What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physicist - Certified position at Dayton Physicians, LLC?
Dayton Physicians is looking to add a Medical Physicist to our Miami Valley Hospital North location!
Summary:
The Medical Physicist maintains optimal, safe and effective patient care with regard to diagnosis and radiation treatment. All 6 DPN Radiation Oncology Centers are ASTRO APEx accredited! The ASTRO Accreditation Program for Excellence (APEx) is an independent radiation oncology practice accreditation program. The program is based on a comprehensive set of sixteen standards of radiation oncology practice, organized around five pillars of patient care.
Schedule:
Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm; occasional evening or weekend hours
Work/life balance schedules
Why work for Dayton Physician's Network?
- Full-time employees are eligible for health, dental and vision benefits
- Company holidays and a flexible holiday!
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) Package
- Additional accrual increase after 1 year of service with Dayton Physicians!
- 401K
- Scrub Allotments
- Yearly Bonus Program
- Learn more about Dayton Physicians! <- Watch video here!
DPN Core Value Expectations:
The CARES model reflects the principles that guide our day-to-day behaviors; our decisions, our actions, and our relationships with each other and with the patients and families we serve. All DPN employees are expected to embrace and demonstrate the following:
- COMPASSION: the patient is at the center of all we do
- ACCOUNTABILITY: we hold ourselves accountable for our actions
- RESPECT: we show respect for others
- EXCELLENCE with Innovation: we strive for excellence in all we do
- SERVICE through Collaboration: we provide service to our patients, team members and community.
Additionally, as DPN is a service-oriented organization, All DPN employees are expected to embrace and demonstrate the following when interacting with patients, employees and other customers:
- Smile, make eye contact and greet with energy!
- Restate what you are hearing. Listen patiently and compassionately to complaints. Our patients and families are likely going through a difficult time. Irritability on their part is not about you.
- Give full attention. Turn away from the computer screen and face the person you are conversing with.
- Explain any potential delays in service and provide frequent updates.
- Empathize (feel empathy for someone)
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Determines relative dosimetry characteristics for various types of radiation (high energy x-rays, electrons, etc.) and radiation- producing equipment;
- Final review of treatment plans;
- Oversees treatment planning system, plans, and Isodose verification;
- Provides technical direction for radiation therapy;
- Computes and verifies tumor dose and establishes and monitors basic dosage;
- Provides linear accelerator beam analysis, periodic calibration and maintenance;
- Assists in evaluation of diagnostic and treatment modalities to maximize patient benefit;
- Participates in treatment planning, patient monitoring and accuracy of delivery;
- Participates in patient specific QA;
- Leads technology assessment, planning and purchase of major equipment. Equipment, software and systems acceptance testing and commissioning;
- Follow all health care privacy and safety rules and adheres to Dayton Physicians Core Values;
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Education and/ or Experience:
All of the following must be met.
- The Medical Physicist position requires a Master's degree in physics, medical physics, nuclear engineering, biophysics; doctorate preferred.
- Certification in Therapeutic Medical Physics or equivalent by the American Board of Radiology, The American Board of Medical Physics, or The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine.
- The Medical Physicist position also requires a minimum of two years’ clinical experience in major radiation center.