Nova Scotia Health, Atlantic Canada's largest academic health care organization, is recruiting a Medical Physicist for a newly created position the Cancer Care Program at the QEII Health Sciences Centre site in Halifax, Nova Scotia. As a member of the Department of Medical Physics, you will play a vital role in cancer care, joining a dynamic team of 10 oncology and two imaging physicists, one nuclear medicine physicist, one oncology physics residents, a medical physics assistant, 13 dosimetrists, four electronics/IT technologists, two IMIT analysts, and one mechanical technologist.
You will be expected to support the clinical service as well as advance the department's academic mandate of research and post-graduate training activities. Clinically, you will take part in or support treatment planning, quality assurance and development of new treatment techniques and protocols. Academically, you will have a faculty appointment in the Dalhousie University Department of Radiation Oncology and will provide both teaching and supervision in CAMPEP-accredited Masters, Doctoral and Certificate programs in medical physics. The programs include nine graduate courses with research thesis areas including novel technology for image guided and adaptive radiotherapy, innovative approaches to arc-based therapy, novel detector development, improved methods for dosimetry of HDR brachytherapy, and applications of functional and molecular imaging to radiation therapy. Our Department of Medical Physics expects research output among its faculty and provides resources, dedicated time and internal funding for graduate students. Our medical physicists leverage support from Nova Scotia Health Research, Innovation and Discovery in facilitating industry engagement, establishment of intellectual property, and translation of R&D to commercialization toward the benefit of patients worldwide. Nova Scotia Health Medical Physics administers a CAMPEP accredited residency training program in radiation oncology medical physics, and the successful applicant will serve as a preceptor in this program.
The treatment facility in Halifax is comprised of eight Varian treatment units, including five TrueBeam units, one equipped with stereoscopic imaging and robotic guidance, two HyperSight-equipped Ethos units, and one HyperSight equipped Halcyon. One new Edge TrueBeam unit will be installed within the coming year as part of an ongoing machine replacement project. The site is also equipped with two GE CT scanners and Identify SGRT technology. A progressive range of radiation treatment is offered, including VMAT for a majority of radical cases, cranial SRS/SRT and SBRT for lung, liver, prostate, and spine indications, VMAT-based Total Marrow Irradiation, and online adaptive radiation therapy. The facility also administers an active brachytherapy service, including ultrasound-based, real-time prostate HDR. External beam and brachytherapy treatment planning are done with Eclipse and Oncentra, respectively. MRI and PET imaging and cyclotron facilities are also on site.
