Medical Physicist - Oncology, Kingston Health Sciences Centre

Medical Physicist - Oncology, Kingston Health Sciences Centre

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Reference #: 102348

Location:
76 Stuart Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V7

The Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario (CCSEO) at Kingston Health Sciences Centre invites applications for a permanent, full-time Medical Physicist. This position offers the opportunity to join a comprehensive radiation oncology program with a strong commitment to quality, education, innovation, and collaboration. The successful candidate will contribute to high-quality patient care while helping to advance clinical practice, teaching, and research within an integrated academic health sciences environment.

CCSEO delivers a wide variety of radiation therapy treatments supported by four Varian TrueBeam linear accelerators, GE and Philips CT simulators, an Xstrahl orthovoltage unit, a fully integrated ARIA/Eclipse treatment planning and radiation oncology information system, and an Elekta Flexitron HDR brachytherapy treatment unit with Oncentra planning systems. The brachytherapy program at CCSEO treats a wide range of disease sites, including prostate, gynecological, esophageal, lung, and breast cancers.

The successful candidate will join a strong clinical team consisting of five medical physicists, two physics residents, and technical support staff. Clinical duties may include quality assurance, chart checking, physics support for both external beam and brachytherapy procedures, collaboration with dosimetrists and radiation oncologists, and support for the implementation of new techniques and clinical protocols. The role also includes involvement in the specification, acceptance testing, commissioning, calibration, and ongoing support of radiation therapy equipment, as well as providing imaging and informatics expertise for computer systems and information technology infrastructure within the Radiation Program.

Medical Physicist - Oncology, Kingston Health Sciences Centre
Kingston Health Sciences Centre

Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) is Southeastern Ontario’s largest acute-care academic hospital. Consisting of our Hotel Dieu Hospital site, Kingston General Hospital site and the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario, as well as two research institutes, we care for more than 650,000 patients and families from across our region.