Senior Medical Physicist Proton Therapy, Lynn Cancer Institute, FT,8A-4:30P

Company: Baptist Health South Florida
Location: Boca Raton
Posted on: April 20, 2025

Job Description:

Baptist Health South Florida, the region's largest not-for-profit healthcare organization with 12 hospitals, more than 28,000 employees, 4,500 physicians, and 200 outpatient centers, urgent care facilities, and physician practices spanning across Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward, and Palm Beach counties, now includes Boca Raton Regional Hospital, an advanced tertiary medical center with 400 beds and is a recognized leader in Cardiovascular Care, Oncology, Women's Health, Orthopedics, Emergency Medicine and the Neurosciences, all of which offer state-of-the-art diagnostic and imaging capabilities. Baptist Health has internationally renowned centers of excellence in cancer, cardiovascular care, orthopedics and sports medicine, and neurosciences. Baptist Health is supported by philanthropy and committed to its faith-based charitable mission of medical excellence.

Skills, Experience, Qualifications, If you have the right match for this opportunity, then make sure to apply today.

Our mission, vision, and values make us who we are at Baptist Health and are at the center of everything we do. At Baptist Health, we positively impact the human experience for patients, employees, and physicians. Our success comes from a culture of quality and dedication that is instilled into every member of the Baptist Health family.

This year, and for 24 years, we've been named one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For, based on employee feedback. We've also been recognized as one of America's Most Innovative Companies and People Magazine included us in 50 Companies That Care. Based on the U.S. News & World Report 2024-2025 Best Hospital Rankings, Baptist Health is the most awarded healthcare system in South Florida, with its hospitals and institutes earning 45 high-performing honors.

But really, the reason we're excited to come to work is the people.

Working together, we form personal connections with our colleagues that are stronger than most of us have experienced at other jobs. We develop caring relationships with our patients and their families that go beyond just delivering healthcare. After all, we know what it's like to be in their shoes. Many of us have been patients here and have had family members as patients here. We're committed to delivering quality care in the most compassionate way possible because we feel a personal stake in the outcomes. When it comes to caring for people, we're all in.

Lynn Cancer Institute (LCI) at Baptist Health, Boca Raton Regional Hospital has a new opening for a Senior Medical Physicist in proton therapy. We are expanding with the addition of the IBA ProteusOne and RayStation TPS for proton therapy, further enhancing our advanced radiotherapy program. Our department currently includes four Varian LINACs, a Radixact (tomotherapy), a ViewRay MRIdian Linac, a CyberKnife M6, two Flexitron HDR units, and three CT simulators with 4D capabilities. We use Eclipse, Precision, Oncentra, and MRIdian treatment planning systems for photon therapy.

You will work alongside a skilled and collaborative group of physicists as we prepare to launch proton therapy services in early 2026. LCI is actively involved in proton therapy research, and there will be plenty of opportunities to contribute to exciting and innovative projects such as proton arc therapy and proton online adaptive therapy. Qualified candidates may also have the opportunity to serve as adjunct faculty in the Medical Physics graduate program at Florida Atlantic University (FAU).

This is a unique opportunity to help build a new proton therapy program from the ground up while working with cutting-edge technology.

Description:

Under the Direction of the Medical Physics Director, responsible for the design optimization, technical evaluation and precise and accurate delivery of radiation plans, responsible for the safety of patients and staff. May participate in clinical, research and educational duties, supports and adheres to safety and compliance program to include OSHA, HIPAA and the Code of Ethics. Provide continuing physics support to the department of radiation oncology. Assist and provide coverage in areas of instrumentation, equipment calibration, treatment planning, dosimetry, radiation protection, quality assurance, equipment selection and acceptance.

Radiotherapy Technologies at LCI:

- 4 Varian LINACS (including 3 TrueBeams),

- 1 CyberKnife M6,

- 1 Radixact (TomoTherapy) with Synchrony and ClearRT,

- 1 ViewRay MRIdian (MR-LINAC),

- 2 Flexitrons (HDR Brachytherapy),

- 3 CT simulators with 4D capabilities,

- 1 ImagingRing

- Catalysts (SGRT) for TrueBeams and Radixact, and

- IBA's ProteusOne (Single Room) Proton Therapy to go live in early 2026.

Treatment Planning/Contouring Software at LCI:

- Eclipse (for Varian machines); (Aria is used as a record and verify system),

- Precision (for Radixact and CyberKnife),

- ViewRay (for MRIdian),

- RayStation (for both proton and photon),

- Oncentra (for HDR Brachytherapy), and

- Limbus (AI-based contouring).

Previous experience in pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy. Previous experience with IBA's Proteus machine and RayStation TPS is preferred. Also, proton therapy commissioning experience is preferred.

Qualifications:

Degrees:
Masters.
Licenses & Certifications:
Therapeutic Radiological Physicist License.
Additional Qualifications:
PhD in physics from an accredited college or university preferred.
Must maintain certification and continuing education requirements outlined by the American College of Radiology, current certification in field by American Board of Radiology or Board of Medical Physics.
Must obtain and maintain certification and valid license for medical physics as required.
Five or more years experience in a large radiation physics program, with multiple machine modalities and services.
Three or more years experience in proton therapy is required.
Minimum Required Experience:

EOE, including disability/vets

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