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All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

• Benefits from Day One
• Paid Days Off from Day One
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Career Development
• Whole Person Wellbeing Resources

Our promise to you:

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind, and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.

• Schedule: Parttime
• Shift: Days - Monday – Friday
• The community you will be caring for: AdventHealth Waterman - 1000 Waterman Way Tavares, FL 32778.

The value you will bring to the team:

Essential Functions:

• Supports the administration of the radiation safety program, including compliance with all regulatory/certification agencies, staff training through annual radiation safety in-service, and supervision of radioactive source ordering/handling/waste removal/disposal.
• Oversees the Quality Assurance on linear accelerators, simulators, HDR unit and any other radiation therapy treatment devices; develops and maintains Quality Assurance program for all treatment modalities.
• Performs weekly reviews of Radiation Oncology treatment plans.
• Performs dosimetry calculations for external beam, brachytherapy and radiopharmaceutical therapy for Radiation Oncology, including in-vivo dosimetry and measurement system.
• Assures the accuracy of treatment unit parameters and settings used for patient treatment, including accurate transfer of planning data between simulator, CT, treatment planning computer and treatment unit.
• Actively participates in implementation of new programs and technologies, such as information management system, treatment planning, and new modalities.
• Provides medical physicist consultation to physicians, staff and patients as needed.
• Participates in Medical Physics peer review.
• Performs acceptance testing and commissioning of new equipment.
• Supervises medical dosimetrists; provides staff training and coverage when necessary.
• Designs and fabricates treatment aids and treatment beam modifiers.
• Assists Director/Operations Manager and Radiation Oncologists in planning for resource allocation and program operation, including on-going review of program policies and procedures.
• Promotes and contributes to inter/intra-departmental relationships and acts as resource to other Radiation Oncology areas.
• Attends/participates in Radiation Oncology Physics or related medical meetings; disseminates new information to appropriate personnel.
• Supports Radiation Oncology leadership team with administrative decisions.
• Encourages positive Standards of Behavior by contributing and promoting positive approaches to inter/intra-departmental relationships on a daily basis.
• Possesses/demonstrates knowledge of emergency codes, location of emergency equipment and method of activation while leading as example in emergent situations.
• Assists physicians in cases of adverse reaction or acute emergencies when necessary.
• Maintains and promotes compliance in universal precautions, infection control, medical records charting/documentation, and patient safety.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

·    Wears radiation monitoring device.

·    Utilizes computer system within the hospital guidelines, proficient in required computer programs to perform daily job function and effectively communicates via email with professionalism.

·    Follows hospital and department policies and ensures medical dosimetry compliance.

·    Completes medical records according to policy and procedures for exams being performed.

·    Coordinates with vendors to maintain PM schedules for equipment, reports malfunctions/downtime and other situations causing potential patient care delays.

·    Responsible to maintain assigned performance improvement initiatives and actively participate & report information from committee assignments.

·         Responsible for all other duties and duty assignments requested within the scope of the practice of the license/certificate holder.

The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed:

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Fluent in the English language
• Skills mentioned in the PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND JOB RESPONSIBILITIES section

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Minimum of M.S. in Medical Physics with three years of clinical radiation therapy physics experience

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED:

• Florida state licensure in Therapeutic Medical Physics
• Certification by the American Board of Radiology or American Board of Medical Physics in Therapeutic Medical Physics

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About AdventHealth

At AdventHealth, Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ is our mission. It calls us to be His hands and feet in helping people feel whole. Our story is one of hope — one that strives to heal and restore the body, mind and spirit. Our more than 80,000 skilled and compassionate caregivers in hospitals, physician practices, outpatient clinics, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospice centers are committed to providing individualized, wholistic care.

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