Chief Medical Physicist

From Harbor to Heights, Baltimore Delights! The Community – Baltimore, MD Baltimore is the second-largest seaport in the Mid-Atlantic. Baltimore's Inner Harbor was once the second leading port of entry for immigrants to the United States and a major manufacturing center. After a decline in major manufacturing, industrialization and rail transportation, Baltimore shifted to a service-oriented economy, with the Johns Hopkins Hospital (founded 1889), and Johns Hopkins University (founded 1876), now the city's top two employers. With hundreds of identified districts, Baltimore has been dubbed "a city of neighborhoods ". Famous residents have included the writers Edgar Allan Poe, Frederick Douglass and H.L. Mencken, jazz musician James "Eubie " Blake, singer Billie Holiday and baseball player Babe Ruth. In the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner, later the American national anthem, in the city. Almost a quarter of the jobs in the Baltimore region are in science, technology, engineering and math, in part attributed to its extensive undergraduate and graduate schools. Take a closer look at what can be experienced in Baltimorehere! Airport Information: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) serves as a major hub for the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. Located just nine miles south of downtown Baltimore and 32 miles northeast of Washington, D.C., BWI offers convenient access to both cities. With 73 domestic and international destinations. For more information about the airport, check out their websitehere! About the Facility – Baltimore VAMC The Baltimore VA Medical Center is the acute medical and surgical care facility for the VA Maryland Health Care System and offers a full range of inpatient, outpatient and primary care services. The Baltimore VA Medical Center serves at the neurosurgery referral center for the VA Capitol Health Care Network. The medical center's patient-friendly design features plant-filled atriums, natural light from overhead skylights and comfortable patient rooms and waiting areas. Located next to the University of Maryland Medical Center with a walkway connecting the two facilities, the medical center maintains an active affiliation with the university in the sharing of staff, resources, and technology.Facility Address: 10 North Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201Chief Medical Physicist - RESPONSIBILITIES (listed are included but not limited to)

• The Chief Medical Physicist shall provide quarterly Quality Assurance reports for the Quality Assurance Committee and Radiation Safety Committee, as well as attend quarterly Radiation Safety Meetings.
• Shall track, evaluate, and document all equipment-related quality assurance data, including TLD and credentialing measurements for independent 3 ^rd party analysis.
• Shall also provide shielding surveys and reports as required by the National VA Health Physics Program.
• Shall be responsible for ensuring licenses are current for the linear accelerator equipment.
  • Shall also be responsible for ensuring Radiation Oncology Service has appropriate licenses for users of all our software applications.
• Shall also be responsible for ensuring continuity of medical physics operations, including communication among key personnel.
• Shall develop, implement, supervise, and periodically review all QMP policies and procedures that pertain to radiation therapy equipment. Is also responsible for the design, implementation, and periodic review of all aspects of the QMP that involve the use of radiotherapy equipment.
• Will oversee the technical activities of all other physicists, dosimetrists, and other staff members assigned to the unit; directs the technical aspects of treatment procedures; and performs duties qualifying them as a supervisor. Will not perform administrative oversight of federal employees.

Qualifications

• Education: Must have a PhD degree in Medical Physics
• Must have experience in:
  • 5 years of experience detailing experience in performing QA procedures
  • 3 years exp documentation noting therapeutic med physics, understand ACR or ASTRO APeX Accreditation standards
  • 3 years exp Varian Linear Accelerators (Edge or equivalent)
  • 3 years exp IGRT including Cone Beam CT
  • 3 years exp Eclipse treatment planning system; and ARIA record & verify system, including the following treatment modalities: 2D/3D conformal, SRS, SRT, SBRT, and IMRT/VMAT
  • IMRT QA: MapCheck I/II
  • 3 years experience Siemens SOMATOM go. Open Pro CT Simulator
  • Successfully perform 1 acceptance testing on a linear accelerator
  • Successfully perform 1 commission of a linear accelerator for a treatment planning system
• Board Certified in Medical Physics or Therapeutic Medical Physics by the American Board of Radiology