Consulting Physicist in Nuclear Medicine

Why build a career with RPA, Nashville’s leading physics consulting group?

Professional Growth

• Blaze your own path in an established and growing regional practice group
• Connect with your clients and work as a trusted partner to develop and maintain their imaging and radiation safety programs
• Conduct quality assurance testing of diagnostic imaging equipment
• Support ACR and Joint Commission accredited nuclear medicine programs

Flexibility

• Freedom to set your own schedule to best meet your clients’ and your own needs
• Ability to balance client-facing, remote and in-office work
• Mostly local and regional travel, getting you home most nights to spend time with those you care about most

Employment Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonus opportunities
• PTO policy designed to make space for you to live the life you want to live
• Quality medical, prescription and dental insurance coverage
• 401k retirement savings opportunity with matching potential
• State licensure, credentialing and continuing education reimbursement
• Relocation assistance

• Manage multiple client relationships
• Respond to diverse and complex client questions accurately and effectively
• Assist clients in designing and implementing standards for their imaging and radiation safety programs
• Interpret state regulations and TJC, ACR and/or other accrediting body criteria, and any system-relevant practice standards to support clients in maintaining compliance
• Conduct and communicate quality assurance testing of diagnostic imaging equipment and systems
• Participate in client Radiation Safety Committee meetings

• Meeting the ACR minimum criteria for nuclear medicine and PET physicists through one of the three following paths:
  • Board certification by the American Board of Radiology in Diagnostic or Medical Physics or Certified in Nuclear Medicine Physics by the American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP) or the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM) or in Nuclear Medicine Physics and Instrumentation by the American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine (ABSNM)
  • OR Graduate degree in medical physics, radiologic physics, or other relevant physical science or engineering discipline from an accredited institution AND formal coursework in the biological sciences with at least 1 course in biology or radiation biology and at least 1 course in anatomy, physiology or similar topics related to the practice of medical physics AND 3 years of documented experience in a clinical nuclear medicine/PET environment
  • OR Grandfathered ACR qualifications, having conducted surveys of at least 3 NM/PET units (as relevant) between January 1, 2007 and January 1, 2010
• Ability to interpret state regulations and TJC, ACR and other accrediting body criteria, processes and compliance
• Experience supporting nuclear medicine and PET accreditation programs
• Experience conducting safety surveys of nuclear medicine operations, regulatory interpretation and license support
• Experience conducting quality assurance testing of diagnostic imaging equipment and systems
• Proficiency using Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and PDF programs like Adobe or Foxit
• Ability to learn new computer applications and programs to track and manage data
• Service-oriented work ethic
• Commitment to serving clients and colleagues
• Teamwork
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Client responsiveness
• Initiative
• High personal and professional integrity

Physical requirements of the role include:

• Ability and vehicle to drive between client facilities
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs, including lead aprons and testing equipment
• Ability to load and unload equipment from a vehicle and transport into/around client facility
• Ability to move mobile diagnostic medical equipment within a client facility

Our consultants have joined RPA from a variety of paths.  Whether your path includes:

• In-house diagnostic medical physicist seeking a new career opportunity as a consultant, with the freedom to set your own schedule, travel locally and regionally and work as a trusted partner with clients
• Consultant physicist looking for better work/life balance, exhausted from days and nights away from family and friends
• Experienced physicist with an entrepreneurial mindset, wanting to be part of a growing, nimble regional practice group
• Physicist stuck in a position where prospects for career and earnings growth are limited
• Consultant physicist interested in an opportunity to become part of a well-established, growing physics group
• Experienced nuclear medicine technologist with ACR accreditation expertise

If RPA might be the next career step you’ve been searching for, submit your application.