Physician - Oncology
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| Specialty | Oncology |
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| Profession | Physician |
JOB SUMMARY:
The Medical Physicist, Oncology 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.
PRIMARY JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- 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 patient’s 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
- Supplies and provides care in a culturally appropriate and sensitive manner
- 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
- Performs other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
| ESSENTIAL | PREFERRED |
Education | BSc degree in Physics or equivalent (e.g., Advanced Mathematics, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics) and MSc degree or Ph.D. in Radiation Physics or Medical Physics or Biophysics |
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Experience | A minimum of five (5) years’ clinical radiation therapy experience with broad experience in treatment planning and quality management |
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Certification and Licensure | Must hold current license as required by state and/or national authority and Provide Good standing Eligible for UAE License | ABR board certification in radiation therapy physics.
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Professional Membership |
| American Association of Physicists in medicine (AAPM) |
Job Specific Skills and Abilities | 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 |
