POSITION: MEDICAL/HEALTH PHYSICIST

["Vickers, Shirley" <SVickers@cmcny.com>]

LOCATION:	Catholic Medical Centers, Brooklyn/Queens Region
			Jamaica (Queens), New York

An immediate opening exists for a qualified individual to provide medical
physics and radiation safety services to diagnostic radiology and nuclear
medicine in the Brooklyn/Queens Region, Catholic Medical Centers.  Four
primary-care hospitals and several outpatient clinics comprise this division
of the soon-to-be-merged St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers of New York.
The current equipment inventory consists of approximately 125 x-ray tubes,
including 7 mammographic, 5 CT, 5 angio/cath, and 32 dental units, plus one
MRI.  Each hospital provides nuclear medicine services; one provides
radiation therapy utilizing its own physicist.

The successful candidate will join the director of the Medical Physics/
Radiation Safety Office in providing and/or overseeing performance and
acceptance tests of imaging equipment, radiation safety surveys, shielding
design and in-service training, patient dose evaluations, licensing and
regulatory compliance services, and  personnel dosimetry.

Qualifications:  M.S. in physics or medical/health physics with at least
five years experience in x-ray equipment testing and radiation safety
services.  Preference will be given to ABR/ABMP/ABHP diplomates, with MQSA
physicist credentials.  Familiarity with New York City regulations
desirable.

Send resume to Catholic Medical Centers, HR Department, 10th Floor, 95-25
Queens Boulevard, Rego Park, NY 11374.  Fax:  (718) 459-5069

We are an equal opportunity employer offering an excellent salary with a
comprehensive benefits package.


Shirley D. Vickers
Chief, Medical Physics; Radiation Safety Officer
Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens
95-25 Queens Blvd., Rego Park, NY 11374-4523
Voice: (718) 830-2756
Fax: (718) 830-2763
************************************************************************
The RADSAFE Frequently Asked Questions list, archives and subscription
information can be accessed at http://www.ehs.uiuc.edu/~rad/radsafe.html