Physicist - Medical Radiation Oncology
Updated 12/04/25
Toledo, Ohio, United States
Physician
Oncology-Medical Oncology
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Job at a glance
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job description
Job description
Leading healthcare system seeking a Radiation Oncology Medical Physicist to work in Findlay, OH (40mins from Toledo)
Earn Excellent Comp with a very supportive health system!
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Raymond Stiles
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Company:
Benefits and Features:
Overview:
Responsibilities:
Profile Background:
About the Area:
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Raymond Stiles
843-574-8233
raymond@nowhealthcare.org
Leading healthcare system seeking a Radiation Oncology Medical Physicist to work in Findlay, OH (40mins from Toledo)
Earn Excellent Comp with a very supportive health system!
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Raymond Stiles
[Register to View]
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Company:
- Committed to providing the best and safest care, while creating a warm, inviting environment for their patients, family members, and caregivers.
- Innovative staff and treatment modalities and wonderful teamwork that is focused on patient safety
- One of the largest employers in the area with more than 3,000 associates and serves an eight-county area
- 6-time recipient of IBM Watson Health
- Community hospital that is a 150 bed, Level III Trauma Center
- Close to Detroit and Toledo. Large local companies and 8 universities in the area.
- The group has New Facilities, High Retention, and excellent benefits
Benefits and Features:
- Base Salary: $225,000 - $300,000 / yr
- Comprehensive benefits package - health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, and more
- Long-term and Short Term Disability
- Sick Leave
- FSA
- Great PTO, Vacation, and sick time
- Tuition reimbursement and scholarship opportunities
- Retirement programs with 4% match
- Career advancement opportunities
- Health savings accounts
- Loan support during or following training (your choice of monthly, quarterly or annual stipend)
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) qualifying employer
Overview:
- Radiation Oncology Physicist
- Location: Findlay, OH (40mins from Toledo)
- Practice hours Mon-Fri, 8:00am-4:30pm
- Full-time Sr. Physicist on-site 3 days/week with 2 days remote (40 hours)
- Part-time physicist working on-site the 2 days/week on days the full-time physicist is remote, plus an additional half-day remote if needed (equal up to 20 hours)
- Coverage for others' sick and vacation time
- The senior radiation oncology physicist develops and uses medical radiation treatment, devices, and technologies.
- Their responsibilities include planning radiation treatments, ensuring patients receive the correct dose, and directly participating in a patient's diagnosis and treatment.
- Working in radiotherapy physics, the physicist will be responsible for the precision and accuracy of treatments using advanced computer calculations to develop individual patient treatment plans.
- The physicist will use images of the cancer to outline target volume.
- The physicist will ensure equipment is safe, effective, and working properly, and will maintain it at high quality standards, while performing QA and troubleshooting.
- The physicist will study how radiation affects the body, researching new treatment options and developing new safety procedures.
- There are additional expectations around teaching other team members
- Advising on radiation safety and identifying problems, developing clinical solutions, and implementing quality management programs.
- The senior physicist serves as the designated Certified Radiation Expert for the Armes Family Cancer Care Center.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for maintaining and executing the Radiation Oncology Quality Assurance and Safety program (policies and procedures) for radiation therapy
- Implements, manages and maintains all medical physics ancillary QA equipment including preventative maintenance and routine calibrations (e.g., pt. diodes, daily therapist QA).
- Coordinates with alternate physicist to ensure on-site coverage of patient care during clinic hours and coverage for vacations and illness.
- Maintains calendar of coverage and communicates changes at least 30 days in advance. Available for emergency consultation when necessary.
- Responsible for ensuring all local/state/federal regulations and accreditation standards related to medical physics services are met.
- Consults with Radiation Oncologists, Dosimetrists, and Therapists to ensure safe and effective treatment of patients.
- Responsible for initial physics consultation with radiation oncologist and dosimetrist for plan development and review.
- Consultative support of radiation oncologist including special dose measurements, calculations, etc.
- Responsible for administration and maintenance of all software systems including treatment planning systems, monitor unit calculation systems, and QA software
- Performs daily, monthly and annual quality assurance testing on all linear accelerators, CT simulators and treatment planning systems in accordance with local/state/federal regulations.
- Serves as point of contact for consulting on equipment downtime.
- Responsible for oversight of dosimetrist to include plan reviews for each patient.
- Assists dosimetrist in planning as necessary and is responsible for quality assurance of each patient plan including special quality assurance for IMRT planning.
- Participates in weekly chart round reviews.
- Performs dosimetry functions in the absence of dosimetrist.
- Present at machine for all HyperArc/SBRT/SRS/SRT, high dose treatments and any other treatments as determined by the radiation oncologists.
- Responsible for commissioning and maintaining of HyperArc & stereotactic machine model in treatment planning system.
- Responsible for maintenance and utilization of stereotactic & HyperArc ancillary quality assurance equipment.
- Serves as point of contact for radiation safety from regulatory body surveys.
- Performs weekly patient chart reviews and is responsible for maintenance of all records pertaining to patient consults and quality assurance as needed.
- Responsible for all physics test credentialing, planning, and oversight of RTOG protocol participation.
- Initiates, implements and performs procedures if program is seeking additional treatment types, accreditations or certifications.
Profile Background:
- Master of Science degree in physics, biophysics, medical physics, radiological physics, nuclear engineering or health physics
- Certified by the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Medical Physics
- Minimum of 3+ years’ experience
- Certified Radiation Expert (CRE) certification through the state of Ohio
About the Area:
- Nice and Quaint Wealthy Town of 40k people
- Several large employers in/near Findlay: Marathon Petroleum, Goodyear, Whirlpool, Ball, etc
- Overall, living in Findlay is about 6–13% cheaper than the U.S. average.
- Events, trails, preserving heritage through things like the Barn Quilt Trail, StoryWalk,
- Not far from larger metro areas, yet far enough to avoid big-city stress
- 8 universities / colleges in the area
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Raymond Stiles
843-574-8233
raymond@nowhealthcare.org
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