Medical Physicist - Therapeutic Radiation Oncology

Job Opportunity in San Antonio, Texas

Board-certified therapeutic physicist seat in a fully modern federal radiation oncology suite Elekta, RayStation, Mosaiq, SRS/SBRT and HDR brachytherapy. No call.

San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the country and still one of the most affordable major metros in Texas no state income tax, median home prices well under the national big-city average, and established medical-center neighborhoods (Shavano Park, Stone Oak, Alamo Heights, Helotes) inside a fifteen-minute commute of the facility. The South Texas Medical Center itself is a 900-acre campus of hospitals, a medical school and research institutes, so professional depth and continuing education are local rather than a flight away. Austin is 75 minutes up I-35, the Hill Country and Gulf Coast are each about two hours, and the River Walk, Pearl District and Spurs are downtown.

San Antonio International Airport (SAT) about 15 minutes from the facility, with nonstop service to most major hubs.

A large federal Radiation Oncology service inside the South Texas Medical Center, treating a high-volume veteran population across a fully modern therapeutic suite: Elekta linear accelerators with C-Rad/Sentinel surface guidance, IGRT with cone-beam CT, RayStation planning and Mosaiq record-and-verify, 2D/3D conformal, SRT, SBRT and IMRT/VMAT, a Siemens CT simulator, Delta4-class IMRT QA, and an ultrasound-guided HDR/LDR prostate brachytherapy program. The service is accredited and practices to ACR, ASTRO and AAPM standards, with resident teaching on site. Two physicists cover the service, so the work is shared and the pace is clinical rather than frantic.

9102 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78240

Responsibilities

• Design, optimize and technically evaluate external beam and brachytherapy treatment plans in RayStation, and verify accurate dose delivery
• Perform chart review, independent monitor-unit and dose calculations, and second checks before treatment
• Own daily, monthly and annual QA on the Elekta linear accelerators, CT simulator and IGRT/cone-beam systems per TG-142, TG-66 and TG-53
• Run IMRT/VMAT patient-specific QA (Delta4 or equivalent) and in-vivo dose monitoring with diodes and TLDs
• Provide physics support for SRS, SBRT and ultrasound-guided HDR/LDR prostate brachytherapy procedures
• Support the facility radiation safety and quality management programs, including surveys, shielding evaluation and dosimetry records
• Support the treatment-planning, R&V and SRS/IGRT computer systems, and commission new equipment and software
• Document all physics activity in the medical record and participate in resident and therapist teaching

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Medical Physics or Therapeutic Medical Physics
• Board certified in Therapeutic Medical Physics by the American Board of Radiology, certification maintained
• Active professional medical physicist license where required by the state of practice
• At least two years of continuous therapeutic medical physics practice within the last three years
• Hands-on experience with Elekta linear accelerators, RayStation planning and Mosaiq R&V, IGRT/cone-beam CT, and IMRT/VMAT QA (MIM software a plus)

Full time, Monday through Friday, day tour either 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., aligned to clinic hours of 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. No on-call requirement. Occasional after-hours work for accelerator calibration, measurements or QA after machine service, paid at your hourly rate. Federal holidays are observed. Two physicists share the service and cover each other's planned absences.

KurzSolutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.