Medical Physicist - Toronto, Canada - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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Toronto, Canada

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Medical Physicist - Regular Full-time (2 positions)


The Medical Physics Department at the Odette Cancer Centre (OCC) in Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is seeking two permanent full-time qualified medical physicists to join our team in the busiest Radiation Treatment Program (RTP) in Canada.

Successful applicants will be fully engaged with our clinical program and will be expected to lead clinical implementation of novel technologies.

They will contribute to our academic mission through participation in our medical physics and radiation oncology residency programs, and by undertaking innovative research in radiation oncology physics.


Summary of Duties
The OCC is a comprehensive cancer centre whose Radiation Treatment Program (RTP) serves over 7500 new patients per year.

The fifty-person medical physics department comprises twenty-four medical physicists, five physics associates, five mechanical technologists, six electronics technologists, four physics IT personnel, two administrative assistants, and physics residents and graduate students.

We are currently commissioning a new external beam treatment planning system and our capital equipment replacement program will fund the replacement of six linacs in the next five years.

The RTP's implementation of MR-based radiotherapy is supported by its MR-linac and three MRI-simulators.


The Medical Physics Department and the RTP excel in the use of MR in radiotherapy, for simulation and for treatment planning.

The Program has innovative clinical and research programs in SBRT for primary and metastatic disease; brain radiosurgery; and adaptive radiotherapy on MR and CT platforms.

The medical physics department provides specialized support for a dedicated MR-guided brachytherapy suite for extensive programs in both HDR and LDR brachytherapy and a busy Gamma Knife program.


Clinical duties include:

acceptance and commissioning of equipment; development and clinical implementation of new technologies and techniques; physics support for all services offered with in the RTP; consultation with radiation therapists and oncologists; quality improvement; and participation in clinical site teams.

Medical physicists in our program work closely with radiation oncologists and clinical specialist radiotherapists to implement the latest technologies in radiotherapy for our patients.


Qualifications/Skills


This is an excellent opportunity to work at a large academic centre as part of a team of diverse professionals who share patient-centered goals.

Toronto is the most multiculturally diverse city in the world, and is a centre for commerce, arts, academia and information technology.


What's Next


Please be advised that to be eligible for employment at Sunnybrook, all new hires must have received the full series of a COVID-19 vaccine or combination of COVID-19 vaccines approved by Health Canada (e.g., two doses of a two-dose vaccine series, or one dose of a single-dose vaccine series); AND have received the final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at least 14 days ago.

Medical exemptions or any other kind of requested exemption based upon the Hospital's obligations pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

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