Lead Proton Radiation Physicist

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Overview

• OSF Healthcare Cancer Institute is looking for an experienced radiation physicist to help lead their nationally recognized proton therapy team in Peoria, Illinois
• Proton experience is preferred but training is available for the right candidate
• Join a team of supportive physicists at OSF Healthcare, a destination for world-class cancer care, that offers a full scope radiation oncology program
• Take part in current FLASH therapy research and initiatives
• Practice with advanced technology rarely available outside major metro areas
• Access to clinical growth and professional development opportunities

Program Highlights

• • Varian ProBeam Proton Therapy and advanced imaging in a single location
  • Gamma Knife Perfexion radiosurgery program
  • High-dose-rate brachytherapy with integrated surgical suite
  • Varian TrueBeam linear accelerators 
  • Comprehensive suite of QA tools, including SunCheck and IBA MyQA (proton QA)

Additional Benefits:

• $20,000 sign-on bonus
• Generous PTO from day one! 
• Additional well-being paid time off days
• Continuing education time and dollars provided
• Relocation expenses included 
• Student loan counseling available

Peoria Community:

• • Six years in a row, OSF has been recognized on the Forbes list of Best Employers by State.
  • Nestled in the heart of the Illinois River Valley, Peoria is the largest Illinois metropolitan area outside of Chicago and St. Louis. Here, you can live as big or small as your heart desires! Check out the City of Peoria, with its urban amenities and hustle. Or choose a suburb, small town or rural life, with a laid-back vibe and community schools.
  • Regarded as an ideal blend of urban, suburban and rural influences, the Greater Peoria area offers a lower cost of living, easy commutes and amenities that appeal to an array of lifestyles. With countless small- to medium-sized arts and entertainment venues (both indoors and outside), the Greater Peoria area draws national touring shows while nurturing local talent. It is also home to a large and eclectic selection of locally owned food and drink establishments with domestic and international flavor.
  • In Peoria, you’ll find an educated populace fueled by respected universities and medical schools, professional and NCAA Division I college sports, and of course the home base for the OSF HealthCare Ministry which was founded here in 1877.
  • Visit org/peoria to download our full community guide.

Qualifications

• • Master’s degree in medical physics from a Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Program (CAMPEP) accredited program with completion of a two-year residency in medical physics.
  • 3 years of experience as a clinical therapy physicist including experience with 3DCRT/IMRT/VMAT, SRS/SBRT/IGRT, routine machine Quality Assurance commissioning, and calibration of radiation therapy equipment.
  • Certification in Therapeutic Radiology Physics or Radiation Physics by the American Board of Radiology or the American Board of Medical Physics.

Starting pay range is expected to start between $220,000 - $255,000. Actualy salary can fall outside of that range based on experience, skill and internal equity.

OSF HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.