Medical Physicist Senior Therapy HYBRIDOrlando, FL

Medical Physicist Senior Therapy Hybrid

At AdventHealth Orlando, what started as a converted farmhouse in rural Central Florida has become Central Florida's major tertiary health care facility. Patients come from the Southeast, the Caribbean and even as far as South America for our proven expertise and compassionate health care.

With a variety of Orlando hospital jobs, we invite you to start or elevate your career with a new job at AdventHealth Orlando. We constantly seek out Orlando nurses, medical assistants, nurse assistants, patient care and health administration professionals who share our passion for whole-person health care. Learn more about our open positions and apply to become an invaluable part of our team.

Every day, our fellow team members show up to work, unified by one shared mission: Extending the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. As a faith-based health care organization, our story is one of hope as we strive to heal and restore the body, mind and spirit. Though our facilities are spread across the country, this unwavering belief binds us together. Across every office, exam and patient room, we're committed to providing individualized, holistic care. This is our Christian mission, and it inspires us to help make communities healthier and happier.

All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

• Benefits from Day One
• Paid Days Off from Day One
• Career Development
• $10K Sign On Bonus
• $5K Relocation Bonus

Schedule: Full Time

Shift: Days

The community you'll be caring for: AdventHealth:

• Located on a lush tropical campus, our flagship hospital, 1,368-bed AdventHealth Orlando
• We offer great benefits with immediate Health Insurance coverage
• Career growth and advancement potential
• Serves as the major tertiary facility for much of the Southeast, the Caribbean and South America
• AdventHealth Orlando houses one of the largest Emergency Departments and largest cardiac catheterization labs in the country
• We are already one of the busiest hospitals in the nation, providing service excellence to more than 32,000 inpatients and 125,000 outpatients each year

The role you'll contribute:

Participates in the quality care of our patients by providing medical physics services at or above the state and federal requirements as well as meeting any national standards of care in radiation oncology. Actively participates in outstanding customer service and accepts responsibility in maintaining relationships that are equally respectful of all.

The value you'll bring to the team:

• Supports the administration of the radiation safety program, including compliance with all regulating and certifying agencies, training of staff and supervision of source ordering, handling, waste removal and disposal
• Actively participates in developing new programs and technologies such as information management, treatment planning and new modalities
• Performs weekly chart reviews and other checks of treatment plans
• Performs dosimetry calculations for external beam, brachytherapy, and radiopharmaceutical therapy
• Provides medical physics consultation to physicians, staff and patients as needed, including radiation safety for patients and family
• Participates in the quality assurance of linear accelerators, simulators, HDR units and any other radiation therapy treatment device.
• Performs acceptance testing and commissioning of new equipment.
• Performs all required weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually performance testing on equipment
• May assist in physics coverage of other radiation oncology locations as directed by Chief Physicist.
• Provides clinical guidance of dosimetrists and board eligible medical physicists and provides feedback in their annual evaluations.
• Provides treatment coverage as outlined by Federal and State regulation and department SOP.
• Prepares patient treatment planning related data as requested from authorization for release of protected health information records release.
• Participates in research and development either individually or as part of a broader clinical team in including support for clinical trials.
• Supervises medical physicist assistants or medical physics residents in compliance with all relevant regulatory requirements and appropriate professional documents (e.g., AAPM reports).

Qualifications

The expertise and experiences you'll need to succeed:

Education and Experience Required:

• Master's in physics / engineering
• Three years of clinical radiation therapy physics' experience
• Knowledge of radiation oncology electronics and other medical devices

Licensure, Certification or Registration Required:

• Medical Physicist in Training (MPT)
• American Board of Radiology (ABR)

Education and Experience Preferred:

• Graduate of Commission of Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs (CAMPEP) certified residency program
• Doctorate in medical physics
• Knowledge of brachytherapy

Licenses and Certifications Preferred:

• Therapeutic Med Physics-Cert (TMP-C)
• American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP)
• ABR-Therapeutic Radiological Physics

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.

Category: Cancer Institute

Organization: AdventHealth Orlando

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: 1 - Day

Req ID: 24042516

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not tolerate discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age or disability/handicap with respect to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.