Campus Lead Medical Physicist, Sunshine - FF16
Ongoing full-time
Peter Mac Sunshine Campus, 176 Furlong Road, St Albans, Victoria, 3021
Base salary: $210,449.2
Advertising from 5th December 2024 to 12th January 2025
The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is Australia’s only public hospital solely dedicated to cancer and one of an elite group of hospitals worldwide with its own integrated cancer research program and laboratories.
Peter Mac boasts a comprehensive range of imaging, planning and treatment equipment distributed across five campuses; four metropolitan and one regional. This includes 7 Phillips Brilliance Big Bore CT scanners with 4D imaging capability, PET-CT scanner, 16 linear accelerators (15 Varian TrueBeams with advanced imaging capabilities and one Clinac), and a cloud-hosted, hospital-wide Varian Eclipse treatment planning system. We also support a variety of brachytherapy techniques.
Currently we have an opportunity to employ a campus lead physicist for our Sunshine campus. More info on the campus can be found here: Sunshine campus - Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
The Sunshine team consists of 3 permanent physicists and 1 medical physics registrar. Additional support for radiation safety, imaging and research is provided from the main campus in Melbourne. The lead role is responsible for physics operations for the site and is a core member of the campus-wide physics management team. The Physical Sciences’ department engages in a broad range of initiatives with each campus leading or participating in campus wide activities which sees most staff visit other campuses up to 10 days per year.
The ideal applicant will have technical and people leadership experience along with a desire to work with clinicians and explore opportunities for service development for patients in the region.
The successful applicant will be appointed to the position of Lead Medical Physicist, FF16. Generous salary packaging options are available.
Applications should include a curriculum vitae (including names of at least two professional referees) and a one page outline highlighting technical leadership you can bring to the Peter Mac team and what vision you have as physics lead.
Enquiries to
Prof. Tomas Kron, Director Physical Sciences, Ph: +613 8559 6925 or email tomas.kron@petermac.org
Kosta Gerontzos, Operations Mgr, Physical Sciences, (03) 8559 6926 or email kosta.gerontzos@petermac.org
Application close: 11:59pm, Sunday, 12th January 2025
Position Summary To provide medical physics leadership and support for the Peter Mac Radiotherapy facility at Sunshine and other metropolitan sites.
Enterprise Agreement Medical Scientists, Pharmacists and Psychologists (Victorian Public Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2021-2025Classification or Salary Range Grade 5, FF16
Immunisation Risk Category Category B: Position unlikely to have contact with blood or other body fluid
Key Relationships
Internal
Director, Department of Physical Sciences
Operational Business Manager, Physical Sciences
Site Director, Sunshine
Deputy Site Director, Sunshine
Medical Staff
TEAP registrars
Radiation Therapy Staff
Radiation Engineering Staff
External
ACPSEM, DHHS
Education Skills
Essential Requirements
Degree in Physical Sciences and a Post graduate qualification
Considerable experience in radiation oncology, medical physics and radiation safety
Ability to provide radiation safety services
Management experience
ACPSEM certification and eligibility for registration as a Qualified Radiation Oncology Medical Physicist in Australia
Desirable Requirements
Research and development experience
Communication and conflict resolution skills
Certifications, Licenses & Registrations Key Accountabilities
Medical Physics Site Lead
Manages all aspects of medical physics operations at the Sunshine site
Fosters Physical Sciences’ core principles of Safety, Quality and Innovation
Works with Sunshine leadership team to provide high quality medical physics services
Represents Sunshine in the Physical Sciences leadership team
Advises the director of Physical Sciences on all relevant matters pertaining to the Sunshine campus
Demonstrates excellent communication with all staff groups including radiation therapists, radiation oncologists and radiation engineers
Continuously builds rapport with all staff
Manage the planning and provision of specialist medical physics services
Manages the planning and provision of quality assurance services for all patient treating equipment including Linear Accelerators, CT and SXRT
Manages the planning and provision of patient specific quality assurance services
Manages the planning and provision of consulting support services to the multi-disciplinary team
Manages the planning and provision of radiation safety services for the site
Monitors, manages, plans and initiates programs to address risks and improve quality
Manages the planning and provision of commissioning activities
Monitor and work closely with staff to ensure relevant departmental KPIs are met (machine QA, patient QA, radiation safety, commissioning, reports, quality, risk)
Advisory Services
Meets regularly with leadership to advise on a range of technical and scientific issues
Manages the provision of advisory services to the multi-disciplinary team
Manages the provision of patient advisory services
Provides technical and scientific advice to external organisations including government bodies including ACDS, ARPANSA and DHS
Development
Manages the provision of clinical program development and integration services
Manages the provision of implementation services for new products and technologies
Ensures new programs and technology are implemented safely and in a timely manner
Fosters development and integration within the multi-disciplinary team
Key Accountabilities (Contd..)
Co-ordinate work programs
At Peter Mac’s Sunshine campus:
Manages the treatment machine quality assurance program
Manages the patient specific quality assurance program
Manages and develops projects for non-planned work
Manages overall work program ensuring clinical requirements are met whilst also managing development, integration and project timelines
Ensures the quality assurance program complies with Peter Mac requirements with respect to documentation, and scope and frequency of tests
Co-ordinates work program at Sunshine campus with activities at other Peter Mac campuses
Physics Equipment & Consumables
Manages and maintains quality assurance equipment
Manages and maintains technical equipment and consumables
Manages and maintains procedural documentation ensuring the safe use of equipment
Trains and advises staff in proper use of equipment and consumables
Ensures equipment is calibrated to appropriate standards
Maintains equipment asset lists
Advises management on requirements for and procurement of new equipment
Places orders for consumables to provide timely clinical services
Supports standardisation of equipment and procedures across all of Peter Mac.
Financial
Advises management on short term and long term costs including maintenance, consumables, repairs and new equipment
Provides management with expertise for large expenditures such as linear accelerators and CT machines
Advises management about resources required to run services
Advises management about resources required to implement new technologies and services
Manages supplier relationships and ensures all quotes, invoices and payments are timely
Staff
Supervises all aspects of on-site medical physics staff operations
Provides sign off for on-site medical physics activities
Promotes an environment that is positive for staff well being
Supervises and mentors senior medical physicists, medical physicists, junior medical physicists and medical physics registrars
Delegates work programs to ensure skills development and maintenance across all staff
Manage rosters and on-call program
Manages staff compliance with courses
Manages timesheets
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Peter Mac requires its staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Please contact us if you would like to discuss this requirement.
WHY WORK FOR PETER MAC
Peter Mac offer a range of benefits which support our people both personally and professionally.
Our staff benefits include award winning facilities, professional development and events, a health and wellbeing program, flexible work practices and policies and financial benefits such as salary packaging.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with a disability.