Open Rank Physicist – Radiation Oncology (Orange County) (Exempt) (Onsite) - New Grads Welcome!

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

City of Hope Medical Center Radiation Oncology is seeking a full-time, Board-Certified Medical Physicist at our beautiful, sunny Southern California academic campus in Duarte. City of Hope is a private, non-profit clinical research center, hospital, and graduate school in Southern California, providing high quality cancer care across four (4) states. Receiving its NCI designation in 1981, City of Hope is committed to providing comprehensive cancer care and its status as a leading cancer center. Here, in Duarte, we are equipped with state-of-the-art technologies including: Reflexion, Ethos, Radixact, Tomotherapy, TrueBeam, TrueBeam STX and Flexitron HDR. In addition, we also have amble simulation capabilities including CT, PET/CT and 3T MRI simulation units.

Join City of Hope and bring your expertise in medical physics to a team dedicated to delivering safe, precise, and innovative radiation oncology care. We are seeking a Medical Physicist to support treatment planning, dosimetry, quality assurance, radiation safety, and advanced radiation therapy services while collaborating with physicians, dosimetrists, radiation therapists, and other members of the multidisciplinary care team.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead advanced radiation treatment planning including dose calculations, plan optimization, and rigorous quality assurance to ensure safe, effective, and patient-specific therapies.
• Collaborate seamlessly with a multidisciplinary team—radiation oncologists, dosimetrists, therapists, and other clinical staff—demonstrating exceptional communication skills to ensure clear documentation, coordinated workflows, and superior patient care.
• Leverage state-of-the-art technology to design, implement, and optimize precise cancer treatment solutions, maintaining the highest standards of safety and clinical effectiveness.
  • We offer a broad range of special procedures including SRS, SBRT, TBI (TMI), TSE, high-dose-rate and low-dose rate brachytherapy, adaptive treatment, biology guided radiation therapy. We utilize a variety of treatment planning options including Varian Eclipse, Accuray Precision, and Electa Oncentra. The main R&V system is Aria.

Your qualifications may include:

• Master's degree or PhD in medical physics or closely related field

• ABR or ACAMP certification (or eligibility, with certification within 3 years of hire)

• Strong team player with excellent communication skills—you’ll thrive in a collaborative, patient-focused environment, working closely with colleagues to ensure every patient receives the best care possible

Note: For candidates with >5 years of experience AND ABR or ACMP certification, we may consider applicants for a Senior Physicist role; the pay range is: $237,577/yr - $308,651/yr - $380,140/yr (or $114.22/hr - $148.39/hr - $182.76/hr)

Note: For candidates with <5 years of experience, we may consider applicants for a Physicist role; the pay range is: $196,352/yr - $255,257/yr - $314,163/yr (or $94.40/hr - $122.72/hr - $151.04/hr)

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location. City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our Comprehensive Benefits, please CLICK HERE.