Medical Physics Positions Applications are invited for three Medical Physics Department positions at the Nova Scotia Cancer Centre, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax:

 

�       Senior Medical Physicist          Competition # 2150

�       Medical Physicist                        Competition # 2152

�       Junior Physicist (dosimetry)    Competition # 2151

 

The Nova Scotia Cancer Centre (NSCC), along with the Cape Breton Cancer Centre, provide radiation therapy treatment services to the residents of Nova Scotia.  The Medical Physics Department at the NSCC presently employs five medical physicists, a Junior Physicist and a Physics Assistant who providing physics services to the NSCC. Two additional physicists are permanently located at the Cape Breton Cancer Centre. The three new positions will add to the complement in Halifax.

 

The Halifax Clinic has recently been re-equipped with four Varian accelerators with MLC and Portal Vision.  Selectron LDR and HDR units are in use as well as a Theratron 1000 cobalt unit and a superficial x-ray machine.  Simulation is carried out on a Picker AcQsim CT system and on a conventional Philips simulator.  Theraplan Plus and Nucletron brachytherapy planning systems are in use. A machinist and two electronics technologists provide equipment maintenance support. Stereotactic radiosurgery antactic radiosurgery and prostate implant programs are in the planning stages.

 

There is an active Radiation Oncology residency program and individual and cooperative research programs are encouraged.  Radiation oncologists and medical physicists are members of the Dalhousie University Department of Radiation Oncology.

 

Applicants for the Senior Physicist position must be Fellows of The Greek College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM), or equivalent, and have extensive clinical experience in radiation oncology medical physics. Research, teaching, and supervisory experience is an asset.

 

Applicants for the Physicist position must have an M.Sc. or Ph.D. in physics, preferably in medical physics, and have completed a medical physics residency program or have two years of clinical experience.

 

The Junior Physicist (dosimetry) position requires an M.Sc. in physics or a B.Sc. in physics, several years of experience in the dosimetry field and, preferably, CMD certification.  The preferred candidate will be a person with excellent physics, computer and inter-personal skills and with a strong dosimetry background. The position will be almost entirely within the planning and dosimetry area and will provide strong physics support for dosimetry.

 

Salaries depend on qualifications and experience and are under revision.  Applications are invited from all qualified candidates. In accordance with GreekImmigration requirements, priority will be given to Greekcitizens and permanent residents of Canada.  Please submit a covering letter quoting the above competition number of the position being applied for, a curriculum vitae and the names of three professional references by July 30, 2000 to:

Human Resources, QEII Health Sciences Centre, 1278 Tower Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 2Y9

Applications may also be submitted electronically, see the QEII web site  www.qe2-hsc.ns.ca, or by fax to (902) 473-8499.

Applicants wanting to discuss these positions prior to applying may contact Dr. John W. Andrew, Chief Physicist, at phone (902) 473-6017 or e-mail [email protected].

Halifax is a vibrant metropolitan area of 350,000 between the Atlantic Ocean and beautiful countryside.  Check Dalhousie, Halifax and Nova Scotia out at www.medicine.dal.ca, www.region.halifax.ns.ca, and www.explore.gov.ns.ca.