Radiotherapy Medical Physicist - Ohio, United States - Cleveland Clinic- Abu Dhabi

Description

The Clinical Medical Physicist is primarily and professionally engaged in the evaluation, delivery and optimization of radiation therapy.

A major responsibility of the radiation oncology physicist is to provide a high standard of clinical physics service and provide oversight of the establishment and conduct of the quality management program.

Responsible for treatment planning, quality assurance, safety of patient radiation treatment delivery, weekly chart checks, and process improvement for modalities include but not limited to external beam, SRS/SRBT, HDR Brachytherapy, SRS, SRT etc
Assist in developing radiation oncology medical physics program, policies, and procedures.
Participates in departmental research, education, presentations, meetings, and chart rounds.
Implement new treatment techniques/procedures for the center when needed, support advanced treatment and image guided technology, and take a lead role in collaboration with vendors and IT to address clinically related hardware and software issues

Evaluates patient and records applicable notes about patients condition for purposes of serving as a record of treatment and/or making a possible referral to another member of the health care medical staff team.

Ensure oncology radiation physics services comply with UAE applicable regulations and requirements.
Liaisons with other medical and non-medical staff at CCAD to ensure quality patient treatment
Liaise for machine maintenance and repair with Clinical Engineering Department.
Follows ethical and regulatory guidelines
Takes part in administrative functions that ensure the continued operations of the clinical environment, such as committees, task forces and performance improvement measures
Adheres to individual approved clinical privileges, as well as to all policies and procedures of the Medical Staff
Bachelors in physics
Masters or PhD in radiation physics

A minimum of five (5) years clinical radiation therapy experience with broad experience in treatment planning and quality management

ABR board certification in radiation therapy physics.

Demonstrated ability to effectively manage a team of health care professionals Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients and staff Ability to speak and write in English is required

Ability to speak and write in both English and Arabic is preferred