For Health Systems & Physician Groups

Targeted searches built around your physics department.

A structured engagement, not a flood of CVs. We calibrate to your fleet, modality mix and ABR segment, then access the passive physicists other agencies cannot reach.

The Stakes

Understaffed physics teams are a clinical and financial risk.

Every unfilled position compounds, affecting throughput, compliance and the physicists left holding coverage.

Talent scarcity

A limited supply of board-certified, ABR-eligible physicists against unrelenting demand from expanding service lines.

1 in 3 offers accepted

Slow timelines and below-market offers mean most physicists say no, and the strongest profiles walk away before close.

Burnout & coverage gaps

Stretched teams struggle to maintain ACR/ABR compliance, QA cadence and radiation safety standards.

Stalled growth

Service-line expansion: SRS, SBRT, HDR Brachytherapy. Blocked by missing technical leads and commissioning expertise.

The Search Process

Five calibrated stages.
No resume spam.

A targeted search is run as a structured engagement, not a flood of applications. Each stage is owned end-to-end so your team stays focused on clinical work.

  1. STEP 01

    Calibrate the brief

    We sit with your physics leadership to map the role against fleet, modality, ABR segment and clinical priorities, before a single name is approached.

  2. STEP 02

    Targeted identification

    We map the passive ABR-certified market across the relevant geography, working from a private network of 1,000+ physicists, never job boards.

  3. STEP 03

    Discreet introductions

    Only screened, calibrated profiles reach your shortlist. Weekly catch-up calls keep the search moving against your hiring deadlines.

  4. STEP 04

    Benchmark-led offer

    We close on terms that hold. Current salary benchmarks, counter-offer strategy, relocation realities, handled before they become reasons to walk.

  5. STEP 05

    Aftercare

    Post-placement check-ins through the first year to support onboarding, retention and the longer-term trajectory of the placement.

Why OncoSearch

A specialist Search Partner, calibrated for physics leadership.

Four commitments
“Four commitments that define how we run a search, and why physics leaders return to
us for the next one.”
Medical physics team

100% focused on Medical Physics.

Not a generalist desk with a healthcare vertical. Every search we run is in physics. Every conversation builds the next one.

Fluent in certification & clinical context.

ABR segments, CAMPEP training pathways, AAPM TG reports, modality progression. We brief from the language your physicists already use.

Faster access to pre-vetted physicists.

A private network of 1,000+ mapped physicists, including the passive talent other agencies cannot reach.

Transparent, partnership-driven.

One point of contact, weekly catch-ups, no black box. A genuine extension of your hiring function, not a vendor on the other end of an inbox.

Medical physicist running dosimetry QA
Profiles we deliver

Targeted searches across the full
medical physics function.

We run discreet, mapped introductions for permanent, interim and locum positions, from residency-trained physicists to Chiefs leading multi-site oncology programmes.

Tier 01

Senior & Leadership

The clinical leads accountable for safety, compliance and growth.

  • Chief Medical Physicist
  • Lead / Senior Medical Physicist
  • Radiation Safety Officer
  • Director of Physics
  • Therapy Physics Lead
Tier 02

Qualified Practice

ABR-certified physicists running the day-to-day clinical workload.

  • Qualified Medical Physicist
  • Radiotherapy Physicist
  • Diagnostic Physicist
  • Nuclear Medicine Physicist
  • Health Physicist
Tier 03

Emerging & Flexible

Coverage, capacity and the next generation of clinical talent.

  • Residency-trained / ABR-eligible Physicist
  • Locum & Travel Physicists
  • Permanent & Interim coverage
  • Commissioning & QA specialists
  • Dosimetry support
Blueprint for Clinical Continuity

From stretched and under-resourced to a fully functioning team.

Service-line bottleneck

From stalled SBRT launch to full coverage in 11 weeks.

A regional cancer centre had postponed an SBRT programme twice for lack of a senior physicist. We mapped the ABR-certified passive market in three states and introduced four calibrated profiles.

Cancer Centre · South-East US
Placed Physicist

An entirely different conversation.

Most outreach I ignore. OncoSearch arrived already understanding our linac fleet and the modality progression I wanted next. The introduction felt earned, not pitched.

Senior Medical Physicist · Academic Centre
Coverage & burnout

Stabilising a team running 30% short.

Two retirements and a relocation left a department stretched across three sites. Within a quarter we placed a Chief Physicist and two Therapy Physicists. Burnout-related turnover stopped.

Health System · Midwest US
Director of Physics

Profiles I'd actually hire.

Every introduction was clinically credible. No noise. They understood why VMAT commissioning experience mattered for the role, and pre-qualified accordingly.

Director of Physics · Physician Group
Leadership search

A Chief of Physics, sourced from outside the active market.

The right candidate wasn't on any board. A targeted, discreet outreach over six weeks surfaced a leader running a comparable programme who was open to the right opportunity.

Cancer Network · Pacific North-West
What an engagement costs

Know the model, and the fee, before the first introduction.

Three ways to work with us, each mapped to search difficulty and urgency. Compare what sits inside every tier, from calibration and market mapping through to post-placement aftercare.

Begin a Conversation

Let's discuss your next targeted search.

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Brief us

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