Assistant, Medical Physicist - Manhattan, Cancer Center

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Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Assistant, Medical Physicist - Manhattan, Cancer Center.


In this role, the successful candidate The Medical Physicist Assistant (MPA) performs tasks in support of faculty medical physicists within the Department of Radiation Oncology's clinical enterprise. Responsibilities of the MPA include routine clinical quality assurance (patient-specific and subset of linear accelerator performance), assisting treatment platform commissioning, treatment device fabrication, QA equipment management, calibration of research irradiator, support of clinical trial data collection & submission, and associated report and record generation.
The MPA shall function generally as an extender to the medical physics group within the Department, with supervision requirements and a scope of work aligned with guidelines established by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Medical Physics Practice Guidelines Report 10a and AAPM Policy AP-131-A. All pertinent medical physics tasks performed by the MPA shall be reviewed and co-signed by a qualified faculty medical physicist as their supervisor, who assumes full responsibility for submitted work. The Medical Physics Assistant shall report to the Director of Physics or their designee. The training and ongoing competency of the MPA shall be the responsibility of the Director of Clinical Medical Physics or their designee.

Job Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of a qualified medical physicist (QMP), perform routine, non-procedural quality assurance testing on linear accelerators, CT simulators, and ancillary treatment weekly and monthly. Record said measurements using a web-based reporting and analysis system.
Under the supervision of a qualified medical physicist (QMP), acquire measurements and generate associated documentation to verify the accuracy of the delivery of modulated radiotherapy patient treatments.
Under the supervision of a qualified medical physicist (QMP), perform limited quality assurance for clinical treatment planning software systems on an annual basis.
Under the supervision of a qualified medical physicist (QMP), fabricate custom radiation-field shaping apertures for electron radiotherapy treatments and associated quality assurance testing.
Oversee the inventory and record-keeping of equipment utilized for physics quality assurance procedures. In collaboration with medical physics and radiation safety groups, ensure the timeliness of required equipment calibrations.
Ensure appropriate calibration of the Department's research small animal irradiator performing routine quality assurance.
Collect and aggregate physics-related data for patients enrolled on clinical trials for submission to clinical trial office or trial hosting entity.
When appropriate, assist the medical physics group in clinical development, research initiatives, and operations optimization projects.

Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify you must have a A bachelor's degree in physics, Engineering, or related technical science, or a graduate of a medical physics program, or JCERT-accredited program in radiation therapy or suitable equivalent.
Demonstrable skills in technical problem-solving.
Demonstrate competency in performing requisite tasks via the Department's continuous credentialing program for MPAs.

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

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