Location
Fort Wayne, IN | United States
Job description
At GenesisCare we want to hear from people who are as passionate as we are about innovation and working together to drive better life outcomes for patients around the world.
Summary Perform duties of a clinical therapeutic medical physicist.
Medical Physicist Our main Fort Wayne location is staffed by three physicians, one physician assistant, four nurses, ten therapists, two dosimetrists and three physicists. This therapeutic medical physicist position reports to the chief physicist.
The primary location has three linear accelerators (two Varian Truebeams and a Varian iX), an Elekta Flexitron HDR unit, and a GE Discovery CT. A satellite location at Warsaw, Indiana, has a Varian Truebeam and a GE Discovery CT. External beam planning at both locations uses Varian Eclipse v15. HDR planning is with Oncentra.
Our Fort Wayne location is collocated with Lutheran Hospital, and supports Lutheran's IORT program, which uses Xoft electronic brachytherapy. External beam treatments include IMRT / VMAT, SBRT, and SRS. HDR treatments currently include cylinders, T&O and Syed interstitial. Physics equipment includes BP2 tank, Sun Nuclear Mapcheck, Stereophan and SRS mapcheck.
Job Description: - Develop of equipment specifications for radiation therapy treatment, brachytherapy, simulation, and radiation measurement
- Develop of procedures for the initial and continuing evaluation of radiation therapy treatment, brachytherapy, simulation, and radiation measurement equipment
- Provide evidence of compliance of equipment for radiation therapy treatment, brachytherapy, simulation, and radiation detection, with regulatory and accreditation agency rules and recommendations
- 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
- Develop and/or evaluate, in conjunction with the medical practitioner, policies and procedures related to the appropriate therapeutic use of radiation
- Develop and/or evaluate, with the medical practitioner, the dosimetric component of patients' treatment plans
- Review of radiation oncology dosimetry information noted in patient records
- Develop and manage a comprehensive Quality Management Program that monitors, evaluates, and optimizes radiation oncology processes
- Develop and/or evaluate a 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
- Provide consultation to assure accurate radiation dose delivery
- Provide institutional consultation on program development in radiation oncology
- Plan and specify thickness, material, and placement of shielding needed to protect patients, workers, the general public and the environment from radiation produced incident to diagnosis or treatment of humans
- Assess and evaluate installed shielding designed to protect patients, workers, and the general public from radiation produced incident to diagnosis or treatment of humans
- Use imaging procedures as they pertain to the simulation, treatment planning and treatment delivery in therapeutic radiologic procedures.
- Involve in informatics development and direction
- Apply other medical applications of physics as appropriate to safely carry out therapeutic radiologic procedures
- Develop and apply Medical Health Physics procedures associated with the practice of Therapeutic Radiology
Specific duties include: - Assist with the planning, checking and delivery of external beam and brachytherapy radiation therapy treatments for cancer patients
- Perform initial and weekly chart checks of patients under treatment
- Perform monthly and annual quality assurance checks of linear accelerators and other equipment
- Attend the OR for brachytherapy procedures
- Provide consultation to physicians and dosimetrists, including BED calculations, review of contours, fusions, etc.
- Assist with the planning of brachytherapy and stereotactic treatments
- Develop of procedures and software tools for the initial and continuing evaluation of radiation therapy treatment, brachytherapy, simulation, and radiation measurement equipment
- Develop equipment specifications and assist with acceptance testing and commissioning of clinic equipment
- Help maintain a Quality Management Program that monitors, evaluates, and optimizes radiation oncology processes
- Work with GenesisCare physicists, dosimetrists, and task groups to implement policies and best practices
- Perform required training and education
- Assist with periodic renewal of ACR accreditation
- Act as a resource for all clinic staff on technology questions
Job Description Clause The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by team members and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.
Fort Wayne is Indiana's second largest city with a population of around 260,000, is a hub for northeast Indiana. Fort Wayne has been ranked among the most livable cities in the U.S., due in part to its low cost of living. Some of the civic projects contributing to its quality of life can be viewed at Fort Wayne is approximately 3 hours' drive from Chicago and Detroit, and 2 hours from Indianapolis, enabling many entertainment and travel options.
Who we are: We are 6000+ highly trained healthcare professionals and support staff across the United States, Australia, the U.K, Spain, and China, designing cancer and heart disease treatments to help patients achieve the best possible life outcomes.
Global care Across the world, we have more than 580+ centers to help us bring the right care to our patients. Every year our team sees more than 1.4 million patients globally across our Oncology, Cardiology & Sleep Medicine Centers.
People centricity is at the heart of what we do, and we pride ourselves on making our people a priority, whether that be a patient or an employee. We aim to build culture of 'care' that is patient focused, and performance driven. Our people promise is "do your life's best work, by always growing, having a profound human impact and making great things happen together." If you'd like to truly make a difference, join us at GenesisCare!
Our purpose Our purpose is to create care experiences that get the best possible life outcomes. Joining the GenesisCare team means a commitment to seeing and doing things differently. Asking what if and why not? And being focused on getting the best possible outcomes for our patients.
We are a team of professionals who believe care should be focused on the individual, not the condition. That care should be available when and where people need it most and it should be designed to help give people the best life outcomes possible. We specialize in treating and innovating in cancer and heart disease, the two biggest diseases that impact people's lives. We're proud that we are designing better care for more people around the world every day.
Our Values Empathy for all
We do all we can to understand the needs, emotions, and ambitions of patients and each other. Because only through understanding can we work well together inside GenesisCare and make the necessary difference to the experience and life outcomes of the patients we treat.
Partnership, inside and out
We achieve more together than apart, so we share, listen, and work as one. Designing better care will only be possible if we work together, with each other inside GenesisCare and with people and our partners from outside, who want the same things we do and who want be part of our purpose.
Innovation every day
We all contribute insightful, innovative ideas, both big and small. Because great ideas can come from anyone, anywhere, and we know that insight and evidence is the best way to unlock them, to design better care.
Bravery to have a go
We dare to make ideas happen, to make the impossible a reality, because at GenesisCare that's our DNA. We will only fulfil our purpose if we try and learn and commit ourselves to making things happen; after all, nothing means more to us than getting you the best life outcomes possible.
Integrity always
We do the right thing for our patients, our partners and each other.
GenesisCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion.
GenesisCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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