What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Physicist position at medstar?
MedStar Health is looking for a Clinical Physicist to join our team at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital! We are looking for an American Board of Radiology or American Board of Medical Physics certified physicist.
The Clinical Physicist will provide clinical physics and dosimetry services related to radiation oncology patient treatment. The physicist, as a clinical team member, supports the Department Chair and the Radiation Physics Division Chief in support of the departmental clinical and academic missions. These functions are performed in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations and MedStar Georgetown's philosophy, policies, procedures, and standards.
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Primary Duties:
Provides patient care support services as assigned by the department Chair through the Chief of the Radiation Physics Division and the Director of Clinical Physics. Provides patient treatment support services that ensure prescribed dose(s) of ionizing radiation are delivered accurately and safely for each in-patient or outpatient. This includes calibration of sources of ionizing radiation, calibration of devices used to assist treatment delivery, calculations of dose and/or dose distributions, and calculations of treatment time. Provides support, training and ongoing quality assurance for clinical equipment and related software systems.
Provides special patient measurements and calculations as requested by the attending physician for patient care. Provides appropriate coverage to ensure the continuity of patient treatment. Supervises and verifies the work of the dosimetrist. May be assigned other tasks in other clinical physics service activities as needed.
Assists with departmental administrative duties as assigned by the Chair through the Division Chief. Assists in supervision of other physicists and dosimetrists as applicable. Assists in the specifications and selection of major clinical equipment and computer systems.
Assists in development and implementation of policy and rules for safe use of equipment by the staff. This includes procedures to ensure compliance with USNRC, State or District regulations for ionizing radiation, JCAHO, and other professional standards as approved for departmental implementation. Assists in the periodic review of quality assurance and regulatory compliance. Supports the medical education programs and activities of the department.
Provides direct training of residents, fellows, medical students, graduate students, physicists, dosimetrists, and other allied health care professionals on clinical radiation physics and dosimetry, radiation safety, and use of equipment. Supports the scholarly activity of the department through contributions to medical literature and the analysis of clinical outcomes. Occasionally participates in the development and implementation of clinical research protocols consistent with applicable institutional standards and guidelines.
Qualifications:
Post graduate degree in Physics.
1-3 years' experience in a large health care setting.
The Clinical Physicist shall be board certified by the American Board of Radiology, or the American Board of Medical Physics.
A non-certified, but Board eligible, physicist will become certified within a specified time determined at the time of hire.
