What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Physicist Senior position at McLaren Health Care?
Position Summary: Provides Radiation Oncology Department with physics services to ensure a high level of radiation treatment quality and patient/staff safety. Participates in radiation equipment/software quality assurance program, treatment planning procedures, brachytherapy and special procedures, ensuring radiation equipment performance/maintenance, radiation safety and staff training. Works independently and assumes responsibility for all applicable treatment modalities. Initiates and leads systemwide quality/safety improvement, new technology/modality implementation, program development and system growth initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Establishes radiation beam characteristics for clinical usage.
- Calibrates radiation therapy equipment, performs quality assurance checks, and coordinates with service engineering to perform basic troubleshooting and repairs.
- Consults with clinical and medical staff on simulation and patient setups, and treatment planning.
- Provides ongoing oversight of quality and safety of patient treatment delivery.
- Provides treatment planning (external beam, brachytherapy), quality assurance checks.
Qualifications:
- Certified in therapeutic medical physics from American Board of Radiology (ABR) or equivalent certification from Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM) or American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP).
- Ten years of work experience in a full-service radiation therapy center, after receiving board certification in therapeutic medical physics, that includes independent and consistent delivery of technology implementation and program development projects to implement new technologies/modalities and improve quality, safety, efficiency, and patient care.
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