Medical Physicist

The Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Macomb is hiring.

The position is open to all career levels with compensation based on experience, so this would be a terrific opportunity for either a current resident looking for a first post-residency position, or an experienced physicist looking to advance their career.

This position is part of a core team of 3 physicists responsible for activities in the Macomb, Clarkston, and Port Huron centers, with additional support from the Karmanos Network Physics team.

The Team The successful candidate will join a local team of 2 other physicists, 3 dosimetrists, and 4 physicians providing care for cancer patients across these 3 centers.

The Karmanos Cancer Network comprises 10 cancer centers spread throughout Michigan.

The physics team, consisting of 12 physicists and 2 physics residents, collaborates closely in all areas of patient care, technical duties, and quality/system improvement projects.

The new team member will have immediate opportunities to make significant contributions across the spectrum of physics activities.

Technologies The centers have three Varian TrueBeams and 1 Varian Trilogy, 3 CT Simulators (1 Philips Big Bore, 2 GE LightSpeed), 1 Elekta Flexitron HDR, and 1 Varian Bravos HDR unit.

Advanced technologies such as SGRT (Identify/VisionRT), HyperArc, gating, 4DCBCT, etc., are available.

We offer a broad range of treatments to our patients including SRS/SBRT, respiratory gating, and brachytherapy.

All centers throughout the Karmanos Cancer Network utilize cloud hosted Eclipse treatment planning and Aria record and verify on a common system that is supported by a dedicated IT and administration team.

Essential Responsibilities · Acceptance and commissioning of LINAC · Implementation of clinical stereotactic program · Radiation therapy equipment calibration, quality assurance · Collaboration with clinical and medical staff on simulation and treatment planning · Provide ongoing oversight of quality and safety of patient treatment delivery · Participation in department quality assurance and continuous quality improvement programs · Participation in clinical research efforts · Collaboration in network physics initiatives