Job Summary:
Responsible for ensuring the provision of high radiation therapy treatments to patients in an environment that meets established standards for radiation safety for staff, physicians, patients, and the general public, and in a manner that meets the service expectations of each of these groups.
Essential Responsibilities:
1. Provides surveys, reports, and consultation related to radiation safety for applicable facilities and/or patients that meet the organization's and regulatory standards in a timely manner. Develops and implements quality assurance and evaluation programs for applicable radiation therapy equipment that ensure high-quality images and radiation treatments and that meet regulatory requirements.
2. Monitors and reports quality assurance activities to ensure adherence to established QA policies and procedures. Evaluates and reports the performance of this equipment in a timely manner and makes recommendations to improve quality. Maintains up-to-date technical knowledge of new and developing technologies and regulatory issues to support clinical and administrative decision-makers. Provides in-service training to staff and physicians, as necessary, to ensure high-quality images and radiation treatments, a radiation-safe environment, and compliance with regulatory standards.
3. Communicates to staff, physicians, and patients in a manner that is precise, understandable, timely, constructive, and proactive and demonstrates excellent listening skills. Maintains working relationships that are professional, collaborative, team-oriented, responsive, thorough, cordial, and that demonstrate flexibility, innovation, a broad view of issues, acceptance of full responsibility for assignments, and a solutions orientation.
4. The physicist will also function actively as a technical lead in the department and provide standard medical physics services, including equipment calibrations, quality assurance, radiation safety, dosimetric measurements and calculations, treatment planning activities, and supervision of treatment planning activities.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience:
* Minimum two (2) years of postgraduate degree experience in the applicable medical physics subspecialty.
Education:
* Master's degree in medical physics or a related field.
License, Certification, Registration:
* Radiation Oncology Certificate within 36 months of hire from American Board of Medical Physics OR Certification in Medical Physics within 36 months of hire from American Board of Radiology.
Additional Requirements:
* Experience in designing, implementing, and monitoring quality assurance programs in the applicable medical physics subspecialty.
* Experience performing calibration of applicable radiation therapy equipment.
* Experience performing treatment planning.
* General knowledge of medical radiation physics, medical radiation safety, and pertinent regulations.
* Experience in Stereotactic Radiosurgery may be required if offered at the designated center.
* Experience in Brachytherapy may be required if offered at the designated center.
* Good communication skills, demonstrated customer service skills, and willingness to be part of a team.
* General knowledge of computers and their applications in radiation oncology.
* Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
* Prefer experience in linear accelerator commissioning.
COMPANY: KAISER
TITLE: Clinical Radiation Physicist
LOCATION: Dublin, California
REQNUMBER: 1321297
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state, and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.
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