Physicist job description
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Example physicist requirements on a job description
Physicist requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in physicist job postings.
Sample physicist requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Physics or related field.
- Extensive knowledge of theoretical and experimental physics.
- Ability to analyze complex data.
- Experience with computer programming.
- Proficiency in mathematics and statistics.
Sample required physicist soft skills
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and in a team.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
Physicist job description example 1
Trinity Health physicist job description
Performs all physics calculations and testing necessary for calibration of equipment and to ensure that the programs are in place to facilitate the produce of quality diagnostic images, consistent with the available technology and which optimize safety (including radiation, medical, and electrical) for the patient. To assure compliance with all certifying and governing bodies.
**What the Medical Physicist will do:**
+ Assists in planning for resource allocation with Radiologists, administrators, and technologists, including: equipment usage, selection and replacement, staffing requirements, budget preparation, and review of departmental policies and procedures.
+ Responsible for performance specification, acceptance testing and performance verification, and commissioning of new equipment. Guides technologists in the use of new technology.
+ Supervises calibration, preventive maintenance, repair of equipment, and documentation of all relevant information.
+ Develops and administers the Radiation Safety Program, acting as Radiation Safety Officer for the institution. Includes the ALARA Program and patient/staff dose assessment. Participates in the development of criteria for approval of new uses of radiation.
+ Coordinates and leads the Institutional Radiation Safety Committee, MRI Safety Committee, and other committees as appropriate.
+ Determines shielding required for new or renovated equipment rooms for ionizing radiation and for radio frequency and magnetic fields.
**What the Medical Physicist will need:**
+ Minimum Master's Degree in Medical Physics.
+ Board certified in Diagnostic Radiological Physics.
+ One year of experience performing physics in a clinical setting.
**Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion**
Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
**What the Medical Physicist will do:**
+ Assists in planning for resource allocation with Radiologists, administrators, and technologists, including: equipment usage, selection and replacement, staffing requirements, budget preparation, and review of departmental policies and procedures.
+ Responsible for performance specification, acceptance testing and performance verification, and commissioning of new equipment. Guides technologists in the use of new technology.
+ Supervises calibration, preventive maintenance, repair of equipment, and documentation of all relevant information.
+ Develops and administers the Radiation Safety Program, acting as Radiation Safety Officer for the institution. Includes the ALARA Program and patient/staff dose assessment. Participates in the development of criteria for approval of new uses of radiation.
+ Coordinates and leads the Institutional Radiation Safety Committee, MRI Safety Committee, and other committees as appropriate.
+ Determines shielding required for new or renovated equipment rooms for ionizing radiation and for radio frequency and magnetic fields.
**What the Medical Physicist will need:**
+ Minimum Master's Degree in Medical Physics.
+ Board certified in Diagnostic Radiological Physics.
+ One year of experience performing physics in a clinical setting.
**Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion**
Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
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Physicist job description example 2
Advocate Aurora Health physicist job description
Directs and standardizes calibration of radiation producing equipment, ensures dose accuracy, patient safety, and maintains quality assurance (QA) program. Provides education and training in medical radiation physics and oversees department radiation safety and data management.
Performs delivery of non-standard, standard and complicated treatment planning and techniques which may include high dose radiation (HDR), low dose radiation (LDR) and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). Performs radiation surveys of patients exposed to radioactive sources; regularly performs radiation surveys of treatment rooms.
Calibrates various therapy machines, measures instruments against national standards, and measures therapy beam data for treatment planning purposes. Leads and facilitates the troubleshooting process, works collaboratively with Medical Engineers. Operates and performs quality assurance (QA) on equipment as required.
Writes specifications and commissions therapy equipment and accessories and designs new techniques and ancillary equipment. Performs and oversees commissioning and acceptance testing for therapies and accessories, and for standardizing equipment calibration.
Collaborates with other senior staff to develop and maintain a QA program for departmental treatment modalities and imaging devices. Works with Physicians to gather data, analyze outcomes and develop new processes and protocols. Develops, implements and oversees the department radiation safety policies.
Tracks and monitors data or parameters directly affecting patient dose and verifies algorithms used in pertinent dose calculations. Enters and validates data in treatment planning systems. Performs data collection and provides benchmark information for Institute, National and International protocols; performs physics measurements and oversight for special procedures and leads special programs as assigned.
