Clinical Instructor - ONC Radiation Oncology

• Involved in site preparation, commissioning and acceptance testing of the new radiation treatment systems.

• Maintains primary responsibility for clinical radiation therapy equipment operations, including workflow through the proton service.

• Identifies and resolves daily operational issues related to the radiation therapy equipment aspects of patient care.

• Interacts with all sections of the proton service, including physicians, nursing, physicists and therapists to ensure smooth patient treatment delivery with technology.

• Provides daily direction, instruction, training, and supervision of various staff, including physicists, dosimetrists, therapists, residents, students and radiation therapy staff based upon their level of expertise.

• 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.

• 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.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Required Qualifications:

Education: PhD in medical physics, physics, or biological sciences

This position requires a formal degree in the cited discipline area(s) to ensure that candidates have the foundational knowledge and skill set required to perform the duties of the position.  The level of degree is based on accreditation requirements, institutional standards of academic and professional excellence, alignment with peer institution benchmarks, and contributes to the credibility and effectiveness of the role within the university community.

Work Experience:

• 1 year of medical physics background

Preferred Qualifications:

Work Experience:

• 2 years of medical physics background

• Instructional background in medical physics education and support medical physics

Skills:

• Medical physics technical functioning skills

Required Documents:

• Resume/CV

• Cover Letter