Associated Medical Professionals of New York is seeking a Chief Medical Physicist to join our Radiation Oncology Division, and partner with our 3 Radiation Oncologists and clinical support team to provide radiation therapies to our patients.

About the Role:

The physicist’s clinical practice is to assure the safe and effective delivery of radiation to achieve a diagnostic or therapeutic result as prescribed in patient care.  The medical physicist performs or supervises the pertinent procedures necessary to achieve this objective.  The responsibilities of the medical physicist include: protection of the patient and others from potentially harmful or excessive radiation; the determination of delivered dose; advancement of procedures necessary to ensure image quality; development and direction of quality assurance programs; and assistance to other health care professionals in optimizing balance between the beneficial and deleterious effects of ionizing radiation.

Responsibilities:

• Development of equipment specifications for radiation therapy treatment, brachytherapy, simulation, and radiation detection.
• Development of procedures for the initial and continuing evaluation of radiation therapy treatment, brachytherapy, simulation and radiation detection equipment.
• Provision of evidence of compliance of equipment for radiation therapy treatment, brachytherapy, simulation, and radiation detection, with regulatory and accreditation agency rules and recommendations.
• Measurement and characterization of medical radiation therapy treatment, brachytherapy, and simulation equipment prior to clinical utilization.
• Acceptance testing, evaluation and commissioning of equipment used for external beam therapy, brachytherapy, simulation, treatment-planning, and radiation detection; acceptance testing and evaluation of their associated computer systems, algorithms, data, and output.
• Evaluation of radiation oncology technical procedures prior to clinical use.
• Development and evaluation of policies and procedures related to the appropriate therapeutic use of radiation.
• Development and evaluation of the dosimetric component of patients’ treatment plans.
• Review of radiation oncology dosimetry information noted in patients' records.
• Development and management of a comprehensive Quality Management Program that monitors, evaluates, and optimizes radiation oncology processes.
• Direction of Radiation Oncology Physics program to include the technical direction of staff responsible for treatment planning, machine maintenance and repair, and other physics support staff.
• Provision of consultation on patient or personnel radiation dose and associated risks.
• Provision of radiation oncology physics and radiation dosimetry training for medical practitioners.
• Provision of consultation to assure accurate radiation dose delivery.
• Planning and specification of thickness, material, and placement of shielding needed to protect patients, workers, the general public and the environment from radiation produced incident to diagnosis or treatment of humans.
• Assessment and evaluation of installed shielding to protect patients, workers, and the general public from radiation produced incident to diagnosis or treatment of humans.
• Use of imaging procedures as they pertain to the simulation, treatment planning and treatment delivery in therapeutic radiological procedures.
• Maintains compliance with all governmental and regulatory requirements.
• Responsible for completing, in a timely manner, all A.M.P. mandated training and in-services, including but not limited to annual OSHA training and PPD placements.
• Maintains licensure and completes all continuing education requirements.
• Maintains a high level of patient confidentiality.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of relevant clinical experience
• Excellent communications, organizational, and leadership skills
• Master's Degree or P.H.D. in Medical Physics
• Current certification from the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Radiological Physics and, qualifications for licensure by New York State

Reasoning Ability - Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills - To perform this job successfully, an individual should have thorough knowledge in computer information systems.  

Physical Demands - The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. 

Work Environment - This job operates in a professional office environment.  This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Other Duties - Please note 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.  Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Travel - Travel is primarily local during the business day, although some out-of-the-area and overnight travel may be expected.

About US Urology Partners

U.S. Urology Partners is one of the nation’s largest independent providers of urology and related specialty services, including general urology, surgical procedures, advanced cancer treatment, and other ancillary services. Through Central Ohio Urology Group, Associated Medical Professionals of NY, Urology of Indiana, and Florida Urology Center, the U.S. Urology Partners clinical network now consists of more than 50 offices throughout the East Coast and Midwest, including a state-of-the-art, urology-specific ambulatory surgery center that is one of the first in the country to offer robotic surgery. U.S. Urology Partners was formed to support urology practices through an experienced team of healthcare executives and resources, while serving as a platform upon which NMS Capital is building a leading provider of urological services through an acquisition strategy.