Nebraska Methodist Health System is hiring a full-time Medical Physicist for daytime hours. The position involves working in clinical services and consultation, contributing to research and development.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:
• Equipment Maintenance and QA: Perform Linac and brachytherapy QA, calibrations, and TLD reporting.
• Acceptance Testing: Conduct acceptance testing for Linac, HDR, TPS, and CT/SIM equipment.
• Radiation Safety: Ensure compliance through patient surveys, source exchanges, and radiation safety checks.
• Dosimetry and Treatment Planning: Provide external beam, HDR, and LDR treatment planning as needed.
• Chart Review and QA Measurements: Review patient charts and perform QA measurements to ensure treatment accuracy.

Location:
• Nebraska Methodist Hospital - 8303 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE.
• Will be required to also work at other locations including Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital and Methodist Fremont Health.

Schedule:
• Day shift, 4 x 10-hour shifts.
• 40-hour work week.

Job Requirements:
• Completion of a Medical Physics degree in an accredited school required.
• Must have experience with all aspects of Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) for linear accelerators.
• Experience with treatment planning for external beam therapy is desirable.
• Must have experience with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) treatment planning and QA.
• Must have experience with High Dose Radiation (HDR) Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) as well as experience with planning High Dose Radiation (HDR) treatments.
• Our health system uses Varian Truebeam and Edge linacs, Eclipse TPS, Aria database, linac-based SRS, Nucletron Flexitron afterloader and Oncentra HDR TPS. Experience with any of these platforms is desirable but not required.

Essential Functions

Maintain proper operation of radiation producing equipment owned by Methodist Hospital to ensure proper patient care by performing periodic equipment checks and reporting results and recommending actions to administrative personnel.
• Linac monthly calibrations
• Brachytherapy isotopes calibration checks
• Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Quality Assurance (QA) plan and measurements

Establish the proper operating conditions and techniques of newly purchased radiation producing equipment to ensure proper patient care and safety by advising the institution during the purchasing phase and performing acceptance testing measurements on the equipment after installation.
• Learning Linac acceptance tests
• Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) and computed tomography (CT) simulator tests
• Annual linac tests

Assists/performs radiation safety functions at the institution to ensure continuous and consistent radiation safety practices.
• High Dose Rate (HDR) source exchanges

Performs dosimetry/treatment planning functions for Nebraska Methodist Hospital as needed by acquiring appropriate patient information and entering it into the treatment planning computer to ensure proper patient treatment is given.
• Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) planning & review
• Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) planning & review
• High Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy planning

Maintains proper operating condition of all radiation detecting equipment in the hospital by performing appropriate tests to ensure proper operation and compliance with the appropriate regulations.
• Survey meters & area detectors
• Area surveys
• Inter-comparisons of Quality Assurance (QA) equipment

Reviews Radiation Oncology patient charts for Nebraska Methodist on a periodic basis by checking math and dosimetry data to ensure accurate information is on the chart.
• Initial chart checks and plan reviews
• Weekly chart checks and final checks
• Documentation in Record and Verify (R&V) system

Participates in mandatory inservices and continuing education programs as mandated by policies and procedures/external agencies and as directed by supervisor.
• Attend weekly Chart Rounds and monthly physics meetings in department

Provides appropriate care specific to the age of the patient to ensure understanding and comfort level of treatment as outlined in the Age Specific Criteria.
• Observation demonstrates appropriate care based on the population being served

Performs patient procedures as required for patient care.
• Brachytherapy competency demonstrated

About Methodist: Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.