(High Salary) Senior Physicist - Radiation Oncology - Sioux Falls
Company: Sanford Health
Location: Sioux Falls
Posted on: July 7, 2025
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Job Description:
Careers With Purpose Sanford Health is one of the largest and
fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States.
We're proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities
to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are
dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad
footprint. Facility: Cancer Center Building Location: Sioux Falls,
SD Address: 1309 W 17th St, Sioux Falls, SD 57104, USA Shift: 10
Hours - Day Shifts Job Schedule: Full time Weekly Hours: 40.00
Salary Range: $80.50 - $133.00 Job Summary Sanford Health is
seeking a Physicist in the Radiation Oncology Department at the
Sanford Cancer Center in Sioux Falls, SD. What you will do: The
employee will share duties with two Physicists and the Director of
Radiation Oncology. The department has four radiation oncologists
and four dosimetrists. This position will be involved in all
aspects of modern image-guided external beam photon therapy and HDR
brachytherapy. HDR experience and AMP status on a RAM license is
preferred. Prior Aria/Eclipse experience is preferred. Support is
also provided to a satellite Sanford Health clinic in Worthington,
MN. Equipment: Equipment consists of a TrueBeam STX, standard
Truebeam, and a TomoTherapy Hi-Art. The TomoTherapy machine will be
replaced by a Truebeam next year. Department software includes
Aria/Eclipse 16.1 in a Citrix environment with all new FAS/GPU's,
RapidArc, RapidPlan and MCO. Portal Dosimetry is used for routine
IMRT QA. RadCalc, Velocity, and Radformation products (AutoContour,
Clearcheck and EZFluence) are used. A GE Optima CT scanner is used
for simulations. A Varian GammaMed Plus iX HDR unit is used to
support the GYN brachytherapy practice. QA equipment is primarily
Sun Nuclear with SunCHECK software. Equipment consists of 3DS and
1DS tanks, IC Profiler, DQA3, ArcCheck, and SRS MapCheck. Equipment
for the Worthington site includes a Truebeam and Canon Aquilion CT
scanner. The department software exists in the same environment as
the Sioux Falls clinic. Qualifications: Master’s or PhD degree in
physics, biophysics, medical physics or radiological physics.
Certification in radiation oncology physics is preferred; however,
consideration will be given to new grads and non-certified
physicists who are board eligible.Acceptable certifications are:
the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Physics, Therapeutic
Medical Physics, or Therapeutic Radiologic Physics, American Board
of Medical Physics, Canadian College of Physicist in Medicine or
related certification board. Must obtain certification within 5
years of date of hire. We are looking for employees who want to
GROW THE GOOD with us. It takes all of us to make a difference!
Qualifications Master’s degree in physics, biophysics, medical
physics or radiological physics. Three years’ experience working in
diagnostic radiology/nuclear medicine department responsible for
equipment testing and quality control/quality assurance required.
Board certified required. For a physicist in diagnostic radiology,
acceptable certifications are: the American Board of Radiology in
Diagnostic Physics, Diagnostic Medical Physics, or Diagnostic
Radiologic Physics, American Board of Medical Physics, Canadian
College of Physicist in Medicine or related certification board.
For a physicist in radiation oncology, acceptable certifications
are: the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Physics,
Therapeutic Medical Physics, or Therapeutic Radiologic Physics,
American Board of Medical Physics, Canadian College of Physicist in
Medicine or related certification board. Benefits Sanford Health
offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and
part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of
benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision
insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life
balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a
healthy home-work balance. For more information about Total
Rewards, visit . Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet.
If you are an individual with a disability and would like to
request an accommodation for help with your online application,
please call 1-877-673-0854 or send an email to
talent@sanfordhealth.org . Sanford Health has a Drug Free Workplace
Policy. An accepted offer will require a drug screen and
pre-employment background screening as a condition of employment.
Req Number: R-0200944 Job Function: Allied Health Featured: No
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