Medical Physicist -Senior

Description

Job Purpose:

Apply physics and technical skills to standard medical practice, to help in treatment of many kinds of diseases, develops, tests and evaluates special equipment and procedures in Radiotherapy department.

Key Responsibilities And Duties

• Planning and discussing radiotherapy treatment plans in discussion with radiation oncologists and other staff.
• Cooperates closely with Radiation Oncologist to add technical results to patient reports.
• Training and advising other junior medical physicists and Radiation therapy technicians on new equipment and protocols to achieve the best available practice.
• Advising other health professionals, including radiotherapy technicians, nurses about standard Radiotherapy clinical practice.
• Discusses and negotiates with Radiation Oncologists to determine the best radiotherapy techniques and planning for patients, in alignment with the latest evidence-based practices.
• Processing complex patient images in radiotherapy planning verification treatment.
• Acts as the on-call physicist, responding to problems and providing advice and technical assistance when needed.
• Researches new developments and techniques in radiotherapy practice according to evidence-based practices and reviews existing local practices.
• Advises on the procurement of new equipment when needed and helps initiate necessary changes.
• Commissioning new equipment or upgrade available equipment to achieve the best current practice.
• Monitoring equipment periodically to guarantee consistent output achieved and to ensure that regular recommended maintenance done periodically as needed.
• Develops policies for the operating equipment and ensures their implementation.
• Establishing and implementing radiation safety policies and procedures as indicated by standard of care guidelines and local authorities in radiotherapy department.
• Providing quality control to all Radiation therapy equipment.
• Performs dosimeter for radiotherapy machines.
• Educates patients and their families about health conditions, treatments and preventative measures if applicable.
  

All Fakeeh Care employees are responsible for continuous improvement, including:

• Performing all duties and tasks in a manner that supports Fakeeh’s Person-Centered care values.
• Actively contributing to continuous improvement initiatives, within the scope of the role.
• Adherence to safety protocols and proactively seeking to address any job-related safety concerns.
• Maintaining strict confidentiality of all sensitive information accessed or encountered during work.
• Complying with cybersecurity policies and standards to protect Fakeeh’s systems and participating in awareness training and initiatives to prevent cyber threats.
• Adhering to and upholding Fakeeh Care’s code of conduct, policies and ethical standards.
• Completion of mandatory education as per the requirement, at least one month prior to expiration.
  

Requirements

Skills and Abilities:

Computer literate.

Experience

Minimum of 5 years’ experience in the field.

Education

Bachelor of medical physics or equivalent.

Language

Good command in English and Arabic.

Licenses / Certifications

License for practice as per the regional health regulatory authority e.g. (SCFHS / DHA).