Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the U.S. with 886 licensed beds, 2,100 physicians, 3,000 nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff. Clinical programs range from primary care for preventing, diagnosing and treating common conditions to specialized treatments for rare, complex and advanced illnesses. In addition, Cedars-Sinai serves the community through its Medical Network, which includes the highly rated Cedars-Sinai Medical Group and Cedars-Sinai Health Associates.

Cedars-Sinai has consistently been named one of America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report, has received the National Research Corporation's Consumer Choice Award 20 years in a row for providing the highest quality medical care in Los Angeles, and has the longest running Magnet designation for nursing excellence in California.

Make a Difference as a Medical Physicist

Under the direction of the chief physicist and in collaboration with physicians, administrators, technologists, and others, the Medical Physicist is responsible for assuring diagnostic image quality and radiation dose optimization for all radiation imaging devices. The medical physicist stays abreast of imaging technology, completes or maintains board certification, and is accountable for all applicable documentation of duties performed.  

Are you Passionate about Helping People?

The Medical Physicist can be appointed as faculty in the Department of Imaging and will demonstrate continuous self-improvement, make effective contributions to sections, adhere to CSHS compliance plans, codes of conduct and hospital and departmental policies and procedures.  

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

* Reviews and evaluates clinical protocols to assure the safe and optimal use of imaging devices.

* Conducts acceptance test on new equipment and timely physics survey for all radiation diagnostic imaging  devices (mammography, nuclear medicine and PET included) and oversees the quality assurance program including ACR/ICA accreditation. Implements appropriate action as needed.

* Tracks radiation dose according and maintains compliance with Joint Commission and other regulatory agencies, and utilizes the results to improve clinical practice.

* Performs patient dose calculations from various imaging modalities as needed.

* Teaches radiology resident courses and provides lectures to physicians and technologists regarding imaging physics, safe use of imaging devices, image optimization and quality assurance and other topics as needed.

* Designs appropriate radiation shielding for site planning.

* Participates in application based imaging research. Submits abstracts to national conferences and publishes findings.