What are my main responsibilities as a medical physicist in radiotherapy?
• Ensuring the correct calibration of treatment units both during commissioning and on a regular basis; • Ensuring the correctness and accuracy in patient dose calculations, both computerized and manual; • Designing, implementing and supervising quality assurance procedures; • Participating in the continuing review of the radiotherapy practice’s resources (including budget, equipment and staffing), operations, policies and procedures; • Planning, in conjunction with the radiotherapy physician and the RPO, the facilities for radiotherapy practice; • Preparing performance specifications for equipment with regard to radiation protection; • Ensuring the establishment and maintenance of a radiation protection programme for the safety of staff and the public; • Test equipment for acceptance, commission equipment for clinical use and supervise equipment maintenance; • Participating in the investigation and evaluation of incidents and accidents; • Contributing to the radiation protection train
