively support Regional Radiation Safety Program and Radiation Safety Committee, CT protocol optimization, and MR device safety efforts.
• Oversee use of dose monitoring software (DoseWatch), CT dose reporting thresholds and CT dose optimization, perform skin dose estimates for CV/IR procedures.
• Provide QA/QC support and equipment evaluations for kVp x-ray imaging systems used in Radiation Therapy.
• Interact with physicians in a variety of specialties that utilize fluoroscopy.
• Participate in radiation safety training for physicians, allied health personnel, and others.
• Support Radioactive Materials License and all aspects of Radiation Safety and function as the radiation safety expert for Imaging Services as well as physicians, surgeons, ORs and other departments using ionizing radiation.
• Consult with regional facilities services for construction projects, perform shielding calculations and on-site evaluations and surveys, consult with planners, architects, and project managers.
• Support radiotherapy treatments in Nuclear Medicine (I-131, Lu 177 Lutathera and Pluvicto, Y-90 micro-sphere)