Covenant Health

Medical Physics Resident

Full Time, 80 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift

Fort Sanders Regional Overview:

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is an award-winning, certified, and accredited facility with 541 beds. As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center, Fort Sanders offers state-of-the art care that maximizes recovery from stroke.  We are also the region’s leader in technology in areas such as bariatric surgery, robotic surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery. Our door-to-balloon times for heart attack patients are below the national average, and our hip fracture center offers advanced diagnosis, surgery and recovery procedures for hip patients.

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a member of Covenant Health, a locally-owned, non-profit health system based in Knoxville, TN, with a “patient-focused” culture. It has been recognized by Forbes Magazine as its 2020 “Best-in-State-Employer” for Tennessee. The CEO of our company, Jim VanderSteeg, attends every new employee orientation and will ask you to sign our pledge of excellence to always put patients first, strive for excellence in everything we do, and make Covenant Health the first and best choice for patients in our region. As you’d expect, we offer our employees a robust benefits package, including: offering unmatched medical insurance, tuition reimbursement; student loan repayment assistance, certification bonuses; leadership and professional development programs; an employer-matched 401(k); and a generous Combined Time Off (CTO) program.

Position Summary:

The Medical Physics Resident is a clinical training position for those who have obtained proper graduate degrees in medical physics. The length of the training program is two years. The training is divided into clinical rotations over the two years of residency, as detailed in the Residency Program Handbook.

One supervisor is assigned to oversee the progress for each rotation and will coordinate with other staff physicists and departmental staff to cover the training topics. The resident will work under the supervision of a qualified medical physicist for each rotation. Clinical activities are inclusive of, but not limited to, monthly, daily, and annual QA, machine commissioning, treatment planning, dosimetry, chart checking, SRS, SRT, SBRT, IGRT, Brachytherapy, imaging technology, and radiation safety. At the end of the residency, the Resident Program Committee will decide on whether to award the Certificate of Completion to the Resident.

Recruiter: Sarah Grey || sgrey1@covhlth.com || 865-374-5271        

• Performs image registration, image fusion, and dose reconstruction for patients receiving external beam radiation therapy.
• Performs monthly linear accelerator calibration and quality assurance following the most recent Medical Physics Practice Guidelines (MPPG).
• Performs monthly CT simulator quality assurance following the most recent Medical Physics Practice Guidelines (MPPG).
• Performs and/or reviews conventional and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy external beam treatment planning with the Radiation Oncologists, Medical Physicists, and/or Medical Dosimetrists.
• Performs patient-specific quality assurance, including but not limited to Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, In-Vivo Dosimetry, and Electron Cut-Outs.
• Provides clinical guidance to the radiation therapists during the simulation, respiratory gating and image-guided radiation therapy process.
• Performs weekly continuing physics (i.e. Chart Checks and Patient QA) following the most recent Medical Physics Practice Guidelines (MPPG).
• Assists in brachytherapy treatment planning, HDR quality assurance, and HDR Delivery.
• Assists in Stereotactic Radiosurgery (e.g. GammaKnife) and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy treatment planning, quality assurance and delivery.
• 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. or Ph.D. degree from a CAMPEP accredited Medical Physics Graduate Program, or certificate from a CAMPEP accredited Medical Physics Certification Program.

Minimum Experience:

None

Licensure Requirement:

None