Consults with Radiation Oncologists and Physicians on target delineation, modeling and treatment planning.
Establishes processes and procedures for acquiring high quality images for treatment planning and treatment delivery; monitors and measures the performance of all imaging equipment.
Develops and implements new techniques for treatment delivery, and assists with designing and modifying radiotherapy treatment rooms to incorporate radiation protection standards required by national protocols; makes recommendations regarding acquisition and implementation for major equipment and supportive technology.
Provides education lectures to staff therapists and associated allied staff and provides mandatory radiation safety training. Assists with accreditation process, departmental QA activities, and radiation safety committee as assigned; leads the development of a new competency or assists in completion of competencies for other staff.
Ensures compliance with all state and federal regulating and accrediting bodies.
Scheduled Hours
Monday- Friday 8-5
Licenses & Certifications
Medical Physicist certification issued by the American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP), or
Medical Physicist (CMP-ABR) certification issued by The American Board of Radiology (ABR), or
Medical Physicist (CMP-CCPM) certification issued by The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM).
Degrees
Master's Degree in Medical Physics or related field.
Required Functional Experience
Typically requires 3 years of experience in in a Medical Physicist Oncology position.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Advanced knowledge of treatment units and simulators and awareness of treatment unit's limitations in clinical situations.Advanced knowledge of acceptance testing, commissioning and calibration of linacs, simulators and brachytherapy sources, clinical dosimetry of external beams and implant sources, patient setup, computerized treatment planning for special procedures that may include: HDR, LDR, total body irradiation (TBI), stereotactic radiosurgery, stereotactic radiotherapy, gamma knife and cyberknife.Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with physicians, staff, patients and their families.Excellent problem solving abilities and analytical skills to compare data.
Performs delivery of non-standard, standard and complicated treatment planning and techniques which may include high dose radiation (HDR), low dose radiation (LDR) and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). Performs radiation surveys of patients exposed to radioactive sources; regularly performs radiation surveys of treatment rooms.
Calibrates various therapy machines, measures instruments against national standards, and measures therapy beam data for treatment planning purposes. Leads and facilitates the troubleshooting process, works collaboratively with Medical Engineers. Operates and performs quality assurance (QA) on equipment as required.
Writes specifications and commissions therapy equipment and accessories and designs new techniques and ancillary equipment. Performs and oversees commissioning and acceptance testing for therapies and accessories, and for standardizing equipment calibration.
Collaborates with other senior staff to develop and maintain a QA program for departmental treatment modalities and imaging devices. Works with Physicians to gather data, analyze outcomes and develop new processes and protocols. Develops, implements and oversees the department radiation safety policies.
Tracks and monitors data or parameters directly affecting patient dose and verifies algorithms used in pertinent dose calculations. Enters and validates data in treatment planning systems. Performs data collection and provides benchmark information for Institute, National and International protocols; performs physics measurements and oversight for special procedures and leads special programs as assigned.
Consults with Radiation Oncologists and Physicians on target delineation, modeling and treatment planning.
Establishes processes and procedures for acquiring high quality images for treatment planning and treatment delivery; monitors and measures the performance of all imaging equipment.
Develops and implements new techniques for treatment delivery, and assists with designing and modifying radiotherapy treatment rooms to incorporate radiation protection standards required by national protocols; makes recommendations regarding acquisition and implementation for major equipment and supportive technology.
Provides education lectures to staff therapists and associated allied staff and provides mandatory radiation safety training. Assists with accreditation process, departmental QA activities, and radiation safety committee as assigned; leads the development of a new competency or assists in completion of competencies for other staff.
Ensures compliance with all state and federal regulating and accrediting bodies.
Scheduled Hours
Monday- Friday 8-5
Licenses & Certifications
Medical Physicist certification issued by the American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP), or
Medical Physicist (CMP-ABR) certification issued by The American Board of Radiology (ABR), or
Medical Physicist (CMP-CCPM) certification issued by The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM).
Degrees
Master's Degree in Medical Physics or related field.
