Physics Assistant, Radiation Oncology - Medical Physics & Engineering

WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!

JOB SUMMARY
The Physics Assistant will provide support as a member of the Medical Physics and Engineering Division in the Department of Radiation Oncology at UT Southwestern. The Physics Assistant will create adaptive treatment documents, including treatment plans; perform quality assurance (QA) of adaptive treatment delivery; and analyze data resulting from adaptive therapy treatments.

BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

Required

• Education
  Bachelor's Degree in Physics, Engineering, Mathematics, or Physical Science

Preferred

• Education
  Master's Degree

• Experience
  Programming experience

JOB DUTIES

• Locates from PACS and simulator systems patient CT/MR/PET images and then imports them into the treatment planning system.
• Registers MR, PET and/or CT images together for treatment planning.
• Prepares treatment plan documents and billing notes and uploads them into the record and verify system.
• Recalculates adaptive plans post treatment to provide a record of the benefit of plan adaption.
• Creates adaptive treatment documents and enters them in the record and verify system to support adaptive therapy billing.
• Records, collates and analyzes timing statistics for each step of adaptive treatments in order to find areas to reduce patient in-vault time.
• Performs patient specific quality assurance of treatment plans, pre-delivery for initial plans, and post-delivery for adaptive plans.
• Analyses and accumulates dose from each fraction of adaptive plans to provide an estimate of the delivered treatment to for the attending physician's review.
• Conduct mechanical and image quality tests for quality assurance of linear accelerators or simulators.
• Undertakes accelerator commissioning tasks as assigned.
• Conduct QA device commissioning including determining tests required, measurements and commissioning report.
• Inventories quality assurance equipment (solid water, phantoms, ion chambers, electrometers, thermometers, barometers etc).
• Performs other duties as assigned.

SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT

Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.

EEO
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.