Medical Physicist

2 weeks ago

Halifax, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) Full time

**Medical Physicist - Diagnostic Imaging**

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

**About the Opportunity**

Nova Scotia Health (NSH), Atlantic Canada's largest academic health care organization, is recruiting a Medical Physicist to oversee the development and implementation of a Provincial Quality Assurance program for Diagnostic Imaging departments. As a member of the Department of Medical Physics, you will play a vital role in Diagnostic Imaging in Nova Scotia, joining a dynamic team of 15 oncology and two imaging physicists, one oncology physics resident, a medical physics assistant, seven dosimetrists, four electronics/IT technologists and one mechanical technologist.

Funding has recently been approved for the implementation of a province wide Quality Assurance program for Diagnostic Imaging and you will take a leadership role in designing and implementing the program. Leveraging existing QA expertise and personnel currently employed with NSH, you will work with Zone Diagnostic Imaging Directors to ensure that DI equipment throughout the province is meeting quality and safety standards. The position will be based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and travel to support sites throughout the province will be expected both during development of the program and to support equipment testing as required.

Essential clinical duties include:

- Evaluating of radiological imaging equipment performance, performing acceptance testing
- Performing shielding calculation for facility design, evaluating existing lead shielding integrity and thickness
- Providing radiation dose calculations and risk evaluation for patients and staff
- Overseeing mammography accreditation by the CAR
- Development of training requirements and competency assessment framework for QA technologists

**About the Facilities**

Diagnostic Imaging services in Nova Scotia are delivered in public facilities ranging from ambulatory clinics with a single x-ray room to a quaternary academic center in Halifax with all imaging modalities.

There are 19 CT scanners in Nova Scotia located at 14 sites - primarily in regional hospital departments and some smaller centers. There are 12 MRI scanners located at regional hospital centers throughout the province. There is a PET/CT facility and a cyclotron facility at the Victoria General site in Halifax at the QEII Health Sciences Center. General x-ray, Fluoroscopy, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, Mammography, Bone Mineral Densitometry and Interventional Radiology equipment is also present at numerous centers throughout the province.

**About You**

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

- Doctorate in Medical Physics
- Certification by the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (MCCPM) or the American Board of Radiology (DABR) OR are eligible for MCCPM certification by having graduated from a CAMPEP-accredited residency training program in Diagnostic Imaging physics
- Strong track record of funded research in Diagnostic Imaging physics
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Additional desired qualifications for the position include:

- An active research portfolio with a history of grant funding
- A recent history of impactful publications in Diagnostic Imaging physics
- Experience in commercialization of technologies including invention, patenting, and licensing or spin-out of new ventures
- Industry collaboration including industry-driven or investigator-initiated projects
- Teaching and supervisory experience at the graduate level
- Certification by the CCPM in mammography

In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada.

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

**Hours**

Permanent, Full Time; 75 hours bi-weekly

**Compensation and Incentives**

$73.01 - $96.89 Hourly

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2023-05-20

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