Radiation Physicist

Job Title : Radiation

Physicist

Location : Danville,

Pennsylvania

Job Category : PhD,

Diagnostic Services

Schedule : Days

Work Type : Full

time

Department : Radiation Oncology

Division

Date Posted : 02 / 26 / 2025

Job ID : R-73852

Job SummaryThe Department of Radiation

Oncology at Geisinger Health System is seeking applications for

medical physicists to join our team in central Pennsylvania. The

successful candidate will be involved in all aspects of clinical

physics services. Responsibilities include supervising and

supporting dosimetry, calibration, treatment planning, and safety

equipment operations. The role involves maintaining equipment and

regulatory records, as well as billing for services rendered.

Additionally, the physicist will contribute to departmental

research activities and clinical protocols, and provide education

for residency programs within Radiation Oncology.

Job

Duties

Background : Geisinger

participates in one or more of over 100 clinical research trials,

which include new treatment protocols for various cancers, as well

as select trials involving new cancer drugs. We also offer

screening and prevention trials for individuals at risk for certain

types of cancer. Our more than 30-year alliance with the National

Cancer Institute (NCI) and its community research programs enables

us to offer advanced care and treatment options close to home. The

health system has received the NCI-NCORP designation and is

dedicated to active participation in cancer clinical

trials.

Geisinger fosters an exciting

intellectual environment that includes the Geisinger Commonwealth

School of Medicine, more than 50 graduate medical education

programs, and fellowship programs in hematology / oncology and

palliative medicine. The medical school is recognized for its

innovative educational approach, featuring a curriculum that

emphasizes active learning, longitudinal clinical experiences, and

community engagement.

Our patients contribute

to the MyCode Community Health Initiative with >

275,000 patient

genomes sequenced for research and real-time clinical applications.

Providers interested in clinical, or informatics research

collaborate within Geisinger and across organizations to benefit

our patients and the scientific

community

Job Duties and

Responsibilities : Clinical

support of linear accelerator treatments, including patient

simulation, image fusion, treatment planning, secondary dose

calculation, plan quality assurance and reviews of treatment plan

safety and quality.

Special emphasis on

stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), stereotactic body radiotherapy

(SBRT), HDR, and TBI treatment planning, secondary dose

verification and plan quality

assurance.

Clinical support of brachytherapy

procedures, including patient simulation, treatment planning,

secondary dose verification, treatment delivery and reviews of

treatment delivery safety and quality; high dose rate equipment

purchase, maintenance and quality assurance; and permanent seed

implants, including ordering, assays, implant support and planning

and documentation.

Preparation and updates of

physics and dosimetry policies and procedures as

required.

Maintenance of daily, monthly and

annual quality assurance testing for software and equipment, both

diagnostic and therapeutic, throughout the

department.

Involvement in the departmental

residency program, including the development of, and instruction,

in a new radiobiology curriculum for both physicist and radiation

oncologist residents.

Coordination of physics

aspects of the department’s research program, including support for

existing departmental and national research protocols, as well as

developing original physics-oriented research

projects.

Travel, including interdepartmental

travel as needed; training for new equipment, software or

modalities; and participation in national meetings and

conferences.

Other physics duties as needed,

including but not limited to commissioning of both software and new

equipment for treatment or diagnostic use, radiation shielding

calculations, and in vivo measurements for verification of patient

dose.

Radixact and / or CyberKnife experience is

desired.

Perform other related duties as

assigned.

Colleagues,

Facility and Equipment :

The department

staff comprises six experienced medical physicists who are actively

involved in various clinical, teaching, and research activities.

Additionally, the department includes ten radiation oncologists,

nine dosimetrists, one medical physics resident, and a dedicated IT

specialist. The department is equipped with seven Varian linear

accelerators, which include one Trilogy, five TrueBeam machines,

and one Halcyon. It also has one CyberKnife, one Radixact

Tomotherapy machine, and two HDR brachytherapy afterloaders (Elekta

Flexitron), along with five CT simulators from GE Medical Systems.

Furthermore, the department has three-year and ten-year long-term

plans for the system upgrade and an additional cancer center is

currently under construction and is expected to open in Summer

2025. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of

collaboration, cooperation and

collegiality.

Position Details

Work is

typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for

satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all

organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in

this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent

typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the

job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any

department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the

performance of the job related to that

position.

EducationMaster's Degree-

(Required)

Certification(s) and License(s)Specialty

Certification - Default Issuing Body

Our Purpose &

ValuesOUR PURPOSE & VALUES : Everything we do is about caring

for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family

and our communities. KINDNESS : We strive to treat everyone as we

would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE : We treasure

colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING : We share our

knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the

caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION : We constantly seek new and

better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community,

and the nation. SAFETY : We provide a safe environment for our

patients and members and the Geisinger family We offer healthcare

benefits for full time and part time positions from day one,

including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as

important, from senior management on down, we encourage an

atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know

that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds

makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come

from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse

workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be

an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified

applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to

race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,

national origin, disability or status as a protected

veteran.