Therapeutic Medical Physicist

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Ansible Government Solutions, LLC (Ansible) is currently recruiting a Therapeutic Medical Physicist to provide onsite services to eligible beneficiaries of the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center located at 7305 N Military Trl, West Palm Beach, FL 33410.  If you accept employment with Ansible, you must also acknowledge that any assigned schedule is subject to change at the direction of either Ansible or its customers.

Ansible Government Solutions, LLC (Ansible) is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) providing Federal customers with solutions in many arenas. Our customers face wide-ranging challenges in the fields of national security, health care, and information technology. To address these challenges, we employ intelligent and committed staff who take care of our customers’ success as if it is their own.

Responsibilities

• Shall be available, when necessary, for consultation with the Radiation Oncologist and to provide advice or direction to technical staff when radiation treatments are being planned or when patients are being treated. Where possible, should be present to observe and / or help supervise complicated simulations and / or treatment set-ups. Contractor’s Medical Physicist must be present at the machine during patient setup for SBRT / SRS and IGRT.
• Shall specify and monitor method(s) to calculate MUs or treatment times and ensure independent review(s) of such calculations. Any individual having appropriate training and experience as defined in this PWS may perform the initial calculation(s). Independent review of said calculation(s) shall be performed within a specified time period.
• Shall develop and maintain a method for the weekly and systematic review of the charts of all patients under radiation treatment. All methods shall be approved by the VA Chief of Staff or designee. Contractor’s Medical Physicist shall perform a final chart review at the end of the course of radiation treatment in order to confirm that the prescribed dose has been delivered, and to document the total doses delivered to critical structures. All charts are subject to quality reviews by the facility’s Chief of staff or designee.
• Responsible for data input into the planning system, which should be based upon measured beam data for the radiation beams in question, and for output from the planning system(s).
• Responsible for understanding the calculation algorithm and should document those conditions for which the algorithm and measured data are in disagreement by more than 5%. The output of the planning system should be periodically tested by comparisons to direct measurements of the radiation beams. Contractor’s Medical Physicists shall ensure that all users of the treatment planning system receive appropriate training.
• Shall provide advice and consultation, to VA and third-party clinical engineers, for the operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the VA RADIATION ONCOLOGY’s linear accelerators and CT simulation equipment, all of their relevant accessories and the computerized network interconnectivity; record and verification systems.

Qualifications

Varian Linear Accelerators (TrueBeam with Brain Lab Accessories)

All candidates must be able to :

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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