Radiation Therapy Equipment Service Specialist

Your Opportunity :

The successful candidate will join a team of radiation therapy (RT) medicine professionals at the Jack Ady Cancer Centre (JACC) in Lethbridge, Alberta. This team includes 2 medical physicists, one physics assistant, two radiation oncologist, two dosimetrists, 11 radiation therapists, and one RT manager. The JACC has the distinction of having been the first of the three smaller regional cancer centres in Alberta to add a radiation therapy treatment program, starting in 2010. The program’s major equipment includes two Varian TrueBeam accelerators, as well as a Philips CT-Sim. Candidates without RT experience will be given a period of mentoring at a larger cancer centre, as well as being provided with vendor training, in order provide the best possible basis for their start to an exciting new career.

Description :

As a Radiation Therapy Equipment Service Specialist, you are responsible for managing the life cycle of medical radiation therapy systems and quality control equipment. Team members are committed to excellence and take pride in providing superior service for this complex and highly specialized equipment. The RT Equipment Service Specialist provides primary in-house service by performing expert level work in troubleshooting, diagnosing software and hardware problems, and resolving routine maintenance and engineering issues. Responsibilities include preventive maintenance, servicing, maintaining, repairing, installing, decommissioning, calibrating, troubleshooting, application support, and ensuring the safety of equipment and systems used for radiation therapy. Activities include part sourcing and purchasing, system fault analysis and component level troubleshooting, and may require small-scale circuit design, performing trend analysis using complex and often novel data gathering methods to assess performance deterioration of complex systems.

Required Qualifications :

Completed electronics technology, biomedical technology, electronics engineering technology or instrumentation engineering technology diploma program from a recognized institution. In-depth knowledge of PLC, analog and digital electronic circuitry, and thorough understanding of electronic and electro-mechanical devices. Ability to read and understand multi-level electronic schematic drawings.

Additional Required Qualifications :

As Required.

Preferred Qualifications :

Previous RT equipment repair, and specific experience with Varian TrueBeam linear accelerators a plus, but not necessary.