Medical Physicist

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This position is a Diagnostic Imaging Physicist to provide support to the Molecular Imaging and Therapy Section of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology according to the key responsibilities as described below. Duties are related to the physics of radiopharmaceuticals and medical imaging equipment, to education of staff, to insuring adequate safety and radiation protection, and to supporting the clinical, research and education missions of the university.

Function/Duties of Position

Supporting the Molecular Imaging and Therapy Section at OHSU, and Theranostics Program, including both clinical and research efforts.

• This includes serving as the physics lead with regard to radiopharmaceutical therapies, gamma and PET imaging, helping researchers set and validate protocols, performing patient-specific dosimetry for radiopharmaceutical therapies, optimizing sequences for image quality, patient dose, and acquisition time, protocol establishment for novel/short-lived radioisotopes, and establishing quality assurance/control programs to ensure consistent performance. Works closely with other faculty physicists and radiologists to optimize technical aspects, capabilities, and performance of Nuclear Medicine and PET instruments. This will also include interfacing with researchers and collaborators from other sites, as well as guiding material transfer agreements between OHSU and other collaborators. Interacts with engineers/scientists and relevant manufacturers.

Ongoing testing for performance and safety standards pertinent to radiological imaging equipment, to insure that equipment meets the standards set by regulatory agencies and equipment accreditation agencies.

• Insuring that imaging equipment is operating according to accepted standards of practice for image quality and radiation safety.

Providing medical physics services and consultation to OHSU Diagnostic Imaging Services and non-OHSU contracted partners.

• This includes patient-specific dosimetry calculations for radionuclide therapies, and will involve interfacing with clinical staff and radiologists in the Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Section of Diagnostic Radiology.

Teaching and mentoring graduate students in the Oregon Medical Physics Program.

• This includes the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs (CAMPEP) required diagnostic imaging and medical physics courses, as determined by the OMPP program director. Occasional teaching of clinical staff, including technologists, physicians, nurses, etc. Occasional teaching of physics/radiation safety to other faculty and staff that use radiation producing equipment at OHSU. These duties include a faculty appointment at OHSU.

Development and supervision of ongoing imaging equipment quality control programs related to regulatory agencies, equipment accreditation agencies, and accepted standards of medical practice.

Required Qualifications

• Ph.D. in medical physics or related field
• If highest graduate degree was conferred on/after August 31, 2013: candidate must be working towards or have completed a medical physics residency.
• If highest graduate degree was conferred prior to August 31, 2013: candidate must currently be board certified in either Diagnostic or Nuclear Medical Physics.
• Strong knowledge concerning operating principles, safety, and testing standards for nuclear medicine equipment, as well as radiopharmaceuticals.
• Board certified or eligible in diagnostic/nuclear medical physics by ABR.
• Meets requirements for ACR accreditation physicist for PET and Nuclear Medicine modalities.
• State licensure as medical physicist in Oregon.
• Membership in appropriate medical physicist organization(s).
• Compliance with Code of Conduct, Respect in the workplace and Applicable policies, procedures and agreements related to position, department or OHSU as a whole
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without accommodation

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. in medical physics from a CAMPEP-accredited degree program
• Completion of a diagnostic medical physics residency.
• Experience working with a wide variety of radiological imaging equipment and radiopharmaceuticals
• Strong knowledge concerning operating principles, safety, and testing standards for a large variety of equipment types: x-ray imaging, CR, DR, mammography, CT, MR, US, radiation safety, as well as standard and novel radiopharmaceuticals.
• Meets requirements for ACR accreditation physicist in all imaging modalities used at OHSU.
• MQSA certified mammography physicist.

Additional Details

• There is a wide range of locations for imaging equipment; mechanical/moving, electrical, and radiation hazards may be present.
• Ability to work safely around equipment that produces/utilizes ionizing radiation: including protections related to radiation safety, working around mechanical hazards with heavy/moving radiation detectors, and avoiding electrical hazards from high voltage equipment. Ability to carry and lift up to 50 pounds.

All are welcome

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