Description

Medical Physicist

Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Job Summary: The Medical Imaging Physicist is responsible for assuring the safe, effective, and compliant use of medical imaging equipment within the Department of Radiology, throughout the medical center and in affiliated community practice sites. Responsibilities include acceptance testing, participation in quality assurance programs, conducting calibration measurements, specification and evaluation of new equipment, image quality assurance, involvement in radiological protection programs for patients and staff and participation in educational programs for staff and trainees. This role works closely and collaboratively with other members of the physics group and Radiology staff including modality managers, technologists, radiologists, informatics professionals and other staff. The Physics group serves as primary liaison to regulatory and accreditation bodies that define and audit BIDMC quality control programs relevant to medical imaging.

Essential Responsibilities:

1. Conducts annual and periodic inspection, calibration, and testing of medical imaging equipment in accordance with regulatory and accreditation specifications and guidelines.
2. Develops shielding designs for new facilities, renovations and accommodation of new equipment. Performs prospective dosimetry calculations to support research protocols that involve the use of ionizing radiation. Performs retrospective dosimetry analysis of radiological procedures when required for follow up relevant to patient care.
3. Participates in Radiology quality assurance programs, including the development or modification of protocols to optimize image quality and reduce radiation dose.
4. Provides support to regulatory bodies during compliance visits and develops responses as needed.
5. Provides support to Radiology sections in the acquisition and maintenance of accreditation programs administered by The Joint Commission and the American College of Radiology

Required Qualifications:

1. Master's degree in Medical Physics, Physics, Engineering or related discipline required. Doctoral degree preferred.
2. License American Board of Radiology required., or DPH RAD Required
3. 1-3 years related work experience required in Medical Physics.
4. Completed either a fellowship in Medical Physics or at least two years of employment experience as a medical physicist.
5. Advanced technical computer skills and thorough understanding of modern electronic infrastructures relevant to radiological imaging such as DICOM, PACS, RIS/HIS frameworks, IHE models, Web and database servers, client/server architectures, CAD, image processing and advanced visualization.
6. Advanced technical computer skills as required for technical support specific to functional area and related systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Additional certification or experience in other branches of medical physics, for example Medical Nuclear Physics (ABR) or Magnetic Resonance Medical Physics (ABMP).
2. Record of participation in graduate-level educational programs, particularly radiology resident education programs.
3. board eligibility or possession of an alternate ABR certificate will be considered with the expectation that the candidate complete certificate requirements within two years

Competencies:

1. Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by precedents, policies and objectives. Regularly makes decisions and recommendations on issues affecting a department or functional area.
2. Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are varied, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation using direct observation, knowledge and skills based on general precedents.
3. Independence of Action: Ability to set goals and determines how to accomplish defined results with some guidelines. Manager/Director provides broad guidance and overall direction.
4. Written Communications: Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.
5. Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
6. Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices and policies with the ability to use them in complex varied situations.
7. Team Work: Ability to act as a team leader for small projects or work groups, creating a collaborative and respectful team environment and improving workflows. Results may impact the operations of one or more departments.
8. Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients, visitors, staff and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.

Physical Nature of the Job:
Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally in carrying, lifting, pushing, pulling objects. Sitting most of the time, with walking and standing required only occasionally.

The candidate should be eligible for appointment to the faculty of Harvard Medical School at the Instructor, Assistant Professor or Associate Professor level and academic appointment is directly related to teaching responsibilities for medical students, residents, fellows and peers.

Pay Range:

$169,998.00 USD - $220,002.00 USD

The pay range listed for this position is the annual base salary range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. 

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Interested candidates should apply using the link provided and uploading cover letter and CV:  https://jobs.bilh.org/jobs/physicist-medical-imaging-boston-ma-jr87017/.   For further information about the position, please contact Matthew Palmer, PhD at mpalmer@bidmc.harvard.edu .

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.