What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physicist, Full Time, MMC position at Careers at Atlantic Health System?
Atlantic Health System, one of New Jersey’s largest non-profit healthcare organizations, is seeking a full-time medical physicist to join the Radiation Oncology Department at Morristown Medical Center. This role will also provide support across other Atlantic Health System locations. The selected candidate will collaborate with a dedicated team of six physicians, 11 physicists, and seven dosimetrists. Key responsibilities include providing comprehensive clinical physics and dosimetry support, such as treatment planning, machine quality assurance (QA), and QA activities for 3D, IMRT, VMAT, SBRT, and SRS treatments. Additionally, the physicist will play a vital role in evaluating and implementing new equipment and treatment techniques, as well as contributing to system-wide projects and clinical research initiatives to enhance radiation oncology services.
Atlantic Health System operates six Varian linear accelerators, a CyberKnife system, and a Varian GammaMed brachytherapy unit. The network utilizes ARIA for record and verify, along with Eclipse V18 for treatment planning, including HyperArc for SRS/SRT. Morristown Medical Center houses two TrueBeam systems, treating approximately 60 patients daily, and maintains an active HDR program with the Varian GammaMed system. Additionally, a Mevion S250-FIT proton therapy system is set to be installed this year, providing opportunities to gain experience in proton therapy and contribute to the development of Atlantic Health’s proton therapy program.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Conduct treatment planning for various techniques, including 3D, VMAT, SRS, and SBRT.
- Determines the need for, specifies, and accesses dosimetric and treatment planning equipment including, but not limited to measurement instruments to calibrate all treatment equipment and monitoring devices, computerized treatment planning systems, computerized water phantom systems with appropriate ionization chambers and diodes, film densitometry systems, etc.
- Participates in the specification, selection, and acceptance of radiation-producing machines, accessories, and computerized treatment-planning system.
- Supervises arrangements for proper commissioning and maintenance of radiation treatment equipment.
- Periodically evaluates all equipment for continued utility, appropriateness, reliable performance, age and condition and makes recommendations on practical life span, obsolescence and replacement.
- Maintains responsibility for the design and implementation of the aspects of the quality management program that involve the use of the external beam radiotherapy equipment as well as the review and approval of the procedures followed by the radiation therapy staff.
- Develops protocols for performing and checking monitor units calculations to ensure all calculations agree with written prescription.
- Perform QA for linear accelerators, HDR remote afterloader, simulator, treatment equipment, and the treatment planning system.
- Monitor each patient’s treatment and records to assure the quality of their radiation treatments.
- Provides information for protocol patients as requested by the National Quality Assurance Review Center (QARC).
- Participates in chart rounds to ensure the fulfillment of the prescription and review any changes in dose and patient set-up.
- Oversees and is responsible for maintaining all required documentation relating to radiation treatment plans and equipment.
- Collaborates with radiation therapists in the setup of patients and the use of treatment aids and immobilization devices.
- Consults with the Radiation Oncologist and assists in the development of a customized treatment plan for patients.
- Participates in HDR procedures.
- Participate in workflow and process changes or improvement
- Participates and initiate clinical projects.
- Commissioning and implementing new technologies in Radiation Oncology
