Assistant or Associate Professor - Radiation Oncology

at  Augusta University

JOB SUMMARY

Job ID: 253549
Position: 20007385
The Georgia Cancer Center and the Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University is seeking full-time faculty medical physicist at the Assistant or Associate Professor rank. The applicant should be ABR certified or board eligible in Therapeutic Radiation Physics, and hold at least a PhD degree in Medical Physics or related fields. The successful candidate will be expected to provide medical physics service in the daily clinical operation, participate in residents and students education, and research in the Medical Physics division of the Department of Radiation Oncology. This position does not require sufficient teaching, research, or service to be on a tenure track.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

The applicant should be ABR certified or board eligible in Therapeutic Radiation Physics.
A PhD degree in Medical Physics or related fields.
Assistant Professor- Early level career as a faculty member with appropriate post graduate training
Associate Professor- Mid level career faculty member with at least five years at rank of Assistant Professor or comparable training, background, and experience.

Required faculty employment qualifications for all USG institutions and all academic ranks within these institutions shall be:

• Consistent with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)’s requirements for institutional accreditation;
• Evidence of ability as a teacher;
• Evidence of activity as a scholar and ability in all other duties assigned;
• Successful experience (which will necessarily be waived for those just entering the academic profession who meet all other requirements); and,
• Desirable personal qualities judged on the basis of personal interview, complete biographical data, and recommendations.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

The candiate should be ABR certified in Therapeutic Radiation Physics, a PhD in Medical Physics or related fields. At least two years practice experience in daily clinical operation, teaching experience in Medical Physics Resideny Program as well as expperience in research colloborations with colleagues.

ABOUT US

Augusta University is Georgia’s innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than10,500 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia’s cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences. Augusta is home to Georgia’s only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today.
Our mission and values make Augusta University an institution like no other. We are part of the University System of Georgia.

The distribution of effort and list of responsibilities include, but not limited to:

Patient Care (Clinical): 90%

• Provide clinical radiation medical physics services with respect to the precise planning and accurate treatment of the cancer patients in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Augusta University, Georgia Cancer Center with direct and effective communication with the Radiation Oncologists, Medical Physicists, Dosimetrists, Nurses and Therapists.
• Provides direct clinical support in reviewing treatment plans, weekly chart evaluations, machine performance and quality assurance (monthly and annual) measurements and documentation for all equipment utilized in the Department of Radiation Oncology.
• Assist in implementing new technology while ensuring the safety and quality of the radiation technology in its therapeutic application to clinical service.
• Participate in Georgia Cancer Center and the Department of Radiation Oncology research and clinical trials.
• Serve on the Georgia Cancer Center, Cancer Service Line Scientific and Operational Committees as requested.
• Further metrics of clinical success will be developed with the Director of Medical Physics and the Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology on a yearly basis.
• Support other faculty in obtaining extramural funding.
• Perform other duties as assigned.