Overview: The Lead Physicist provides expert physics services for the planning and delivery of therapeutic radiation treatments, ensuring compliance with prescriptions and industry standards.

Responsibilities: Collaborates with radiation oncologists, dosimetrists, and therapists to support treatment programs including external beam, brachytherapy, radiosurgery, and radiopharmaceuticals. Performs quality assurance checks on equipment such as linear accelerators, CT scanners, and treatment planning systems, maintaining thorough documentation. Maintains expertise in treatment hardware and software, conducts routine quality checks, and reviews treatment plans for quality assurance. Monitors physics charts during patient treatment, recommends policy updates, and oversees technical aspects of treatment delivery. Provides staff training, radiation safety education, and participates in the instruction of residents and students. Contributes to medical physics and radiation oncology initiatives, attends staff meetings, and fosters program growth.

Qualifications: Requires a Master’s in Medical Physics or related field, with at least five years of clinical experience in radiation therapy. Must be Board Certified by the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Radiation Physics, eligible for state radioactive material licensure, and participate in ongoing certification programs.

Skills & Key Duties: Technical leadership, quality assurance, treatment planning expertise, documentation, staff mentoring, and active participation in clinical and educational initiatives.