"AIOS Klinisch Fysicus | Radiotherapie"

Functieomschrijving

As a clinical physicist in training, you will be trained over 4 years to become a clinical physicist with a subspecialty in Radiotherapy. Are you ready to take on this challenge with us?

The clinical physicist is a medical specialist in healthcare with knowledge of physical principles. You are responsible for support and policy around medical technology to promote the quality, efficiency, and safety of patient care. This includes innovation, use, maintenance, and availability of medical technology across the entire spectrum. This also covers care-related ICT, sterile medical devices, active implants, and instructions for users. For more information about your tasks as a clinical physicist, visit the website of the Nederlandse Vereniging van Klinische Fysica.

The Radiotherapy department at Radboudumc provides top clinical care to a broad region. We treat approximately 2,600 patients annually, using five conventional linear accelerators, an MRI-accelerator, and a brachytherapy facility. Treatments take place at our main location in Radboudumc and at a satellite location in Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital in Nijmegen.

We are a patient-oriented and progressive department where more than 140 FTE from various disciplines work closely together. Innovation and quality improvement are central to us. We are currently undertaking a large-scale equipment replacement project. This enables us to adapt treatments for an increasing number of patients during irradiation itself, thanks to online MRI or CT imaging.

The department is involved in various multidisciplinary research projects with a strong physics component. For example, we participate in federated learning for radiomics and toxicity modeling. We are also actively exploring the possibilities of online adaptive radiotherapy to fully utilize improvements in quality and efficiency.

For clinical physicists in training, our department offers a dynamic and innovative learning environment, with ample opportunity to contribute to technological and clinical developments in radiotherapy. You will join a multidisciplinary team with extensive expertise, where collaboration and knowledge sharing are standard.

Opleiding

Your training consists of a general basic curriculum of two years and a two-year specialization phase focused on deepening knowledge and experience in the field of radiology and nuclear medicine. In our cluster (Eastern Netherlands), the training starts with a basic program, where AIOS-KF (General (AKF), Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (RNG), Radiotherapy (RT), and Audiology (AUD)) follow a joint program of courses and internships. This ensures early contact in the first year with various AIOS-KF and other colleagues in the entire cluster. You will attend courses and work on projects that are ongoing at that time. As your training progresses, the complexity of the issues will increase, as will your responsibility in projects.

The training offers plenty of room for personal input, allowing you to create a training plan in consultation with your trainers that perfectly aligns with your interests and ambitions. The exact content of the training will be coordinated with you based on the requirements of the Stichting Opleiding Klinisch Fysicus and your prior knowledge, and will be documented in a training plan approved by the trainers and the Stichting OKF.

Functie-eisen

To be eligible for a training position, you must have completed an academic degree in physics or another academic pre-education approved by the Stichting OKF. You have demonstrable interest in (bio)medical subjects, (medical) technology, and healthcare, and demonstrable affinity with (clinical) scientific research, preferably evidenced by a (soon-to-be-completed) PhD research. You can communicate well and collaborate in a multidisciplinary setting. You recognize yourself in the core values of 'being involved', 'excelling', and 'collaborating'.

Arbeidsvoorwaarden

Employment contract for a fixed term: For the duration of the training: 4 years.

At Radboudumc, you build for the future. We strive for the best care, education, and research. This is achieved because you develop here, seize opportunities, and feel space to stand up. As an employer, we consider it important that employees are vital and enjoy their work in all life phases, in a healthy and safe environment. Our employment conditions are also excellent. For example, you can expect:

• A gross monthly salary between €4,043 and €6,202 (scale 10M) for a full-time employment (36 hours per week). You also receive 8% holiday pay, 8.3% end-of-year bonus, and, if applicable to your position, an irregularity allowance of 47% to 72%.
• 176 vacation hours per year based on a 36-hour workweek.

Employer

Radboudumc

As a Clinical Physicist in Training in Radiotherapy, you will be appointed within the physics-technical group of the Radiotherapy department at Radboudumc, with an external internship of six months at Radiotherapiegroep location Arnhem. The training to become a clinical physicist takes place within the Clinical Physics Training Cluster Eastern Netherlands, with trainings for the subspecialties Audiology (Aud), Radiotherapy (RT), Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (RNG), and General Clinical Physics (AKF). Participating in the cluster are Radboudumc, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital, Audiologisch Centrum Twente - Pento, and Radiotherapiegroep Arnhem.

Besides this vacancy, application procedures have started for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine and General Clinical Physics. If interested, you must apply separately to these vacancies.

Radboudumc Our mission is: to have a significant impact on health and healthcare. We aim to lead in the development of sustainable care: care that keeps people and the environment as healthy as possible, is meaningful and affordable, and preferably prevents rather than cures. Care that will still be there for the children of our children. We do this in all three of our core tasks: care, education, and research. We work innovatively, person-centered, and together with others in networks.

Additional Information

Curious if this position suits you? Or what it's like to work at Radboudumc? Then contact dr. ir. Ruud van Leeuwen, trainer, via the Radiotherapy secretariat: (024) 361 45 15. For applying, use the 'apply' button.