Associate Medical Physicist

Inova Health System
United States, Virginia, Fairfax
8095 Innovation Park Drive (Show on map)
Dec 27, 2024
Inova Center for Personalized Health is looking for a dedicated Associate Medical Physicist to join the team. This role is Full-Time Monday through Friday Day Shift. Sign on bonus eligible Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation. Featured Benefits: * Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program. * Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day. * Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans. * Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost. Job Responsibilities Develops and maintains contacts with physicists in other practices. Confers with physicians throughout Inova systems regarding patient dosages, regarding equipment evaluation and quality assurance. Cooperates and adhere to regulatory agencies (state and federal) in demonstrating compliance with applicable rules and recommendations. Confers with vendors or equipment used in practice (i.e. linear accelerators, MRI, CT etc.) concerning purchase specifications, acceptance rules and regulations. Discusses with patients and other members of the public radiation exposure with medical procedures. Confers with physicians in subspecialties in all patient uses in ionizing radiation. Provides Medical Physics coverage as deemed appropriate to the sub specialty (i.e.. Radiation Therapy, Cardiac Cath.). Confers with engineering concerning radiation shield design for all area of the hospital which utilize ionizing radiation. Oversees acceptance testing of new or renovated medical equipment and imaging network. Performs calculations and measurements to insure new treatment imaging techniques and to investigate in greater detail established techniques. Reviews new calibration protocols and verify by experiment and computation the impact they will have on the clinical application. Investigates and evaluate new equipment and improvements in existing equipment so as to reduce costs and downtime, while increasing efficiency and accuracy for there application. Intercompares data with other radiation therapy institutions; Stays abreast of clinical and dosimetric literature in sub specialty. Attends any hospital assigned committees (i.e. Radiation Safety Committee). Maintains professional working relationship with the pertinent Department Directors and the Medical Directors; Develops and maintains contacts with physicists in other practices. May perform additional duties as assigned. Additional Requirements Work Schedule - Full-Time Day Shift Monday through Friday Master's Degree in Physical Science Certification - With time in work experience is eligible to take American board of radiology certification License - Applicant is eligible to submit to become a VA State inspector in the subject specialty.