Summary
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC) is seeking a Medical Physicist for its TLD Service in Abu Dhabi. The role covers radiation dose assessment, quality assurance and radiation protection for imaging and nuclear medicine equipment, as well as safety checks following equipment repairs. Duties include conducting surveys and tests, preparing reports, supporting personnel dose monitoring and providing in-service training. Applicants need a BSc in physical science or a bachelor’s degree in physics; a master’s degree in physics, medical physics or a related field is desired. Completion of an internship is required.
The posting
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The role of a Medical Physicist directly involves the quality, safety, and regulatory compliance of medical imaging modalities.
The quality and safety aspect can be divided into the following three areas:
(a) acceptance testing of imaging modalities to ensure patient safety and image quality, (b) periodic evaluation of imaging modalities to ensure compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements, and (c) evaluation after major repairs/service of imaging equipment to ensure patient safety and image quality.
Responsibilities
- To sit as a member on any committee to which being nominated.
- To determine radiation doses for various radiologic procedures
- To perform on call according to operational needs.
- May be required to write policies and procedures for the department of medical physics.
- Provides in-service training for Physicians, radiographers, technicians and nursing staff.
- May be required to assist in the quality assurance of diagnostic radiology equipment.
- Will be required to perform quality assurance surveys of diagnostic radiology equipment and Nuclear medicine and MRI
- To perform radiation protection surveys of both diagnostic and Nuclear Medicine installations.
- To perform shielding barrier calculations for diagnostic radiology
- To assist with the monitoring of doses to personnel using personal systems
- To perform diagnostic QC tests on digital radiography units and digital mammography units
- To measure patient doses for diagnostic radiology procedures
- To estimate the radiation dose received by the patient as well as ways to keep the radiation dose to the workers as low as possible.
- To have experience in image reconstruction and data analysis.
- To assist in determining the optimal approaches to be used for processing different types of nuclear medicine studies
- Prepares reports to ensure safe use of ionizing radiation within the hospital.
- Performs the quality assurance tests on linear accelerators at weekly, monthly and annual intervals and generates reports as required by the medical physicists.
- To prepare reports of work carried out relating to the work carried out in the department and other reports as they may relate to the safe use of ionizing radiation within the hospital.
Qualifications
Experience :-
Required:
• Upon completion of Internship.
Desired:
• N.A.
Educational Qualification: Required:
• BSc degree in Physical Science from an accredited program or equivalent. • Bachelor’s degree in physics
Desired:
• Master’s degree in physics, medical physics, or a related field