Senior Medical Physicist

Summary

Organizes, conducts, and directs a biomedical physics service program at the Hospital. Supervises Biomedical Physics staff.

Essential Responsibilities and Duties

1. Coordinates the physics support for the clinical patient care services including Radiation Therapy, Diagnostic Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and/or Radiation Safety (Ionizing and Non-Ionizing).
2. Consults with Clinical Services for purpose of optimising the interdepartmental resource utilization.
3. Updates, organizes and documents routine physics activities, provides precise methodologies and control ranges.
4. Establishes review mechanisms for assessing the effectiveness and cost/benefit of physics support.
5. Develops policies consistent with long-term institutional objectives.
6. Identifies system requirements to satisfy areas of clinical interest or concern.
7. Advises of and incorporates technological innovation where appropriate and feasible.
8. Establishes progressive performance standards and training programs for Saudis to enable the gradual assumption of responsibility for essential services.
9. Participates in applied and interdisciplinary research.
10. Participates in Department/Unit specific and Hospital wide quality improvement plan preferred.
11. Follows all Hospital’s related policies and procedures.
12. Participates in self and other’s education, training and development as applicable.
13. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education

Ph.D. or Master’s Degree in Medical Physics or other related discipline from a recognized institution is required.

Experience Required

• Nine (9) years of related Medical/Health Physics experience including five (5) years at a managerial/supervisory position with Ph.D., or twelve (12) years with Master’s Degree is required.
• Role as a group leader in implementing, developing or practicing of at least three (3) clinical techniques is required.
• Presentation of at least five (5) of the following: Abstracts, talks and presentations, which should not include those of commercial run-conferences is required. Preferences are given to Society and academic meetings. Indicate whether national or international and names of the talks/meetings.
• Leading role in organization and participation in local and international conferences and workshops as well as academic involvement in education and training activities, and list all the activities in terms of titles, locations, and time efforts of each activity is required.
• A co-investigator on at least two (2) fully completed research projects and one (1) ongoing project is preferred.
• Evidence of scholarly research accomplishment in the form of publications that have originality, novelty, significance, and impact on the field, and/or evidence of clinical accomplishments impacting patient care (quality, safety and clinical outcome) is preferred.
• The required number of publications depends on their quality and the clinical involvement of the candidate, a minimum of two (2) full-length, peer-reviewed publications.