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Posted Job Title
Medical Physicist Trainee
Job Profile Title
Medical Physicist Trainee
Job Description Summary
This is a Medical Physics training position. https://www.med.upenn.edu/medicalphysicsresidency/
The trainee will work under the supervision of the Medical Physics Residency Coordinator and the Medical Physics faculty and staff mentor(s). In the first year the trainee will assist faculty physicists with research project(s), and in year 2 and 3 assist faculty and hospital staff physicists with all aspects of routine medical physics procedures in the Department of Radiation Oncology on a clinical rotation basis.
This position has an expected end date of June 30, 2030.
Job Description
Medical Physicist Trainee-Year 1 Duties
Perform research under the supervision of the research mentor(s) to fulfill project and grant deliverables, prepare and publish manuscripts and conference presentations/proceedings.
Assist research mentor(s) with research activities such as experiment planning and execution, data collection and analysis, manuscript and report preparation, grant preparation, and other activities as defined by the mentor(s).
Assist research mentor(s) with teaching and educational activities for students and trainees. Participate in department research seminars and journal clubs.
Performs additional duties as assigned.
Medical Physicist Trainee-Years 2 and 3 Duties
Participate in clinical and technical activities pertinent to radiation oncology physics including: megavoltage photon, electron and proton therapy, CT, MR, PET/CT simulations, 3D, intensity modulated radiation therapy, and proton treatment planning, brachytherapy planning and delivery, radiopharmaceutical therapy, calibration and periodic QA of therapy equipment and patient specific QA, radiation safety procedures, special procedures (TBI, radiosurgery, etc.) and patient chartrounds.
Participate in clinical implementation projects (e.g. linear accelerator and treatment planning system commissioning and updates). Achieve proficiency in all aspects of external beam QA procedures including photon, electron, and proton beams. Working outside regular clinic hours is necessary to perform certain medical physics procedures such as machine calibration and QA.
Participate in departmental training sessions, didactic courses and conferences.
Performs additional duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
M.S. or Ph.D. in Physics, Medical Physics, or an engineering discipline or another of the physical sciences and with coursework that is the equivalent of a minor in physics for undergraduate degree and 0 to 1…