Therapy Medical Physicist

Company: Community Health Network
Location: Indianapolis
Posted on: April 13, 2025

Job Description:

Category

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Allied Health
Job Family
Radiation
Department
Radiation Therapy
Schedule
Full-time
Facility
Cancer Center North

7979 Shadeland Ave

Indianapolis, IN 46250
United States

Shift
Day Job
Hours
8:00am-5:00pm Mon-Fri
Some evenings and weekends
Based on business needs

Join Community

Community Health Network was created by our neighbors, for our neighbors. Over 60 years later, "community" is still the heart of our organization. It means providing our neighbors with the best care possible, backed by state-of-the-art technology. It means getting involved in the communities we serve through volunteer opportunities and benefits initiatives. It means ensuring our dedicated caregivers can learn and grow to stay at the top of their fields and to better serve our patients. And above all, it means exceptional care, simply delivered - and we couldn't do it without you.

Community Health Network MD Anderson Center has an excellent opportunity available for a Medical Therapy Physicist at their Indianapolis Sites, If you are looking for challenging work and meaningful advancement, then you should consider a career with Community Health. Recently accredited by ASTRO's APEx, the Radiation Oncology department is further distinguished by Community's partnership with MD Anderson Cancer Center. Community Health Network MD Anderson Cancer Center is a partnership between Community Health and MD Anderson Cancer Center, one of the world's largest and most respected cancer centers. The partnership formed in 2022 elevated a prior affiliation between the two. This new partnership represents a full clinical and operational integration of Community's cancer services with MD Anderson across all five of Community's sites of cancer care.

Make a Difference

The Medical Therapy Physicist provides therapeutic radiological physics services to the Oncology Service Line in accordance with the highest standards of practice and as required by regulatory agencies. The Community Health Network has robust HDR brachytherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiotherapy programs. All sites employ Varian True Beam accelerators with ARIA/ECLIPSE record/verify and treatment planning systems as well as Elekta HDR equipment with Oncentra planning and Brain Lab SRS planning. You will join a highly experienced Radiation Therapy team of 8 physicists, 8 physicians and 8 dosimetrists, network wide.

Exceptional Skills and Qualifications

Applicants for this position should be able to collaborate with others in a team setting, have excellent communication skills, and a positive attitude toward problem-solving.

Master's Degree: Master of Science in Medical Physics or related discipline (Required)
Certifications/Licensures: (Certified in Radiation Oncology by the American Board of Radiology) (Required)
2+ years: Consistent with American Board of Radiology Board eligibility (Required)
Therapeutic Medical Physicist: Responsible for the safe and accurate delivery of therapeutic doses of radiation clinic using external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy. Participate in the development and ongoing verification of equipment specifications. Perform and participate in the development of procedures for the initial and continuing evaluation of all patients receiving therapeutic doses of radiation. Consult with practitioners and/or allied health personnel for treatment planning and dose delivery strategies to ensure accurate radiation dose delivery to patients. Address the balance between radiation doses and image quality for patients. Perform measurements to confirm regulatory and task group compliance of radiation producing and treatment planning equipment. Perform and document all aspects of brachytherapy including source calibration, treatment planning and treatment delivery. Measure and characterize medical radiation from radiation therapy treatment, brachytherapy, and simulation equipment prior to clinical utilization. Perform acceptance testing, evaluation and commissioning of equipment used for external-beam therapy, brachytherapy, simulation, treatment-planning, and radiation detection; acceptance testing and evaluation of their associated computer systems, algorithms, data, and output. Approve radiation oncology technical procedures prior to clinical use. In conjunction with the medical practitioner, participate in the development and evaluation of policies and procedures related to the appropriate therapeutic use of radiation. Review of radiation oncology dosimetry information noted in patient records. Participate in a comprehensive quality management program that monitors, evaluates, and optimizes radiation oncology processes. At the direction of the RSO, participate in the comprehensive clinical radiation safety program in radiation oncology. Direct the radiation oncology physics program to include the technical direction of staff responsible for treatment planning, machine maintenance and repair and other physics support staff. Provide consultation on patient or personnel radiation dose and associated risks. Provide radiation oncology physics and radiation dosimetry training for medical practitioners and other health-care providers. Assess and evaluate shielding designed protect patients, workers, and the public from radiation produced from imaging or therapy equipment. Use imaging procedures as they pertain to the simulation, treatment planning and treatment delivery in therapeutic radiologic procedures. Involved in informatics development and direction.
Apply other medical applications of physics as appropriate safely carry out therapeutic radiologic procedures. Individuals may not perform all these duties, or may perform additional, related duties not listed here, at the direction of the Chief Physicist. Individuals may not perform all these duties, or may perform additional, related duties not listed here.

Why Community?

At Community Health Network, we build teams that deliver exceptional care through empathy, communication and collaboration. We consider ALL an integral part of the exceptional patient experience. We PRIIDE ourselves on not having employees but Caregivers. Join our Community as we make a difference in your community.

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