What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Physicist Resident position at CO39 St. Lukes Hospital?
St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care. The position of medical physics resident entails provision of clinical medical physics duties matching with the individual resident's level of advancement and competence. Residency is the phase of graduate medical physics education and ending after the educational requirements for the medical specialty certifying board has been completed. A medical physics resident's responsibilities include clinical medical physics duties commensurate with the level of training. The medical physics resident is both a learner and a provider of clinical medical physics. The resident participates in clinical medical physics duties under the supervision of more experienced physicists. As their training progresses, resident is expected to gain competence and require less supervision, progressing from on-site and contemporaneous supervision to more indirect and periodic supervision. There are about ten rotations. The resident is expected to pass the evaluation after each rotation. JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Under the supervision of medical physicists: 1. Conducts routine calibration and testing of radiation producing equipment including but not limited to linear accelerators, CT simulators and High Dose Radiation (HDR) units in accordance with State and Federal regulations. 2. Measurement of radiation characteristics and collection of dosimetry data for clinical use. 3. Treatment planning and patient dosage calculation. 4. Conducts routine patient chart review for treatment progression and accuracy. 5. Performs dose calculation/measurement to radiosensitive organ of the patient. 6. Perform radiation shielding calculation /measurement. 7. HDR and Low Dose Radiation (LDR) Brachytherapy. 8. Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) /Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) planning, QA and treatments. 9. Learn special procedures such as Total Body Irradiation and Total Skin Electron Irradiation (TSEI). 10. Review in-vivo dosimetry performed by the dosimetrist/therapist. 11. Develop a personal program of self-study and professional growth with appropriate guidance from the faculty and Program Director. 12. Participate in safe, effective, and compassionate patient care under appropriate supervision, commensurate with the level of advancement and responsibility granted by the Residency Program. 13. Participate fully in the educational activities of the Residency Program, including responsibility for teaching and supervising of the residents and students as assigned and/or requested by the Program Director. PHYSICIAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS: Frequent use of fingers to operate computer. Sitting for up to 7 hours per day, in 30-minute increments. Frequent use of hands for chart handling and writing. Twisting and turning of hands to operate equipment. Lifts treatment aids weighing up to 50 pounds. Carries objects of up to 50 pounds. Occasionally stoops and bends. Reaches above shoulder level. Hearing as it relates to normal conversation. Seeing as it relates to general vision and depth perception and visual monotony. EDUCATION: Graduate from a Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs (CAMPEP) approved medical physics master or PhD program. Please complete your application using your full legal name and current home address. Be sure to include employment history for the past seven (7) years, including your present employer. Additionally, you are encouraged to upload a current resume, including all work history, education, and/or certifications and licenses, if applicable. It is highly recommended that you create a profile at the conclusion of submitting your first application. Thank you for your interest in St. Luke's!! St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350 outpatient sites. With annual net revenue in excess of $4 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital. SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, St. Luke’s was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. St. Luke’s is the ONLY health care institution in the Lehigh Valley to be named a Top Workplace regionally repeating the exclusive honor for the third year in a row. Also, for the third straight year, St. Luke’s has been a Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Inquirer, ranking 9th in the large employer category for 2025 and the only health care system in PA to receive this award. In 2025, St. Luke’s was recognized as a national Top Workplaces by USA Today, three years in a row, including the 3rd best health care system in the nation in 2023 and 2024. Lastly, in 2025, St. Luke’s was named a Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row. Learn More Here.
