Overview:
Boise isn't just a great place to work-it's a great place to thrive. Known for its strong sense of community and family-friendly atmosphere, Boise offers healthcare professionals an ideal balance of career growth and quality of life. The city is home to excellent schools, safe neighborhoods, and a supportive healthcare network, making it a perfect environment for those who value both professional excellence and personal well-being.
After a rewarding day caring for others, you'll find countless ways to care for yourself. Boise's outdoor lifestyle is unmatched-180+ miles of trails for hiking and biking, the scenic Boise River Greenbelt for walking or kayaking, and natural hot springs for year-round relaxation. In winter, ski resorts are just an hour away; in summer, explore the Sawtooth Mountains or enjoy camping and fishing. Here, work-life balance isn't just a phrase-it's a way of life.
What to Expect
We're looking for a full-time Board Certified/Board Eligible Medical Physicist to work with our highly collaborative and patient-focused team at St. Luke's Cancer Institute. Thisindividual will be joining a team of physicists and physics assistants in an Aria/Eclipse environment with Varian TrueBeam linear accelerators. This role offers great work/life balance, retirement and health-care benefits, PTO, and sign-on and relocation bonuses.
Responsibilities
* Ensures that all treatment machines and radiation sources are correctly calibrated according to accepted protocols.
* Ensures that all radiation safety requirements throughout the facility are met in collaboration with the hospital Radiation Safety Officer.
* In coordination with other team members, develops and maintains a QA program.
* Ensures that the beam and source data are accurate and correctly entered into the treatment planning system.
* Establishes treatment planning and dose calculation procedures that are used throughout the department, and ensures their accuracy.
* In consultation with the radiation oncologists and dosimetrists, oversees treatment planning and determination of radiation dose distributions in patients undergoing treatment.
* Ensures policies and procedures contain proper elements of good radiation oncology practice, delivery of treatment, radiation safety, quality control, and regulatory compliance.
* Releases a treatment machine into clinical service after maintenance, and documents that any alteration caused by the maintenance and repair schedule does not affect the accelerator performance or calibration.
* Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
* Ensures that all treatment machines and radiation sources are correctly calibrated according to accepted protocols.
Technologies
* 5 matched Varian TrueBeam Linacs
* 1 Varian STx TrueBeam with HDMLC
* Bravos Afterloader
* ExacTrac Dynamic Precision Patient Monitoring System
* 4 CT simulators with Varian RGSC 4DCT
* SunNuclear IC Profiler-base monthly QA procedures
* EPID Portal Dosimetry
Software
* Aria Record & Verify
* Eclipse 18
* RapidPlan
* MCO
* GPU Computing
* Brainlab
* Cranial
* Multimets
* Radformation
* AutoContour
* ClearCheck
* ClearCalc
* EZFluence
* QuickCode
Qualifications
* Education: Master's degree in Medical Physics or a related field
* Experience: 2 years in radiation oncology physics setting or completion of CAMPEP accredited residency.
* Licenses/Certifications: Certification in Therapeutic Radiological Physics (TRP) or Therapeutic Medical Physics (TMP) by the ABR or ABMP
Responsibilities:
Along with the radiation oncologists and other members of the treatment-planning team, the Junior Medical Physicist is responsible for assisting with the establishment of treatment-planning and treatment procedures. Duties also include treatment planning, dose calculations, treatment plan reviews, equipment quality assurance, and treatment delivery quality assurance.
* Ensures that all treatment machines and radiation sources are correctly calibrated according to accepted protocols under the direction of the chief physicist.
* Helps define the specifications for the purchase of treatments unit(s) including external beam and branchy therapy units, therapy simulators, CT and ultrasound units, other therapy imaging systems, and treatment planning system.
* Ensures that all radiation safety requirements throughout the facility are met.
* In coordination with other team members, develops and maintains a QA program.
* Assists with ensuring that the beam and source data are accurate and correctly entered into the treatment planning system.
* Assists with establishing the treatment planning and dose calculation procedures that are used throughout the department, and ensures their accuracy.
* In consultation with the radiation oncologists, performs or oversees treatment planning and the determination of radiation dose distributions in patients undergoing treatment.
* Assists with ensuring policies and procedures contain proper elements of good radiation oncology practice, delivery of treatment, radiation safety, quality control, and regulatory compliance.
* Releases a treatment machine into clinical service after maintenance, and documents that any alteration caused by the maintenance and repair schedule does not affect the accelerator performance or calibration.
* Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications:
* Education: Masters degree
* Experience: 0 years
* Licenses/Certifications: None
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