Salary Range: $141,146-$202,898/year. The starting salary for this position would be determined with consideration of the successful candidate’s relevant education and experience, and would be in alignment with the provincial compensation reference plan. Salary will be prorated accordingly for part time roles.
Job Summary:
In accordance with the Purpose, Vision, Values and Coast Salish Teachings, and strategic directions of PHSA, safety, including both patient and employee safety, is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone at PHSA. As such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.
The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) plans, manages and evaluates selected specialty and province-wide health care services across BC, working with the five geographic health authorities to deliver province-wide solutions that improve the health of people living in BC. PHSA embodies values that reflect a commitment to excellence.
Under the direction of the Medical Physics Lead (Provincial Medical Imaging Office, PMIO), The Pediatrics MRII Specialist performs equipment quality control testing programs, develops and improves clinical procedures or protocols, performs research and development, and provides education through formal and informal instruction. The role assumes the overall responsibility for developing equipment quality control testing programs designed to minimize patient and staff risks, while maximizing the quality of diagnostic information and detect problems before serious malfunctions.
Duties/Accountabilities:
• Responsible for ensuring best practice in the provision of MR sequence optimization, develops new imaging protocols or improves existing protocols, and evaluates new imaging techniques or protocols, tests, and implements these techniques.
• Responsible for the MR QC program at BC Children’s Hospital with support and collaboration of MR technologists, service technologists, quality coordinators and other PMIO medical physics staff.
• Collaborate with Radiologists and MR Technologists to provide in-services for staff in relation to MR safety, work as a subject matter expert on MR safe devices, assist the MR Radiation Safety Officer in MR related safety events and investigations at BC Children’s Hospital.
• Accountable for ensuring MR Physics, MR QC, MR Safety accreditation standards or Provincial/Federal regulations are met, including periodic reviews of departmental quality control procedure manuals for imaging equipment considering changing standards of regulatory and accreditation agencies.
• Evaluates commercial software for use in MR Physics and BC Children’s Hospital. Maintains professional competency by participating in regional, national or international workshops or conferences to acquire knowledge about state-of-the-art techniques and disseminate information about new developments to staff at BC Children’s Hospital.
• Collaborates with the BCCH Research Institute, UBC faculty, radiology fellows, and radiology residents on clinically relevant research projects and development.
• Educates radiology personnel in the use of new procedures, processing techniques or equipment.
• Provides physics and science training for staff, resident physicians and fellows, technologists, and students.
• Participates in the PMIO CAMPEP Residency Program, and provides quality control support for the PMIO, works in collaboration with other PMIO physicist to develop and evaluate custom quality control and quality assurance tools.
• Supports PMIO sites with pediatric specific MR imaging sequences, facilitates the harmonization of pediatric imaging protocols across the PMIO service area.
• Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Membership with the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM) in MR Physics, ABR certification in Diagnostic Radiology, or an equivalent body as recognized by the Health Authority is required at this level. PhD or Masters in Physics, or a related Biomedical discipline and a minimum of 2 years clinic experience is required.
Valid BC Driver’s License as local area travel requires the use of a personal vehicle.
Demonstrated ability to foster collaborative and effective working relationships that promote cooperative goal achievement and contribute to an atmosphere of trust and mutual respect. Demonstrated ability to apply superior communication skills to collaborate and influence internal and external partners, providing advice, guidance and education, and ensuring compliance with standards, criteria and regulations. Demonstrated ability to maintain current knowledge of new developments, trends and research in the medical applications of physics and recommends/implements best practices accordingly. Demonstrated ability to facilitate, collaborate and negotiate for effective conduct of clinical, practice and systems research, and works with colleagues and co-workers to achieve excellence in clinical, practice, and systems research. Demonstrated ability to skillfully develop meaningful indicators of quality and provides constructive reports based on the results of indicator monitoring. Demonstrated ability to use a variety of software applications at an advanced level to prepare reports, briefing materials and other documents and to conduct statistical analysis. Demonstrated ability to provide guidance to site-specific RSOs, and foster a respectful, motivating and empowering environment in which individual competencies can thrive. Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.