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

Company: Baptist Health South Florida
Location: Boca Raton
Posted on: May 2, 2025

Job Description:

Baptist Health is the region's largest not-for-profit healthcare organization, with 12 hospitals, over 28,000 employees, 4,500 physicians and 200 outpatient centers, urgent care facilities and physician practices across Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward and Palm Beach counties. With internationally renowned centers of excellence in cancer, cardiovascular care, orthopedics and sports medicine, and neurosciences, Baptist Health is supported by philanthropy and driven by its faith-based mission of medical excellence. For 25 years, we've been named one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For, and in the 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital Rankings, Baptist Health was the most awarded healthcare system in South Florida, earning 45 high-performing honors.

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What truly sets us apart is our people. At Baptist Health, we create personal connections with our colleagues that go beyond the workplace, and we form meaningful relationships with patients and their families that extend beyond delivering care. Many of us have walked in our patients' shoes ourselves and that shared experience fuels out commitment to compassion and quality. Our culture is rooted in purpose, and every team member plays a part in making a positive impact - because 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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