Clinical Nuclear Medicine Physicist

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Description

The Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences is seeking a full-time clinical nuclear medicine Physicist. The Department operates several nuclear medicine imaging systems across the metro Atlanta area. The ideal candidate will work within a collaborative physics team to help manage clinical protocols and regulatory compliance, while fostering nuclear medicine education, innovation, and best practices in quality and safety. Essential roles and responsibilities include:

• Provide on-call technical and application support for nuclear medicine sites, including Emory Healthcare and Grady Health System.
• Liaise with radiologists and technologists to ensure effective nuclear medicine protocol implementation, operational workflow, safety, education, and patient care.
• Install, maintain, and update standardized nuclear medicine protocols; oversee image quality; troubleshoot artifacts; improve operational efficiency.
• Facilitate ongoing TJC and ACR compliance, through annual system surveys, image quality review, and technologist’s weekly QA/QC program oversight
• Partner with administrative and physician leaders to develop and implement system-wide quality and safety policies and procedures. Serve as a nuclear medicine safety expert resource for technologists and radiologists.
• Partner with physicians to develop radiation dosimetry protocols integral to theragnostics.
• Interface with nuclear medicine system vendors to document downtime, guide effective applications training, and explore collaborative project opportunities. Advise Department about new system technology, upgrades, purchases, and siting.
• Provide nuclear medicine physics education, training, and mentorship to imaging physics and medical residents; develop educational resources and sessions for technologists and radiologists.
• Explore personal and departmental research interests through collaboration with other scientists and staff, including in-house quality improvement projects; partake in regional and national committees and conferences; educational endeavors within the department, as well as professional development activities.
• Evaluate research proposals that utilize Nuclear Medicine and PET. Assist investigators with site qualifications and phantom requirements.

The Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences is fully committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse group of faculty and staff and to promoting a sense of inclusion and belonging for every member of our community. This climate for promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion is critical to achieving excellence in patient care, teaching, and scholarship. Underrepresented members in medicine and radiology are highly encouraged to apply.

 

Minimum Qualifications:

• PhD in medical physics or related physical sciences or engineering discipline.
• Experience and knowledge of nuclear medicine physics principles, including clinical applications, safety, and compliance testing.
• Experience with nuclear medicine technology and system operation, including protocol optimization.
• Strong communication and time management skills; motivated, flexible and collaborative.
• Certification in Medical Nuclear Physics or Radiological Physics by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) or in Nuclear Medicine Physics and Instrumentation by the American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine (ABSNM).

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