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You.

You bring your body, mind, heart and spirit to your work as a Medical Physicist.

Your compassion is tangible: patients feel it in the hand they hold. Families feel it in your prayers. Colleagues feel it in your support.

Youâ™re comfortable in a busy and dynamic clinical environment and find reward in putting patient safety and treatment quality above all else.

Youâ™re great at what you do, but you want to be part of something even greater. Because you believe that while individuals can be strong, the right team is invincible.

Us.

The SCL Hospital System is seeking an ABR Certified Medical Physicist for an upcoming opening in the Denver/Boulder area.  The physicist will join a growing team of 12 physicians, 8 physicists (including you), and 6 dosimetrists that cover 3 hospitals in the Denver Metro Area â“ all within a 30-minute drive of each other. Documentation, EMR, and QA processes are uniform across all 3 facilities, and there is rarely travel required between centers within a working day.  The hospitals are currently equipped with all Varian linacs including five TrueBeams (two of them Edges) and a Novalis Tx. Construction has already commenced to add a third TrueBeam Edge in early 2023.  A world class Brachytherapy Suite will open later this year to support a busy HDR program that runs the gamut of treatments including interstitial prostate and gyn, tandem and ring, and vaginal cylinder and is serviced by a new Bravos afterloader.  A robust frameless SRS program using VisionRT treats a variety of cranial diseases from brain metastasis to trigeminal neuralgia.  Our Eclipse treatment planning system is complemented with the full armamentarium of software including RapidPlan, MCO, HyperArc, and Velocity.  Aria v15.6 is the record and verify and the entire system is centralized and Citrix-based.  Eclipse is supported by software from Radformation including ClearCheck, ClearCalc, EZ Fluence, and AutoContour.  Tools for QA include a full suite of Sun Nuclear detector arrays, Varian Portal Dosimetry, and two PTW Beamscans.  More than the sum of our fun technology, we are a patient-centered physics group interested in facilitating patient education, and informing process improvement with incident reporting.

We are seeking a candidate that is experienced and comfortable in a busy and varied clinical environment, puts patients first, enjoys supporting a team, but is comfortable working independently.  The ideal candidate would embrace the opportunity to perform almost every special procedure under the Medical Physics Sun utilizing cutting edge equipment and software.

Join our skilled, dedicated, and friendly physics team in the shadows of the Rocky Mountains!

Saint Joseph Hospital is part of SCL Health, a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. Our 365-bed facility is one of the top-ranked hospitals in Denver, and has been awarded the highest national recognition possible for nursing excellence â“ Magnet designation â“ by the ANCC. We are proud to extend the mission of SCL Health by providing care for the poor, the vulnerable, our communities and each other. Our deep community roots date back to 1873, making us one of the oldest hospitals in Colorado.

Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind and social well-being. To that end, weâ™ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning.

We.

Together weâ™ll align mission and careers, values and workplace. Weâ™ll honor each otherâ™s dignity and surpass the standards we set. Weâ™ll encourage joy, demand safety and take pride in our integrity.

Weâ™ll laugh at each otherâ™s jokes (even the bad ones). Weâ™ll hello and high five. Weâ™ll celebrate milestones and acknowledge the value of spirituality in healing.

Weâ™re proud of what we know, which includes how much there is to learn.

Your day.

As a Medical Physicist, you need to know how to:

• Perform, document, and provide documentation of calibration, maintenance, compliance testing, quality control, and performance evaluations on all Radiation Oncology equipment, according to State, Federal, and JCAHO regulations to insure licensure is maintained.


• Collaborate, advise, perform, and supervise treatment planning and dosimetry. Verify all prescription calculations and notify physician of any discrepancies.


• Review, change, and write policy and procedures periodically and formally review on a yearly basis. Observe established policies and procedures regarding department and hospital guidelines, quality control, radiation safety, environmental and infection control.


• Provide staff with in service and continuing education lectures relating to radiation safety and the implementation of new techniques or procedures and functions as a resource person.


• Inform, advise, and collaborate with department supervisors and radiation oncologist to assure patient safety and quality on a continual basis.


• Generate treatment plans utilizing computer isodose plans or manual calculations which achieve optimum tumor volume coverage as outlined in the physicianâ™s prescriptions and perform specific dose calculations on individual patients upon request.


• May perform as the facility Radiation Safety Officer.


• Supervise all aspects of brachytherapy.

Your experience.

*ABR Certification, or board eligible for certification in Therapeutic Medical Physics

*2+ years of clinical experience (including residency) w/ thorough special procedure background

*Experience with the hardware and software listed above is preferred

*Eligible to be on radioactive material license for HDR

*Great interpersonal and strong communication skills