Clinical Radiation Physicist Job in South San Francisco, California Us

Responsible for ensuring the provision of high radiation therapy treatments to patients in an environment that meets established standards for radiation safety for staff, physicians, patients and the general public and in a manner that meets the service expectations of each of these groups.
Essential Functions:
- Provides surveys, reports and consultation related to radiation safety for applicable facilities and/or patients that meet the organization's and regulatory standards in a timely manner.
- Develops and implements quality assurance and evaluation programs for applicable radiation therapy equipment that ensure high quality images and radiation treatments and that meet regulatory requirements. Monitors and reports quality assurance activities to ensure adherence to established QA policies and procedures.
- Evaluates and reports the performance of this equipment in a timely manner and makes recommendations to improve quality.
- Maintains up-to-date technical knowledge of new and developing technologies and regulatory issues to support clinical and administrative decision-makers.
- May provide effective and comprehensive instruction in medical radiation physics to radiation oncology residents sufficient to pass the physics portion of the ABR certification exam.
- Provides in-service training to staff and physicians, as necessary, to ensure high quality images and radiation treatments, a radiation-safe environment, and compliance with regulatory standards.
- Communicates to staff, physicians and patients in a manner that is precise, understandable, timely, constructive, and proactive and demonstrates excellent listening skills.
- Maintains working relationships that are professional, collaborative, team-oriented, responsive, thorough, cordial and that demonstrate flexibility, innovation, a broad view of issues, acceptance of full responsibility for assignments, and a solutions orientation.

Qualifications:
The center includes 5 Physicists, 4 Dosimetrists, and 7 Radiation Oncologists deliver state-of-the-art therapy on four machines: a Cyberknife, a Varian Trilogy, a Varian iX with OBI, and a Varian iX. The department is a regional Center of Excellence for Stereotactic Radiosurgery, including an active SBRT program.'

Basic Qualifications:
- 2 years' postgraduate degree experience in the applicable medical physics subspecialty.
- Master's Degree or Ph.D. in medical physics or a related field. (Degree requirements waived if candidate meets certification requirements.)
- Certification by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) in Therapeutic Radiological Physics or Medical Physics, or certification by the American Board of Medical Physicis (ABMP) in Radiation Oncology Physics.(A candidate may be hired conditionally if considered Board Eligible by the ABR with completion of ABR Board Certification required within 3 years of hire date.)
- Applicable certification required in order to pay Certified Medical Radiation Physicist in designated portion of broadbanding salary spectrum.
- General knowledge of medical radiation physics, medical radiation safety and pertinent regulations.
- Experience in designing, implementing and monitoring quality assurance programs in the applicable medical physics subspecialty.
- Good communication skills, demonstrated customer service skills and willingness to be part of a team. Prefer experience teaching residents.
- Additional qualifications specific to Radiation Oncology: (1) Experience performing calibration of all radiation therapy equipment; (2) Brachy therapy experience; (3) Treatment planning experience; (4) Prefer experience in linear accelerator commissioning, high dose rate delivery systems and/or stereotactic radiosurgery.
- General knowledge of computers and their applications in radiation oncology.