Required Functional Experience
Typically requires 3 years of experience in in a Medical Physicist Oncology position.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Advanced knowledge of treatment units and simulators and awareness of treatment unit's limitations in clinical situations.Advanced knowledge of acceptance testing, commissioning and calibration of linacs, simulators and brachytherapy sources, clinical dosimetry of external beams and implant sources, patient setup, computerized treatment planning for special procedures that may include: HDR, LDR, total body irradiation (TBI), stereotactic radiosurgery, stereotactic radiotherapy, gamma knife and cyberknife.Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with physicians, staff, patients and their families.Excellent problem solving abilities and analytical skills to compare data.
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Physicist job description example 3
Northwestern Medicine physicist job description
The MR-Linac, MRL Physicist (Physics V) reflects the mission, vision, and values of Northwestern Medicine, adheres to the organization's Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.
The MRL Physicist is responsible for all aspects related to the physics of MRL in the department of Radiation Oncology (hereafter referred to as "departments") and supports the clinical needs of the department.
Responsibilities:
Involve in site preparation, commissioning and acceptance testing of the new MRL (ViewRay system)
Maintains primary responsibility for ViewRay MRL operations, including workflow through the department.
Identifies and resolves daily operational issues related to the MRL aspects of patient care.
Interacts with all sections of the department, including physicians, nursing, physicists and therapists to ensure smooth patient treatment delivery with this new technology.
Provides daily direction and supervision of various staff, including Physicists, Dosimetrists, LAN Administrator, and Instrument Designer.
Assists Director of Medical Physics in administrative responsibilities related to the MRL, including development of capital and operating budgets, monitoring of inventory and ordering of supplies.
Ensures that the quality assurance and monitoring plans achieve the goal of ensuring the highest quality of patient care and patient safety.
Maintains knowledge of current industry standards set by professional organizations, including the American College of Radiology and the American Association for Physicists in Medicine, and other sub-specialty organizations as indicated especially in MRI and MRL.
Develops and maintains all required and appropriate documentation for daily, monthly and annual calibration.
Actively participates in the education/research program of hospital and department.
Demonstrates proficiency and competence in providing and directing patient care for all age groups, including pediatric, adult and geriatric patients.
Ensures that appropriate quality measures and training are in place for the safe and accurate treatment using MRL.
Acts as a champion of MRL with liaison with radiology MR imaging group in developing adoptive therapy and innovative treatments.
Assists with and is able to perform broader role in oncology physics duties for 3DCRT, IMRT, VMAT, SBRT and other treatment modalities offered in the department.
AA/EOE.
The MRL Physicist is responsible for all aspects related to the physics of MRL in the department of Radiation Oncology (hereafter referred to as "departments") and supports the clinical needs of the department.
Responsibilities:
Involve in site preparation, commissioning and acceptance testing of the new MRL (ViewRay system)
Maintains primary responsibility for ViewRay MRL operations, including workflow through the department.
Identifies and resolves daily operational issues related to the MRL aspects of patient care.
Interacts with all sections of the department, including physicians, nursing, physicists and therapists to ensure smooth patient treatment delivery with this new technology.
Provides daily direction and supervision of various staff, including Physicists, Dosimetrists, LAN Administrator, and Instrument Designer.
Assists Director of Medical Physics in administrative responsibilities related to the MRL, including development of capital and operating budgets, monitoring of inventory and ordering of supplies.
Ensures that the quality assurance and monitoring plans achieve the goal of ensuring the highest quality of patient care and patient safety.
Maintains knowledge of current industry standards set by professional organizations, including the American College of Radiology and the American Association for Physicists in Medicine, and other sub-specialty organizations as indicated especially in MRI and MRL.
Develops and maintains all required and appropriate documentation for daily, monthly and annual calibration.
Actively participates in the education/research program of hospital and department.
Demonstrates proficiency and competence in providing and directing patient care for all age groups, including pediatric, adult and geriatric patients.
Ensures that appropriate quality measures and training are in place for the safe and accurate treatment using MRL.
Acts as a champion of MRL with liaison with radiology MR imaging group in developing adoptive therapy and innovative treatments.
Assists with and is able to perform broader role in oncology physics duties for 3DCRT, IMRT, VMAT, SBRT and other treatment modalities offered in the department.
AA/EOE.
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Updated March 14, 2024
Updated March 14, 2024