About Us
McLaren Health Care is a fully integrated health network committed to quality, evidence-based patient care with locations in Michigan and Indiana. The McLaren system includes 13 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, one of only 53 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S.
Medical Physicist Senior
Position Summary: Provides Radiation Oncology Department with physics services to ensure a high level of radiation treatment quality and patient/staff safety. Participates in radiation equipment/software quality assurance program, treatment planning procedures, brachytherapy and special procedures, ensuring radiation equipment performance/maintenance, radiation safety and staff training. Works independently and assumes responsibility for all applicable treatment modalities. Initiates and leads systemwide quality/safety improvement, new technology/modality implementation, program development and system growth initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Establishes radiation beam characteristics for clinical usage.
- Calibrates radiation therapy equipment, performs quality assurance checks, and coordinates with service engineering to perform basic troubleshooting and repairs.
- Consults with clinical and medical staff on simulation and patient setups, and treatment planning.
- Provides ongoing oversight of quality and safety of patient treatment delivery.
- Provides treatment planning (external beam, brachytherapy), quality assurance checks.
Qualifications:
- Certified in therapeutic medical physics from American Board of Radiology (ABR) or equivalent certification from Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM) or American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP).
- Ten years of work experience in a full-service radiation therapy center, after receiving board certification in therapeutic medical physics, that includes independent and consistent delivery of technology implementation and program development projects to implement new technologies/modalities and improve quality, safety, efficiency, and patient care.
Equal Opportunity Employer
McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.
