Req ID: Location: Provincial, QEII, and Cape Breton Regional Hospital Department:CANC Medical Physics (CZ and EZ) Type of Employment: Permanent and Assignment Position Available Management/Non:Union Position Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We're on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community:based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high:quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today. Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe theres a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work:life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means youll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check outnovascotiato see why more people from across the globe are moving here. Recruitment Incentives Signing bonus OR Education Incentive, and/or Relocation reimbursement is available to qualified candidates with a defined Return of Service Agreement About the Opportunity Nova Scotia Health (NSH), Atlantic Canadas largest academic health care organization, is recruiting for multiple Medical Physicists for the Cancer Care Program at the Cape Breton Cancer Centre in Sydney and QEII Cancer Centre 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 oncology and imaging physicists, an oncology physics resident, a medical physics assistant, dosimetrists, electronics/IT technologists, and a mechanical technologist. The Medical Physicist serves a vital role in the Provincial Cancer Care Program, supporting all aspects of clinical medical physics service at the facility, in accordance with provincial standards. The Medical Physicist reports directly to the Chief of Medical Physics and ensures that radiation therapy is delivered in an accurate, effective, and safe manner using contemporary methods and following national and international standards and guidelines. The Medical Physicist administers a Quality Assurance (QA) program addressing all steps of the radiation therapy process as directed by the Medical Physics Technical Quality Control committee. You will contribute to and provide oversight of radiation therapy treatment planning, in compliance with relevant standards established by the Provincial Cancer Care Program. You will oversee radiation safety and protection as relevant to radiation therapy at the facility, serving as the secondary Departmental Radiation Safety Officer (RSO). The Medical Physicist coordinates training sessions to medical physicists, radiation oncologists, dosimetrists and radiation therapists on clinical techniques. The successful candidate will be expected to advance the Department's academic mandate of research and post:graduate training activities. Academically, you will apply for a faculty appointment with Dalhousie University's Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, and support CAMPEP:accredited Masters, Doctoral, and Certificate programs in medical physics. The programs include nine graduate courses with thesis research in areas including novel technology for image guidance in radiotherapy, innovative approaches to arc:based therapy, improved methods for dosimetry of HDR brachytherapy, and applications of functional and molecular imaging to radiat