Medical Physicist job description

About the job

We are looking for a medical physicist to make sure radiation doses are accurate and radiotherapy and imaging equipment is used safely, and to protect patients and staff from radiation.

Duties and responsibilities

• Prepare radiotherapy treatment plans and calculate doses with the radiation oncologist
• Run daily and periodic quality control tests on linear accelerators and simulators
• Calibrate dosimetry equipment and measure radiation machine output
• Check treatment plans for accuracy before a patient's treatment starts
• Test the performance of CT, mammography and nuclear medicine equipment and review patient doses
• Run the radiation protection programme, monitor staff doses and design room shielding
• Help choose, accept and commission new equipment
• Train technologists and doctors in radiation safety and new procedures

Working conditions

• Work in radiation areas, wearing a personal dosimeter
• Equipment tests sometimes outside patient treatment hours

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in physics and a master's degree in medical physics
• 3 to 6 years of experience in medical physics in radiotherapy or medical imaging

The years of experience follow the level you choose when posting.

Skills

• Medical physics
• Dosimetry
• Radiotherapy treatment planning
• Radiation equipment quality control
• Radiation protection
• Treatment planning systems (TPS)
• Accuracy

Preferred

• Accredited clinical training in medical physics
• Experience with modern techniques such as IMRT and VMAT
• Good English