Therapeutic Medical Physicist

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Therapeutic Medical Physicist
Place of Performance: Pittsburgh, PA

General Description:

Therapeutic Medical Physicist primarily and professionally engaged in the design, optimization and technical evaluation of radiation treatment plans as well as ensuring precise and accurate radiation dose delivery. Responsible for radiation protection of patients and staff.

Specific Tasks:

• Available, when necessary, for consultation with the Radiation Oncologist and to provide advice or direction to technical staff when radiation treatments are being planned or when patients are being treated. Where possible, should it be present to observe and/or help supervise complicated simulations and/or treatment set-ups. Must be present at the machine during patient setup for SBRT/SRS and IGRT. Contractor’s Medical Physicist must be present at all times during HDR brachytherapy.
• Specify and monitor method(s) to calculate MUs or treatment times and ensure independent review(s) of such calculations. Any individual having appropriate training and experience as defined may perform the initial calculation(s). Independent review of said calculation(s) shall be performed within a specified period of time.
• Develop and maintain a method for the weekly and systematic review of the charts of all patients under radiation treatment. All methods shall be approved by the Chief of Staff or designee. Perform a final chart review at the end of the course of radiation treatment in order to confirm that the prescribed dose has been delivered, and to document the total doses delivered to critical structures. All charts are subject to quality reviews by the facility’s Chief of staff or designee.
• Responsible for data input into the planning system, which should be based upon measured beam data for the radiation beams in question, and for output from the planning system(s). Ensure that the treatment planning software updates and bug fixes are installed, tested, and validated in a timely manner.
• Responsible for understanding the calculation algorithm and should document those conditions for which the algorithm and measured data are in disagreement by more than 5%. The output of the planning system should be periodically tested by comparisons to direct measurements of the radiation beams. Ensure that all users of the treatment planning system receive appropriate training.
• Provide information on specification and selection in support of acquisition of radiation-producing machines, accessories, and computerized treatment planning systems in consultation with the NROP office. Provide information to staff on timing of required maintenance of this equipment. Periodically evaluate all equipment for continued utility, appropriateness, reliable performance, age, and condition and make recommendations to staff regarding practical life span, obsolescence, and replacement.
• Provide advice and consultation, to clinical engineers, for the operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the radiation oncology’s linear accelerators and CT simulation equipment, all of their relevant accessories and the computerized network interconnectivity; record and verification systems.
• Develop and maintain a quality management program (QMP) for the dosimetry system(s) and all applications pertinent thereto.
• Provide for an academic environment conducive to training and assist in the professional development of radiation oncology residents rotating through Radiation Oncology Service.
• Must, in conjunction with the Chief, Radiation Oncology Service, define basic standards of practice and develop a reasonably prudent course of action to determine the training and quality and safety requirements of any new procedures prior to implementation thereof.
• Coordinate, complete TLD measurements and submit results annually for 3rd party calibration analysis. This analysis confirms that monthly and annual calibrations are accurate and delivering radiation beam as prescribed.
• Provide network and computer support.
• Assist the Radiation Oncologist in ultrasound-guided prostate volume study procedures; IMRT marker seed placement, LDR and HDR prostate brachytherapy, pre/post implant CT analysis and dosimetry.
• Produce and maintain documentation.

Certification:

• Must be Board Certified in Medical Physics or Therapeutic Medical Physics by the ABR and maintain licensure with the Board of Licensure for Professional Medical Physicists.

Experience:

Board Certified Medical Physicist – MS Level:

• Can either be Master’s Level or PhD.
• Must be Board Certified with at least two years of continuous working experience within the last three years to ensure TMP’s experience is current and relevant.
• Must also have the following minimum years of experience, expertise, and knowledge on the following procedures, equipment, and software:
  1. Two (2) years of experience – Documentation detailing experience in performing QA procedures.
  2. One (1) year of experience – Documentation detailing Therapeutic Medical Physics in a healthcare system that is ACR certified.
  3. One (1) year of experience – Varian Linear Accelerators: IX and Trilogy with Brain Lab Accessories following standards of TG-142
  4. One (1) year of experience – Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) including Cone Beam CT (following standards of TG-142).
  5. One (1) year of experience – eclipse treatment planning system; and ARIA record & verify system, including the following treatment modalities: 2D/3D Conformal, SRS, SRT, SBRT, and IMRT/VMAT (following standards of TG-53)
  6. One (1) year of experience – IMRT QA: MapCheck I/II (or equivalent)
  7. One (1) year of experience – Toshiba CT Simulator (or equivalent) and following standards of TG-66
  8. One (1) year of experience – Using Superficial X-ray Machine