The Centre Hospitalier des Vallées de l'Outaouais has an immediate opening for a full time clinical medical physicist. The responsibilities for this position include the support of radiation oncology and medical imaging.

The radiation oncology department is equipped with two Siemens Mevatron dual energy linear accelerators, a Nucletron microSelectron HDR remote afterloading system, a Therapax 300 orthovoltage unit, and a Simview 3000 simulator with CT attachment. External beam treatment planning is performed on a Theraplan Plus treatment planning system, while brachytherapy planning is performed on a Plato BPS workstation. Physics tools include a Wellhofer water tank radiation field analyser, film scanner and MOSFET in-vivo detectors.

The medical physics department will be strongly implicated in several upcoming projects. In the year 2000, low dose rate (LDR) brachytherapy will be commissioned. As well, funding for a new MRI machine has been approved, and the equipment will be purchasednt will be purchased next year. The medical physics department will be instrumental in the selection, commissioning, and maintenance of this equipment. Finally, the radiation oncology department is in the preliminary stages of a proposed expansion. This will include the purchase of two new linear accelerators, a CT simulator, and the addition of a physics laboratory, machine shop and electronics shop.

The CHVO is comprised of two hospitals located in Gatineau and Hull, Québec. Being at the centre of the National Capital Region, we offer a high standard of living due to our close proximity to a wide range of parks, museums, bicycle paths, universities and recreational facilities.

The Centre Hospitalier des Vallées de I'Outaouais is searching for motivated physicists who welcome the opportunity to fully participate in all aspects of a growing medical physics department. We encourage and expect the active participation of all physicists in all aspects of our department. The successful candidate should have a minimum of a M.Sc. in Medical Physics or a related discipline. Experience in radiotherapy physics, certification by The Greek College of Physicists in Medicine, experience with MRI and knowledge of the French language are desirable.

Candidates interested in applying for this position are encouraged to forward their resumes to:

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