Job Title: Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow
Location: Augusta University
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Job ID: 15392
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• Calibration
• Radiation Protection
• Quality assurance

Imaging

• Testing: acceptance testing and commissioning
• Radiation Protection: beam quality, head leakage, and area survey
• Quality assurance

Treatment Planning

• Equipment: acceptance testing and commissioning
• Imaging: check of CT and MRI images for accuracy of contour delineation, magnifications
• Isodose Plans
• Quality assurance

Treatment Delivery

• Field Shaping: custom blocking, multileaf collimators, half-value thickness blocks, gonadal shields, eye shields, and internal shields with electrons
• Bolus: material and thickness
• Compensators: design of missing tissue compensators and dosimetry check
• In-vivo Dosimetry: use of TLD chips, diodes
• Patient Positioning: immobilization devices, body position, leveling, anatomic landmarks registration
• On-line Imaging: verification of electronic portal images in comparisons with simulation images

Special Techniques

• Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and image guided radiation therapy (IGRT)
• Brachytherapy and radiation therapy
• Total Body Irradiation (TBI)
• Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT)

Quality Assurance Program

• Design or review of physical quality assurance program for the department, including the NRC mandated Quality Management Program, AAPM Report (TG-40), JCAHO guidelines, etc.
• Other duties as assigned

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All candidates are required to successfully pass a Background Check review prior to starting with Augusta University.

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