Diagnostic Physicist
Primary Location Panorama City, California
Worker Location Onsite
Facility Panorama City Medical Center
Job Number 1326688 Date posted 12/19/2024
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Description:
Responsible for ensuring the provision of high-quality diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy treatments to patients in an environment that meets established standards for radiation safety for staff, physicians, patients and the general public and in a manner that meets the service expectations of each of these groups.
Job Summary:
Responsible for ensuring the provision of high-quality diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy treatments to patients in an environment that meets established standards for radiation safety for staff, physicians, patients and the general public and in a manner that meets the service expectations of each of these groups.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Serves as the assigned area medical health physicist to one or more medical areas within the SCal region
- Visit assigned area at least monthly
- Attend the area radiation safety committee meetings
- Follow duties described in Appendix H6.2 of the Regional Radiation Safety Manual
- Provides surveys, reports and consultation related to radiation safety for applicable facilities and/or patients that meet the organizations and regulatory standards in a timely manner.
- Equipment Performance Evaluations
- Shielding designs, evaluation of shielding integrity and radiation scatter surveys
- Develops and implements quality assurance and evaluation programs for applicable diagnostic imaging equipment that ensure high quality images and that meet regulatory requirements.
- Supports the Regional RSO
- Monitors and reports quality assurance activities to insure adherence to established QA policies and procedures.
- Evaluates and reports the performance of this equipment in a timely manner and makes recommendations to improve quality.
- Maintains up-to-date technical knowledge of new and developing technologies and regulatory issues to support clinical and administrative decision-makers.
- Provides in-service training to staff and physicians, as necessary, to insure high quality images and treatments, a radiation-safe environment, and compliance with regulatory standards.
- Communicates to staff, physicians and patients in a manner that is precise, understandable, timely, constructive, and proactive and demonstrates excellent listening skills.
- Maintains working relationships that are professional, collaborative, team-oriented, responsive, thorough, cordial and that demonstrate flexibility, innovation, a broad view of issues, acceptance of full responsibility for assignments, and a solutions orientation.
- Supervises training of resident and Level 1 medical physicists
- May contribute to department projects as a subject matter expert on regulatory, accreditation, and radiation safety issues
- May participate in committees within the organization at the following levels: medical center, regional and national level
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- Minimum three (3) years of postgraduate degree experience in medical physics.
Education
- Masters degree or Ph.D. in medical physics or a related field (degree requirements waived if candidate meets certification requirements.)
License, Certification, Registration
- Diagnostic Medical Physics Certificate (ABR)
Additional Requirements:
- Must maintain their certification in the applicable sub-specialty with the ABR. Failure to do so will result in termination of employment. A physicists manager can waive this requirement under special circumstances for a period of up to 12 months if the physicist is making acceptable progress on the requirements for renewal of their certification.
- Experience in evaluating performance of diagnostic imaging systems.
- Experience in evaluating radiation safety status of machine and radioactive materials sources of ionizing radiation.
- Experience in designing, implementing, and monitoring quality assurance programs in diagnostic imaging.
- Qualified to perform mammography surveys under MQSA
- Qualified to support ACR and TJC accreditation programs in imaging
- General knowledge of medical radiation physics, medical radiation safety and pertinent regulations.
- General knowledge of computers and their applications in diagnostic imaging.
- Good communication skills, demonstrated customer service skills and willingness to be part of a team.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- N/A
Primary Location: California,Panorama City,Panorama City Medical Center
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon - Fri
Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM
Working Hours End: 05:00 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Onsite
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-SCAL-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: 199 S LOS ROBLES - Biomed Eng-Physics - 0806
Pay Range: $172200 - $222750 / year
Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.
Travel: Yes, 50 % of the Time
On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital).
Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.
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Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance with the Principles of Responsibility, adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty, shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.
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Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.
For jobs where work will be performed in unincorporated LA County, the employer provides the following statement in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
