Department:

SOM KC Radiation Oncology

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Radiation Oncology

Position Title:

Clinical Assistant Professor - Radiation Oncology

Job Family Group:

Academic

Job Description Summary:

The role of the Assistant Professor/radiation oncology physicist is to provide clinical physics support to the department of Radiation oncology including patient treatment planning, equipment calibrations, QC and QA measurements, patient dosimetry, new procedure development, and consultation services to the physicians on medical physics issues.

Job Description:

Job Duties Outlined:

• Involved in site preparation, commissioning and acceptance testing of the new radiation treatment systems.

• Maintains primary responsibility for clinical radiation therapy equipment operations, including workflow through the department.

• Identifies and resolves daily operational issues related to the radiation therapy equipment aspects of patient care.

• Interacts with all sections of the department, including physicians, nursing, physicists and therapists to ensure smooth patient treatment delivery with technology.

• Provides daily direction and supervision of various staff, including Physicists, Dosimetrists, Therapists, and radiation therapy staff.

• Ensures that the quality assurance and monitoring plans achieve the goal of ensuring the highest quality of patient care and patient safety.

• Maintains knowledge of current industry standards set by professional organizations, including the American College of Radiology and the American Association for Physicists in Medicine, and other sub-specialty organizations as indicated especially in MRI and MRL.

• Actively participates in the education/research program of hospital and department.

• Ensures that appropriate quality measures and training are in place for the safe and accurate treatment.

• Assists with and is able to perform broader role in oncology physics duties for 3DCRT, IMRT, VMAT, SBRT and other treatment modalities offered in the department.

Required Qualifications:

• Education: Completion of a PhD in Physics, Medical Physics, or other related physician science field of study.

• Work Experience: 2 years of radiation employment experience.

• Certification/License: Completion of CAMPEP approved medical physics residency.

Skills:

• Demonstrates ability to develop adoptive therapy and innovative treatments.

• Demonstrates proficiency and competence in providing and directing patient care for all age groups, including pediatric, adult and geriatric patients.

• Demonstrates ability to develops and maintain all required and appropriate documentation for daily, monthly and annual calibration.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Required Documents:

• Resume/CV

• Cover Letter

If selected as a final candidate for this position, you may be required to complete the Association of American of Universities Representations and Warranties document and sign a release of records that will allow the University of Kansas Medical Center to conduct a further background check with former employers.  A copy of the Representations and Warranties document can be found here.

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available. https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html

Employee Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time