Team leader Medical Physics Informatics in radiotherapy.

Wat ga je doen

If you want to seize the chance to lead the medical computational physics team in advancing software and artificial intelligence applications development, automatization, translational transfer, clinical implementation and maintenance of radiotherapy-specific information technology and innovative clinical software and systems, this position offers you a unique opportunity. What will you do The University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Radiotherapy, seeks to appoint a Team Leader Medical Physics Informatics (also known as Medical Computational Physics) The team leader provides daily management of a team that (mainly) consists of (medical-physics) computer scientists, project staff, the ICT-coordinator Radiotherapy and the RT-ICT team. The medical-physics informatics team leader directs the development, translational transfer, clinical implementation and maintenance of radiotherapy-specific information technology and innovative clinical artificial intelligence and software systems. These activities are essential to support the automation and optimization of radiotherapy processes in the multidisciplinary context of radiotherapy related to core areas of medical physics, including radiation treatment planning and delivery, adaptive radiotherapy and the automation of quality control of radiation delivery and planning systems. The medical-physics informatics team leader is responsible for the harmonization and integration of all clinical radiotherapy systems driven by advanced mathematical optimization, in-house developed software and the application of Artificial Intelligence incompliance with national and EU regulations.

Working environment
The University Medical Center Groningen is one of the largest university hospitals and the first center in the Netherlands with an integrated state-of-the-art photon and proton radiation oncology department. Currently, radiotherapy treatments are provided for over 4,500 patients annually in the Department of Radiation Oncology.
Our vision is to provide the best possible care for the benefit of our patients. Development and availability of the most advanced treatment techniques and procedures is an integral part of this vision.

Within the Department of Radiation Oncology the section of Medical Physics and Instrumentation (approx. 70 colleagues) is responsible for innovation and quality control of treatment (planning) methods and technologies. The Medical Physics and Instrumentation section includes (computational) medical physicists and residents, AI experts, medical physics assistants, IT engineers, LINAC engineers, PhD students and postdoctoral fellows. The medical computational physics team leader works in the medical physics section of the Radiotherapy department. The medical-physics informatics team leader provides hierarchical leadership to a team that (mainly) consists of (medical-physics) computer scientists, project staff, the ICT-coordinator Radiotherapy and the ICT team.

What do we need
- Completed PhD research, registration as a Clinical Computer Scientist, or an MSc degree in Physics, Computer Science or a related field. - At least four years of experience in clinical informatics, preferably in radiotherapy. - Knowledge of methods and techniques of (patient-related/clinical) scientific research. - Knowledge of relevant topics from medical physics. - Knowledge of project management. - Skills in initiating, directing and realizing ICT systems and software in a clinical setting. - Skills in preparing and drafting policies, principles, guidelines and frameworks. - Skills in obtaining grants / acquiring funds for research assignments. - Skills in drafting scientific publications in leading journals and delivering scientific lectures. - Skills in teaching and instruction.

What do we offer
An appointment in the function of team leader medical-physics informatics for 32–36 hours per week (0.9–1.0 FTE), with the prospect of continuation in this function subject to good performance. Your salary will be a maximum of € 8,288 gross per month (scale 13), depending on your qualifications and experience, and based on a full-time appointment. Additionally, the UMCG offers an 8% holiday allowance, an 8.3% year-end bonus. The conditions of employment comply with the Collective Labour Agreement for Medical Centres (CAO-UMC).