Medical Physicist | Radiation Oncology | SOM |M89670 - MCV Main Campus, Virginia, United States
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Advertising Summary: Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine is a premier academic medical center located in the heart of Richmond. Accounting for almost half of VCU's sponsored research, the School of Medicine is internationally recognized for patient care and education. Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity employer.
Unit: School Of Medicine MBU
Department: Radiation Oncology
Department Summary:
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center's Department of Radiation Oncology is a highly integrated department, reflective of the discipline at large. Our faculty are committed to providing exceptional, compassionate patient care, conducting leading-edge research, and educating emerging radiation oncologists, medical physicists, and dosimetrists to contribute to the ever-evolving field of radiation oncology.
The mission of the Medical Physics division is to provide exemplary radiation therapy to patients through high-quality clinical services and advanced technologies, investigation and implementation of improved treatment planning and delivery methods, research programs designed to improve the efficiency and efficacy of radiation therapy, and clinical trials to assess the clinical advantages of radiation therapy treatment modalities. Massey CCC both develops and participates in study protocols at the local, regional, and national levels. Additionally, the division of Medical Physics is improving cancer care locally and nationally through comprehensive undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate educational programs. We offer a MS and PhD in Medical Physics and a postgraduate residency program in Radiation Oncology Physics (CAMPEP accredited).
Chief Purpose of Position:
The Department of Radiation Oncology at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System has an immediate opening for a faculty therapeutic medical physicist (TMP) at the Instructor, Assistant or Associate Professor level). This is a clinical medical physicist position based primarily at the Richmond VA Medical Center, which is professionally staffed by VCU faculty physicians and physicists. The successful candidate will provide clinical radiation therapy services using state-of-the-art radiotherapy that includes: IMRT, VMAT, SBRT, SRS, IGRT, and HDR brachytherapy programs. The individual hired at this position will serve as a principal clinical physicist within our team and will also have the opportunity to participate in our dynamic clinical research program. The VA Medical Center participates in the clinical physics residency training program and has 1 resident rotate from VCU on a quarterly basis all year round.
VCU and the VA Medical Center in Richmond enjoy a long-established relationship and close proximity (less than 6 miles apart). The VA Radiation Oncology team consists of 4 physicians, 2 Nurse Practitioners, 2 Registered Nurses, 5 Physicists, 9 Radiation therapists, and 2 Dosimetrists. The service provides over 400 new treatment plans a year and these include IMRT, SRS, 3D conformal, 4D, SBRT, and IGRT using Eclipse. Resources include two TrueBeams, with 6DF couchs, optical surface monitoring, a Siemens Large Bore CT Simulator, prostate brachytherapy using Bravos HDR. Planning systems include, Eclipse with HyperArc, MIM Contouring, Radformation Autocontouring, and Aria v16.1. Currently active research programs include 4 VA clinical trials with VCU and NCTN-based clinical trials. The VA cancer center recently received $5 million grant for lung precision oncology in which Radiation Oncology has a leading role.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Teaching - The medical physicist is expected to participate in teaching radiation oncology and physics residents in their rotation.
Research - The medical physicist is expected to participate in clinically-oriented research.
Service - As a faculty member, the medical physicist will serve on committees, including departmental, School of Medicine, and/or University committees as necessary, as well as in a professional capacity in their field (i.e. reviewer, conference organizer, etc.).
Other/Administrative - A percentage of time and effort will be devoted to academic service-related activities fostering professional growth and other such assignments.
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Salary Range: Commensurate with experience
FLSA Exemption Status: Exempt
ORP Eligible: No
Flexible Work Arrangement: Other
Rank: Open
Tenure: Ineligible
Months: 12 months
Contact Name: Ashley Krauss
Contact Email: ashley.krauss@vcuhealth.org
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