What are the responsibilities and job description for the Radiation Medical Physicist position at Genesis Healthcare System?
Position Details
Work Shift :
Day Shift (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly Hours :
Department :
Radiation Oncology GHS
Overview of Position :
The Medical Radiation Physicist is responsible for creating, implementing and monitoring the procedures which best allow treatment using radiation. This position is responsible for ensuring the quality of care in the use of radiation-producing sources and imaging equipment and the protection of patients and staff from radiation. The incumbent will be accountable for calibrating all radiation therapy equipment, conducting X-ray machine performance surveys, and implementing procedures to ensure quality control for electronic imaging devices.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
1. Follow guidelines set forth by AAPM, ASTRO, ACR, and ACRO.
2. Contribute to development of therapeutic techniques, collaborate with radiation oncologists to design treatment plans, and monitor equipment and procedures to ensure that cancer patients receive the prescribed dose of radiation to the correct location.
3. Provide clinical service and consultation, research and development of new procedures and techniques, and teaching.
4. Oversee the clinical and quality assurance programs including machine acceptance, calibrations, and required quality assurance checks.
5. Accountable for the support and assistance to Physicians of Radiation Oncology and Senior Leadership by providing patient safety measures, strategic leadership, analysis, and direction.
6. Collaborate for equipment inventory to assure all treatment equipment is calibrated to standard including monitoring devices, treatment planning systems, computerized water phantom systema with appropriate ionization chamber and diodes.
7. 24 / 7 coverage. Flexible with time, in order to complete machine calibrations and patient care needs.
8. Serve as State of Ohio Certified Radiation Expert on behalf of Genesis after application and approval process is complete.
9. All other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
1. Masters Degree in Medical Physics required.
2. Certified by the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Physics
3. Minimum five years’ experience in the operation of various pieces of radiation related equipment within the department. Must have experience with SBRT, SRS, and HDR. Preference to Varian equipment including Truebeam, Aria, and Eclipse.
4. Excellent planning and organization skills.
5. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
6. Solid mathematical, problem-solving and computer skills.
7. Ability to follow direction instructions in order to provide patient care in an expedient, precise, professional and caring manner.
8. Demonstrates and maintains an understanding of tools and resources used to complete work efficiently and effectively.
9. Ability to focus on multiple tasks simultaneously.
PATIENT CENTERED CARE & BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS
1. Living the Genesis Mission, Vision and Values :
- Performs work in a manner that is quality focused.
- Treats patients, co-workers, visitors and volunteers with courtesy, compassion, empathy and respect.
- Results oriented and focused on achievement of objectives.
- Acknowledges and responds to the diversity of people and the situation.
- Encourages peers (others) to be owners of change.
- Always makes the effort to anticipate and exceed customer needs and expectations.
- Possesses the ability to engage others with patience and understanding.
- Acts in a manner that creates positive first and lasting impressions.
- Demonstrates the ability to own issues until they are resolved.
2. Patient Centered Care (patients / families, physicians, co-workers, all other internal / external customers)
3. Promotes Patient and Employee Safety
WORKING CONDITIONS / PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. Ability to sit, stand, push, pull, bend and walk for extended periods of time.
2. Ability to lift, move, manipulate patients and / or their extremities to administer therapy as required.
3. Ability to manipulate technical equipment including lifting of blocks from 2 – 60 lbs.
4. Ability to tolerate stress related to the mental and physical demands of the position.
5. Special vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
This description reflects in general terms the type and level of work performed. It is not intended to be all-inclusive, nor portray the specific duties of any one incumbent.
Benefits include :
