About the Role
This role involves independent work within a commissioning team, focusing on delivering high-quality service through customer experience, on-site operations, and adherence to performance standards. The position supports family-centered care principles and requires a commitment to customer service.
Responsibilities
- Independently responsible for data collection, beam model configuration, beam model validation, and report writing for linear accelerator and treatment planning system commissioning.
- Lead each commissioning job, ensuring completion of the scope of work to the satisfaction of all parties.
- Responsible for project planning, preparation, and follow-up for commissioning jobs, including customer communication and coordination with installation and field service teams.
- Customize report and analysis templates and remotely access customer treatment planning systems for preliminary configuration.
- Compile and submit commissioning reports to customers upon completion of onsite work, assisting customers in navigating the report content.
- Utilize clinical expertise to participate in process and software tool improvement initiatives and research and development projects.
- Participate in the creation, critical review, and adherence to procedure manuals.
- Maintain expertise by staying current with the latest developments in research and practice guidelines in commissioning.
- May be assigned to assist other teams for specific tasks, such as annual QA or technology adoption consulting, as schedules permit.
- Lead the team on customer site for commissioning.
- Assist or perform water phantom setup and alignment for data collection.
- Perform commissioning tasks including data collection and analysis using IBA water phantom system.
- Perform TPS modeling and validation.
- Utilize multiple vendor dosimetry QA equipment and software to collect and analyze measurement data.
- Operate Varian Treatment, TPS, and EMR systems.
- Write commissioning reports and communicate them to customer physicists.
- Provide clinical expertise in understanding and meeting specific customer needs.
- Participate in process improvement tasks and software development.
- May provide on-site or remote physics support at other sites.
- May provide annual and/or monthly QA in support of clinical sites.
- Supervise the training of Medical Physics Residents assigned to shadow a commissioning job.
- Approximately 65% of job duties will be at various customer sites, requiring travel as the commissioning schedule demands.
Requirements
- Must have full access to Siemens Healthineers' client sites.
- Must meet all Vendor Credentialing requirements necessary for full client access.
- Must be able to work with controlled technology in accordance with US export control law.
Skills
- Fluency in the operation of the linear accelerator, scanning and other measuring devices, treatment planning system, and record and verify system.
- Clinical expertise.
Location
- Various customer sites
Work Type
- Full-time
- Travel required
Experience Level
- 10 Years of Clinical Medical Physics experience
- Sr.
Education Level
- MS or PhD in Medical Physics, or closely related field
- ABR or ABMP Board certification in Therapeutical Medical Physics
Salary/Compensations
- $168,470 - $231,649
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Life insurance
- Long-term and short-term disability insurance
- Paid parking/public transportation
- Paid time off
- Paid sick and safe time
About the Company
- We are a team of more than 72,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries.
- As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing.
- Our portfolio is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.
- When you join Siemens Healthineers, you become part of a global team of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists who believe in each individual’s potential to contribute with diverse ideas.
- We are from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, political and/or sexual orientations, and work together to fight the world’s most threatening diseases and enable access to care, united by one purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.
Equal Opportunity
- Siemens Healthineers is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.
- Applicants and employees are protected under Federal law from discrimination.
- Siemens Healthineers is committed to equal employment opportunity.
- As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations.
- California residents have the right to receive additional notices about their personal information.
