Physicist - $36-73 per hour
Company: Inova Health System
Location: Falls Church
Posted on: October 27, 2024
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Job Description:
Job DescriptionInova Health System is seeking a Physicist for a
job in Falls Church, Virginia.Job Description & Requirements
Job Responsibilities
- Develops and maintains contacts with physicists in other
practices. Confers with physicians throughout Inova systems
regarding patient dosages, regarding equipment evaluation and
quality assurance.- Cooperates and adhere to regulatory agencies
(state and federal) in demonstrating compliance with applicable
rules and recommendations.- Confers with vendors or equipment used
in practice (i.e. linear accelerators, MRI, CT etc.) concerning
purchase specifications, acceptance rules and regulations.-
Discusses with patients and other members of the public radiation
exposure with medical procedures.- Confers with physicians in
subspecialties in all patient uses in ionizing radiation.- Provides
Medical Physics coverage as deemed appropriate to the sub specialty
(i.e.. Radiation Therapy, Cardiac Cath.).- Confers with engineering
concerning radiation shield design for all area of the hospital
which utilize ionizing radiation.- Oversees acceptance testing of
new or renovated medical equipment and imaging network.- Performs
calculations and measurements to insure new treatment imaging
techniques and to investigate in greater detail established
techniques.- Reviews new calibration protocols and verify by
experiment and computation the impact they will have on the
clinical application.- Investigates and evaluate new equipment and
improvements in existing equipment so as to reduce costs and
downtime, while increasing efficiency and accuracy for there
application.- Intercompares data with other radiation therapy
institutions; Stays abreast of clinical and dosimetric literature
in sub specialty.- Attends any hospital assigned committees (i.e.
Radiation Safety Committee).- Maintains professional working
relationship with the pertinent Department Directors and the
Medical Directors; Develops and maintains contacts with physicists
in other practices.- May perform additional duties as assigned.
Job RequirementsWith time-in-work experience, is eligible to take
the American Board of Radiology certification.Master's Degree in
Physical ScienceApplicant is eligible to submit to become VA state
inspector in the subject specialtyInova Job ID #657218. Posted job
title: associate medical physicist
Keywords: Inova Health System, Frederick , Physicist - $36-73 per hour, Other , Falls Church, Maryland
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