Medical Physicist, II

Medical Physicist, II (Healthcare)

JOB SUMMARY:

This position is responsible for overseeing all Medical Physics duties at CARTI, including calibration, use, and quality management of radiation therapy treatment, simulation, and treatment planning equipment. The CARTI Medical Physicist aligns with corporate and departmental core values, demonstrating compassion for patients and staff, taking ownership of all tasks, and collaborating as an integral part of the clinical team. Work-from-home flexibility is available with prior approval from the Director of Medical Physics, provided clinical coverage is maintained safely, and a signed Work-From-Home agreement is in place.

Unplanned in-person attendance may be required based on clinical needs.

A $15,000 sign‑on bonus for eligible new hires and relocation allowance are available. There are two openings to support different locations (Central Arkansas and El Dorado, AR).

• Maintains basic competency and participation in radiation therapy physics, SBRT, SGRT, SRS and other radiation therapy functions as described in the Medical Physics scope of practice defined by AAPM.
  • External beam radiation therapy includes Photon 3D, IMRT, VMAT, and Electrons.
  • Treatment techniques are basic SRS, SRT, and SBRT that are appropriate to conventional linear accelerators, e.g., True Beam, 2100.
  • CT imaging and QA for external beam radiotherapy.
• Participates in all CARTI related didactic activities as directed by the Director of Physics. Basic metrics for active participation must be maintained annually. Participation metrics will be considered maintained if the sum of your productivity for all pertinent procedures is within one standard deviation of the mean for the physics group. If this is not maintained, a three‑month grace period is granted to bring the current participation rate to within one standard deviation of mean.
• Provides Physics cross‑coverage for modalities listed in this job description. Cross coverage includes chart checks for treatments of similar competent duties.
• Maintains the Code of Ethics as defined by AAPM and abides by the CARTI Corporate Compliance policy.
• Performs calibrations and quality management measurements on all treatment and planning equipment according to established guidelines, policies, and laws. Records and analyzes results of measurements, takes corrective actions as needed and reports results to Director of physics. Questionable results or failures must be followed up, investigated, and corrected as soon as possible.
• Gathers, analyzes, and periodically reviews data needed for planning and delivering patient treatments, processes data for use on computer, calibrations, or manually, upon approval by the Director of Physics.
• Participates in developing calibration and quality management guidelines, policies, procedures, and schedules.
• Assists in maintaining QA, calibration, data acquisition equipment and devices in good condition and current calibration.
• Provides direct supervision and performs routine checks of patient charts for accuracy and proper documentation according to established guidelines; performs needed make‑up treatment calculations.
• Assists in the institutional radiation protection program and in maintaining compliance with regulatory agencies as requested by the Radiation Safety Officer, including performing routine surveys, calibrations, checks, tests and maintaining required records according to current license conditions.
• Provides direct supervision and assists in the design and fabrication of patient treatment and treatment aids.
• Maintains patient confidentiality and HIPAA compliance.
• Maintains a positive work climate and the overall team effort of the department and CARTI.
• Maintains working knowledge of state of the art practices and innovative approaches to their application at CARTI.
• Performs related responsibilities as required or directed to transcend and improve CARTI on an ongoing basis.
• LEVEL II SPECIFIC DUTIES:
  • Involved in all aspects of advanced special procedures defined as radiotherapy physics procedures performed by CARTI other than that performed by conventional linear accelerator…