Senior Physicist

City of Hope • Upland, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Senior Physicist – Radiation Oncology - Upland, CA (Exempt status)
Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.
We are seeking a full-time, Board-Certified Medical Physicist at our Upland site. The successful applicant will be part of a growing team of 20+ Medical Physicists across all sites here in Southern California, including Duarte and Irvine. City of Hope is a private, non-profit clinical research center, hospital, and graduate school in Southern California, providing high quality cancer care across four (4) states. Receiving its NCI designation in 1981, City of Hope is committed to providing comprehensive cancer care and its status as a leading cancer center.
As a successful candidate, you will:
Direct CT simulation, study transfer to treatment planning systems, structure contouring, dose calculation, determine and verify machine settings, ensure accurate data transfer to record and verify system.
Research Duties:
Maintain currency in radiation physics through continuing medical education and familiarity with the relevant literature.
Participate in the experimental design, data collection, and data analysis in radiation physics research.
Publish results of experiments in peer-reviewed journals.
Administrative Duties:
Assist Director with planning and implementing Radiation Physics Policies and Procedures and protocols.
Assure smooth operation with the clinical physics and dosimetry group and maintain good communication among physicians, physicists, dosimetrists and therapists.
Assume the administrative responsibilities of the Director in their absence.

Requirements

• Doctorate (Ph.D.)
• 5 years clinical experience in Radiation Physics
• ABR or ACMP in therapeutic radiological physics or eligibility plus certification within 2 years of hire

Responsibilities

• Direct CT simulation, study transfer to treatment planning systems, structure contouring, dose calculation, determine and verify machine settings, ensure accurate data transfer to record and verify system.
• Maintain currency in radiation physics through continuing medical education and familiarity with the relevant literature.
• Participate in the experimental design, data collection, and data analysis in radiation physics research.
• Publish results of experiments in peer-reviewed journals.
• Assist Director with planning and implementing Radiation Physics Policies and Procedures and protocols.
• Assure smooth operation with the clinical physics and dosimetry group and maintain good communication among physicians, physicists, dosimetrists and therapists.
• Assume the administrative responsibilities of the Director in their absence.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees