About Us
McLaren Health Care is a fully integrated health network committed to quality, evidence-based patient care with locations in Michigan and Indiana. The McLaren system includes 13 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, one of only 53 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S.
Medical Physicist Assistant
Department: Proton Beam
Pay Range: $23.00 - $32.20
The Medical Physics group at McLaren Proton Therapy Center (MPTC) is responsible for ensuring the quality and safety of medical treatments. This includes machine quality assurance, patient quality assurance, treatment planning, clinical support, and radiation safety. The cancer center in Flint is equipped with two Varian linear accelerators, an HDR unit, two Phillips CTs, and a proton therapy machine. MPTC is one of the state-of-the-art proton therapy centers in the State of Michigan.
As a Medical Physicist Assistant (MPA), you will play a crucial role in the physics group at MPTC. Your responsibilities will include performing measurements and data analyses, creating supporting documentation, and engaging in quality assurance. Your contributions will be instrumental in maintaining our group's high standards.
Key responsibilities include:
- Performing patient-specific quality assurance (QA), including validation of patients' dose distributions and beam output measurements.
- Performing monthly and annual machine QA under the supervision of a board-certified medical physicist.
- Assisting medical physicists in commissioning and acceptance testing of all new equipment.
- Documenting QA procedures.
- Ensuring up-to-date calibrations on all survey and dosimetry equipment as instructed.
- Participating in data entry and submission of dosimetry data for clinical trials and registries.
- Managing QA equipment.
- Helping the Radiation Safety Officer monitor the staff's radiation badge.
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in physics, engineering, or applied science
Preferred:
- Master's degree in physics, engineering, or applied science
Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans
We are committed to encouraging and sustaining a work environment free of unlawful harassment, discrimination, and/or retaliation. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s race, color, age, religion, sex/pregnancy (including pregnancy/childbirth or pregnancy/childbirth-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status prohibited by applicable laws. We also make good faith efforts to recruit, hire, and promote qualified women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.
Equal Opportunity Employer
McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.
