Instructor- Radiation Oncology

University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City, KS Full-time Education

Posted on May 3, 2024

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Instructor- Radiation Oncology

Department:
SOM KC Radiation Oncology
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Radiation Oncology

Position Title:
Instructor- Radiation Oncology

Job Family Group:
Academic

Job Description Summary:
The role of the instructor is to provide proton physics support to the department of Radiation Oncology including patient treatment planning, equipment calibrations, QC and QA measurements, patient dosimetry, new procedure development, and consultation services to the physicians on medical physics issues. Provides instruction, mentoring and training to residents and students in the Radiation Oncology Department.

Job Description:

Required Qualifications

Education: Completion of a PhD in Physics, Medical Physics, or other related physician science field of study.

Work Experience:

1 year of work related experience
Excellent communication as evidenced by application materials

Preferred Qualifications

Work Experience: 2 years of work related experience

Job Duties Outlined:

Involved in proton site preparation, commissioning and acceptance testing of the new radiation treatment systems.
Maintains primary responsibility for clinical radiation therapy equipment operations, including workflow through the proton service.
Identifies and resolves daily operational issues related to the radiation therapy equipment aspects of patient care.
Interacts with all sections of the proton service, including physicians, nursing, physicists and therapists to ensure smooth patient treatment delivery with technology.
Provides daily direction, instruction, training, and supervision of various staff, including physicists, dosimetrists, therapists, residents, students and radiation therapy staff based upon their level of expertise.
Ensures that the quality assurance and monitoring plans achieve the goal of ensuring the highest quality of patient care and patient safety.
Maintains knowledge of current industry standards set by professional organizations, including the American College of Radiology and the American Association for Physicists in Medicine. Develops and maintains all required and appropriate documentation for daily, monthly and annual calibration.
Actively participates in the education/research program of hospital and department.
Demonstrates proficiency and competence in providing and directing patient care for all age groups, including pediatric, adult and geriatric patients.
Ensures that appropriate quality measures and training are in place for the safe and accurate treatment.
Other duties as assigned.

Required Documents:

Resume/CV
Cover Letter

If selected as a final candidate for this position, you may be required to complete the Association of American of Universities Representations and Warranties document and sign a release of records that will allow the University of Kansas Medical Center to conduct a further background check with former employers. A copy of the Representations and Warranties document can be found here.

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available. https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html

Employee Type:
Regular

Time Type:
Full time

Application Instructions:
To learn more and apply online, please visit https://kumc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/kumc-jobs/job/Kansas-City-Metro-Area/Instructor--Radiation-Oncology_JR006998-1 or go to https://careers.kumc.edu/ and search for position number JR006998.

Applications must be submitted directly through the KU Medical Center website to be considered for this position. Any applications submitted via email or this website will NOT be reviewed or considered.

About KU Medical Center:
The University of Kansas Medical Center’s mission is to educate exceptional health care professionals through a full range of undergraduate, graduate, professional, postdoctoral and continuing education programs in the schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions. KU Medical Center also advances the health sciences through world-class research programs; provides compassionate and state-of-the-art patient care in an academic medical center environment; and works with communities in every Kansas county to improve the health of Kansans. Learn more at www.kumc.edu.

Benefits:
KUMC offers a range of great benefits that support employees and eligible family members. Our health insurance benefits begin on hire date and KUMC offers other exciting benefits such as paid parental leave, generous employer retirement contributions and other resources to improve health and well-being. For more information, please visit https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The University of Kansas Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, age, protected veteran or disability status, marital status, parental status, or genetic information. http://policy.ku.edu/IOA/nondiscrimination

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