Board Certified Chief Therapeutic Medical Physicist PhD
Board Certified Chief Therapeutic Medical Physicist PhD
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Board Certified Chief Therapeutic Medical Physicist PhD
VA HOURS OF OPERATION/SCHEDULING:
VA Business Hours:daily Monday to Friday with an option of compressed schedule of 10hour shifts/4 days a week.
- Resume/CV which demonstrates the key personnel meets the qualifications Copy of the key personnels Board Certification in Medical Physics or Therapeutic Medical Physics by the American Board of Radiology.
- Letter of commitment between the Offeror and the key personnel stating that the key personnel will perform work under the contract if the Offeror is awarded a contract for this procurement. The commitment period must extend for a minimum of 30 days beyond the date on which proposals are due. The letter must be signed by both the Offeror and key personnel
- Chief Therapeutic Medical Physicists must be Board Certified in Medical Physics or Therapeutic Medical Physics by the ABR and maintain licensure with the Board of Licensure for Professional Medical Physicists if applicable. Certification must be maintained throughout the contract POP. If contractors medical physicist(s) is/are not directly employed by the treating facility documentation must be provided to ensure adequate certification.
- Five (5) years of experience Documentation detailing experience in performing QA procedures
- Three (3) years of experience Documentation detailing Therapeutic Medical Physics in a healthcare system that is ACR or APEx certified.
- Three (3) years of experience Varian Linear Accelerators: TrueBeam with Brain Lab Accessories following standards
- Three (3) years of experience Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) including Cone Beam CT
- Three (3) year of experience Eclipse treatment planning system; and ARIA record & verify system including the following treatment modalities: 2D/3D Conformal SRS SRT SBRT and IMRT/VMAT
- Three (3) years of experience IMRT QA: MapCheck (or equivalent).
- Three (3) years of experience Client Discovery CT Simulator (or equivalent) and following standards
- Three (3) year of experience Using Superficial Xray Machine.
- Successfully perform one (1) acceptance testing (i.e. work with vendor to ensure proper working condition during installation) on a linear accelerator.
- Successfully perform one (1) commission of (i.e. gathered necessary measurements or data) a linear accelerator for a treatment planning system
- Chief Therapeutic Medical Physicist : Each VHA facility with radiation oncology services must have a registration certificate that lists by name its Chief Therapeutic Medical Physicist (CTMP). These certificates issued by NHPP must be requested as follows. The request must describe the training experience and certifications of the contracted candidate. Such a request is usually sent by the Facility Director or with permission of the Director by the Radiation Safety Officer with concurrence from the Radiation Oncology Service or Section Chief. Qualifications required to meet this mandate include education in medical physics at least 5 years of experience experience with treatment modalities and experience with specific equipment and software as detailed below and board certification in medical physics .
- The Contractor shall submit its potential candidates resume/curriculum vita (CV) and with at least two (2) references letters from prior employers with firsthand knowledge of the candidates performance to the Contracting Office for submission to the National Radiation Oncology Program for approval as Chief Therapeutic Medical Physicist. In addition the potential candidates shall submit a personal statement stating he/she will be available to perform these services at least 50% of the time per week during clinical hours while patients are being treated and when needed to start.
- The Contractor must provide a BoardCertified Chief Medical Physicist to serve as the CTMP to VA radiation oncology service. The CTMP will oversee all physics and dosimetry operations. To ensure the quality of the Radiation Oncology Physics Program the Contractors designated CTMP identified in the Schedule as Key Personnel assigned to the VA facility reporting onsite at least 5 days/week
- Contractors CTMP shall provide quarterly Quality Assurance reports for the Quality Assurance Committee and Radiation Safety Committee as well as attend quarterly Radiation Safety meetings.
- Contractors CTMP shall track evaluate and document all equipmentrelated quality assurance data including TLD and credentialing measurements for independent 3rd party analysis
- Contractors CTMP shall also provide shielding surveys and reports as required by the National VA Health Physics Program of (NHPP).
- Contractors CTMP shall also be responsible to ensure licenses are current for the linear accelerator equipment. Contractors CTMP shall ensure Radiation Oncology Service has appropriate licenses for users of all our software applications
- Contractors CTMP shall also be responsible for ensuring continuity of medical physics operations including communication among key personnel.
- Contractors CTMP shall develop implement supervise and periodically review all QMP policies and procedures that pertain to radiation therapy equipment. Contractors CTMP is responsible for the design implementation and periodic review of all aspects of the QMP that involve the use of radiotherapy equipment
- Contractors CTMP will oversee the technical activities of all other physicists dosimetrists and other staff members assigned to the unit; directs the technical aspects of treatment procedures; and performs duties qualifying them as a supervisor. Contractors CTMP will not perform administrative oversight of federal employees.
- When newly published techniques or procedures are being implemented for the first time within facility the Contractors CTMP shall undertake a systematic literature review make appropriate site visits observe procedures develop standard operating procedures implement the technique or procedure in clinic and supervise the training of colleagues who are not familiar with the procedure. The QMP associated with any new procedure should be periodically reviewed and updated.
- Contractors CTMP shall develop policies and procedures for continuous quality improvement that involve the use of radiotherapy equipment.
- Contractors CTMP shall be responsible for reporting all adverse events in the clinic in Radiotherapy Incident Reporting & Analysis System (RIRAS) and for the implementation of their follow up recommendations.
- Contractors CTMP shall be responsible for reporting and periodically updating facility profile data required by the NROP and NHPP offices. Contractors CTMP shall be responsible for coordinating electronic submission of adverse events near misses and good catches reports into Radiotherapy Incident Reporting and Analysis System (RIRAS) maintained by NROP.
VA HOURS OF OPERATION/SCHEDULING:
VA Business Hours:daily Monday to Friday with an option of compressed schedule of 10hour shifts/4 days a week.
- Patients must be seen by a contract support staff and provider(s) onsite at Facility in a timely manner in accordance with VA Rules and Regulations on clinic wait times and consult completion. Contractor shall notify the COR at least monthly about any obstacles to meeting this performance measure
- Contract support staff and provider(s) shall be available and present in clinic during normal facility clinic hours which will be established and may be revised as deemed appropriate for patient care by the Chief of Staff. Currently normal clinic hours are Monday through Friday 0730 to 1600
- The CTMP/TMP may perform work after normal business hours as their calibrations and measurements must be done after patient treatments. A flexible schedule may be established based on patient workload and the ability to access the treatment machines. It will include but is not limited to machine testing after hours; work on Federal holidays; and work on weekends. A schedule of work being performed after normal business hours must be presented to the COR ahead of work being performed.
Additional Details
Due Date : 2/26/2025
Location : Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center 5901 E. 7th St. Long Beach CA 90822
Location : Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center 5901 E. 7th St. Long Beach CA 90822
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