Covenant Health

Medical Physicist, Radiation Oncology

Full Time, 80 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift

Morristown Hamblen Overview:

Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System has 167 licensed beds and 23 emergency suites. The hospital offers outstanding ancillary services including Laboratory, Radiology and Therapy services. At our Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, women can have their annual mammograms, biopsies, and can meet with a nurse navigator if needed. The Women’s Center offers six newly remodeled labor and delivery suites and has a secure nursery for the care of our newborns. It serves an eight-county region in the Lakeway Area and is equipped with modern technologies and expert staff to provide the best possible patient care. Learn more about our amazing facility at https://www.morristownhamblen.com/.

Position Summary:

Medical Physicist is a clinical position for an individual that is board certified in radiation therapy physics. The Medical Physicist is responsible for assuring the safe and effective delivery of radiation therapy in patient care. The responsibilities of the Medical Physicist include, but are not limited to, treatment plan optimization and assessment, machine and patient specific quality assurance, multimodality imaging, patient immobilization and motion management, radiation protection, and special treatment procedures. The Medical Physicist will work closely in collaboration with therapists, physicians, physicists, dosimetrists, and machine vendors to facilitate the operation of the clinic.

Recruiter: Alexa Robbins || arobbin2@covhlth.com || 865-374-8110

• Responsible for physicist of the day (POD) clinical coverage, including treatment planning, equipment troubleshooting, image fusion, physics consults, dose calculations, dose measurements, simulations, quality assurance, and continuing physics.
• Performs special procedures, including High Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy, Low Dose Rate (LDR) Brachytherapy, microsphere brachytherapy, radioisotope therapy, GammaKnife, Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS), Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT/SABR), and/or pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy.
• Consults with the radiation oncologist(s), dosimetrist(s), therapist(s), and other physics staff concerning treatment planning, patient radiation dose, prior dose delivered, and optimization of patient treatment plans and delivery.
• Provides clinical guidance to the radiation therapists during the simulation, respiratory gating, and image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) process.
• Performs image registration, image fusion, and dose reconstruction for patients receiving external beam radiation therapy.
• Performs weekly continuing physics (i.e., Chart Checks) following the most recent Medical Physics Practice Guidelines (MPPG).
• Responsible for assurance of the accuracy of treatment unit parameters and settings used for a patient's treatment, including the correct transfer of parameters from between simulation, treatment planning, the electronic chart, and the treatment unit.
• Performs and/or reviews conventional, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), and/or pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton treatment planning with the Radiation Oncologists, Medical Physicists, and/or Medical Dosimetrists.
• Performs weekly, monthly, and annual quality assurance (QA) testing for radiation therapy equipment, including but not limited to, linear accelerators, proton therapy systems, treatment planning systems, and CT simulators following the most recent Medical Physics Practice Guidelines (MPPG).
• Reviews daily QA testing for linear accelerators, PBS proton delivery, image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), surface guided radiation therapy (SGRT), GammaKnife, and/or HDR brachytherapy.
• Performs patient-specific intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) QA, PBS patient-specific QA, and in-vivo dosimetry measurements as needed.
• Responsible for the provision of radiation oncology physics and radiation dosimetry training for medical practitioners and other health-care providers.
• Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education: 

M.S. degree in Medical Physics or a related field

Minimum Experience:

Three (3) years of post-degree clinical experience in radiation therapy physics

Licensure Requirements: 

Certified by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) or American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP)