Travel Radiation Oncology Medical Physicist

Job Description

Catalytic Solutions is seeking a travel Physicist for a travel job in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty : Physicist
• Discipline : Allied Health Professional
• Duration : 13 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift : 8 hours, days
• Employment Type : Travel

About Catalytic Solutions

At Catalytic Solutions, we’re redefining what healthcare staffing should feel like. We believe outstanding patient care begins with clinicians who feel supported, respected, and empowered. That’s why we combine personalized recruiter relationships with transparent, tech-driven processes that make every assignment simple, seamless, and rewarding.

We partner with top healthcare systems nationwide to deliver high-quality travel nurses and allied professionals at competitive rates—while ensuring our clinicians earn industry-leading pay packages. Behind every placement is our experienced operations team handling compliance, credentialing, and communication so you can focus on delivering exceptional care.

Catalytic Solutions—where clinicians thrive, partners trust us, and healthcare staffing gets smarter.

Altru has a need for a contract medical physicist coverage on an as-needed basis. This is not a full-time contract, but rather a flexible assignment driven by operational needs. The facility is looking for a qualified physicist looking to pick up short-term or intermittent assignments with travel flexibility.\nRates : $250 for on-site work, and $225 for virtual / remote work. \n\nNorth Dakota licensure required\nConfirmed On-Site Coverage Dates : 9 / 22 - on going for 1 month.\nAdditional remote coverage will be discussed with the hiring leader.\nMUST have experience with Accuray Precision System with Synchrony. (Tomotherapy and Radixact).\nMUST have clinical experience.\nThe Medical Physicist performs specification, acceptance testing and commissioning of new equipment; calibrates radioactive sources, accelerators and maintains information for their use. This position determines if radiation equipment is safe for clinical use, develops and maintains the radiation Quality Assurance program, maintains all instrumentation required, and develops and administers the radiation safety program.\nThe Medical Physicist supervises source preparation and handling during brachytherapy, calculates shielding, provides consultation and support to the radiation oncologists, develops techniques to improve the imaging and delivery of radiation treatments, calculates dose distributions and machine settings, assures accuracy of treatment unit parameters and settings, and supervises the safety of the dosimetrists and radiation therapists.\nProvides consultations to the Radiation Oncologists on the physical and radiobiological aspects of patients treatments and the development of treatment plans.\nSupervises source preparation and handling during brachytherapy and the continual maintenance of the brachytherapy source inventory. Supervises dosimetrists and supports Radiation Oncologists in treatment delivery\nAssures accuracy of treatment unit parameters and settings used for a patients treatment, including correct transfer of parameters between the simulator, treatment plan and the treatment unit, and periodic review of each patients chart.\nDevelops techniques to improve the delivery of radiation treatments and calculates dose distributions and machine settings for patient treatments. Develops and administers the radiation safety program for Altru Health System\nDevelops, follows, and maintains the Quality Assurance program for all radiation treatment modalities, localization procedures, imaging, and computational equipment and programs to assure that patients receive prescribed doses and dose distributions safely and within acceptable degrees of accuracy.\nPerforms specification, acceptance testing and commissioning of new equipment. Performs acquisition and storage of data for treatment planning system as well as the x-ray and gamma ray sources and accelerators. Maintains necessary information for their appropriate use and continual calibration status. Oversees, approves, and commissions any work done on equipment by external contractors.\nCalculates shielding required for new or renovated treatment rooms, radioactive-source storage and handling facilities and brachytherapy patient rooms.\nAbides by the ND administrative code (NDAC) 33.1 Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department / organization.\n

Catalytic Solutions Job ID #4-290148. Pay package is based on 8 hour shifts and 40 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.

About Catalytic Solutions

About Catalytic Solutions

At Catalytic Solutions, we’re redefining what healthcare staffing should feel like. We believe outstanding patient care begins with clinicians who feel supported, respected, and empowered. That’s why we combine personalized recruiter relationships with transparent, tech-driven processes that make every assignment simple, seamless, and rewarding.

We partner with top healthcare systems nationwide to deliver high-quality travel nurses and allied professionals at competitive rates—while ensuring our clinicians earn industry-leading pay packages. Behind every placement is our experienced operations team handling compliance, credentialing, and communication so you can focus on delivering exceptional care.

Catalytic Solutions—where clinicians thrive, partners trust us, and healthcare staffing gets smarter.

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