Mount Sinai Health System

Strength Through Diversity

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Job Title: Jr. Physicist 

Background

Mount Sinai is one of the largest U.S. health systems with a strong reputation for quality of care (top 20 ranked US academic medical center) and innovative research/education (top 20 ranked US medical school, >$400M annually in NIH-funded research). This reputation is important but it’s not enough. At Mount Sinai, we have a responsibility to make healthcare better, optimizing its value for patients, purchasers, and communities.

The health care industry has a number of problems; there is an affordability crisis as federal and state governments are unable to keep Medicare & Medicaid solvent, employers are stretched to pay for health benefits for their employees, and those employees struggle to afford increasing paycheck deductions and deductibles. In addition, the industry has historically set a low bar for customer service, earning some of the lowest satisfaction scores of any industry, eroding trust from stakeholders. In recent years, employers and labor unions have begun to solve these problems by contracting directly with select providers and health systems, as well as vendors, to optimize value.

Job Summary: 

The Junior Physicist assists the Radiation Safety Officer in the day-to-day operations of the Radiation Safety Office programs throughout the Medical Center. Specific responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following, and the incumbent must be available for emergencies after hours or on weekends.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

1. Assists in radioactive waste management operations.
2. Reviews quality assurance for all the radiation equipment.
3. Performs leak testing and inventory of all the sealed sources.
4. Provides training and use web-based training for all radiation workers.
5. Assists in clinical areas such as Y-90, Lu-177 and I-131 procedures.
6. Assists in licensing and amendments.
7. Maintains radiation monitoring equipment.
8. Actively participates in personnel dosimeter monitoring program.
9. Assists with ALARA implementations.
10. Audits the clinical radiation sites, including Nuclear Medicine and Nuclear Cardiology.
11. Assists in maintaining records in the Radiation Safety Office for regulatory reviews.
12. Provides support during NYCDOH, NYS, and TJC inspections, and also assist in ensuring compliance with New York City Department of Health. Such support includes monitoring radiation equipment for radiation safety compliance issues related to procedure manuals, personnel dosimetry, lead apron checks, and assisting senior staff with structural shielding design issues and shielding surveys.
13. May need to conduct radiation safety training for hospital staff working in or near radiation areas.
14. Assists the RSO in implementing quarterly RSC meetings.
15. Performs other duties as needed.

Education Requirements 

Master's degree in health physics, medical physics, physics, mathematics, engineering, or an equivalent field (MS preferred).

Individuals who have completed the American Board of Health Physics (ABHP) examination (Part I) will be preferred

Experience Requirements 

New graduate or greater. Competent in working independently and as a team member to develop and implement programs.

Licensing and Certification Requirements (if applicable) 

Certification by the ABHP, ABR or ABMP highly desirable.

General Skills and Competencies 

1. Ability to set priorities, meet deadlines, taking the initiative and working independently.
2. Excellent written, oral and interpersonal skills
3. Demonstrated analytical, problem solving and organizational skills
4. Advanced mathematical skills
5. Knowledge of state/federal agency radioactive materials regulations
6. Must be able to interface with all levels of hospital staff and possess good oral and written communication skills.
7. Competent in the use of computers including Microsoft Excel, Word, Power Point, Access and email internet programs.
8. Must be capable of working independently and as a team member to develop and implement programs.
9. Must possess the ability to act decisively when responding to emergencies.

Who We Are

Over 42,000 employees strong, the mission of the Mount Sinai Health System is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.

Formed in September 2013, The Mount Sinai Health System combines the excellence of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with seven premier hospitals, including Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Brooklyn, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt), Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination on the basis of their actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, age, disability, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, veteran, immigration, citizenship, or other protected status. 

EOE including Veterans and Disable

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by: 

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to professional advance. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.

Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!

“About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”

EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans