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Senior Physicist - Radiation Oncology
Join the transformative team at , where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope's growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, andtreatment facilitiesin Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.
City of Hope Medical Center Radiation Oncology is seeking a full-time, Board-Certified (or Board-eligible) Senior Medical Physicist at our beautiful, sunny Southern California academic campus in Duarte. The successful applicant will be part of a growing team of 20 Medical Physicists at both our Duarte and Irvine campuses. City of Hope is a private, non-profit clinical research center, hospital, and graduate school in Southern California, providing high quality cancer care across four (4) states. Receiving its NCI designation in 1981, City of Hope is committed to providing comprehensive cancer care and its status as a leading cancer center (ranked #8 in the US by the US New Best Hospital for Cancer in 2023-2024). The Duarte and Irvine campuses are equipped with the state-of-the-art technologies including 1 Reflexion, 1 MRIdian, 2 Ethos, 1 Radixact, 1Tomotherapy, 3 TrueBeam, 1 TrueBeam STX and 2 Flexitron HDR. City of Hope provides ample support and opportunity for our physicists to develop a clinical and research career.
As a successful candidate, you will:
- Direct CT simulation, study transfer to treatment planning systems, structure contouring, dose calculation, determine and verify machine settings, ensure accurate data transfer to record and verify system.
Research Duties:
- Maintain currency in radiation physics through continuing medical education and familiarity with the relevant literature.
- Participate in the experimental design, data collection, and data analysis in radiation physics research.
- Publish results of experiments in peer-reviewed journals.
Administrative Duties:
- Assist Director with planning and implementing Radiation Physics Policies and Procedures and protocols.
- Assure smooth operation with the clinical physics and dosimetry group and maintain good communication among physicians, physicists, dosimetrists and therapists.
- Assume the administrative responsibilities of the Director in their absence.
Qualifications
Your qualifications should include:
- Doctorate (Ph.D.)
- 5 years clinical experience in Radiation Physics
- ABR or ACMP in therapeutic radiological physics or eligibility plus certification within 2 years of hire
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, please .
City of Hope is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.