Aspirus Health is seeking a Medical Physics Assistant to join our health system.

Based in Wausau, this position adds to a team of four physicists to cover five cancer centers that serve Central Wisconsin. Our team is dedicated to advanced patient care, exemplified through our Varian Tours of Excellence designation and our position as the top enrolling community oncology program in the nation for NRG clinical trials. The role will primarily support the Wausau main campus with occasional travel to a satellite center.

OPPORTUNITY:

• Work under the supervision of the Clinical Medical Physicist and Chief Medical Physicist.
• Collaborate with a highly skilled team of physicists, dosimetrists, radiation therapists, and radiation oncologists.
• Ensure that measurement equipment is calibrated according to manufacturer recommendations and regulatory guidelines.
• Maintain appropriate documentation of all quality assurance and calibration results.
• Review service activities (e.g., software updates) that may impact dose or image quality and determines if further medical physics follow-up is required.
• Involved with the delivery of special radiotherapy procedures.
• Perform continuous quality assurance tasks on equipment used for external beam therapy, brachytherapy, simulation, image guidance, treatment planning, radiation measurement, including associated computer systems, algorithms, data, and output.

Education

• Bachelors or higher college degree physics, medical physics, radiological physics, or equivalent disciplines from an accredited college or university; and/or
• Certification in a related specialty such as radiation therapy, radiology, nuclear medicine, or health physics.

COMMUNITY: Wausau, Wisconsin

• Variety of seasonal activities throughout the year, including: snowmobiling, skiing, fishing, hiking, kayaking, festivals, farmers markets, theater, and a thriving art scene
• Lively, farm-to-table, community-sourced dining scene
• A normal commute is 10-15 minutes from any part of town
• High performing school districts in the area with over 60 schools, public and private, to choose from
• Close proximity to Central Wisconsin Airport with direct flights to O'Hare International Airport, Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

ASPIRUS HEALTH:

• We heal people, promote health, and strengthen communities
• Aspirus Health serves communities throughout upper Michigan and Wisconsin with 17 hospitals, 75 clinics, home health, hospice care, air-medical transport, and a broad network of physicians.
• Aspirus Health is committed to being economically, socially, and environmentally responsible.
• Non-profit health system based in Wausau, Wisconsin.
• Dedicated to delivering high-quality care to rural communities.