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Summary of Duties To provide electrical and electronics expertise and leadership to the Radiation Treatment Program at the Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. The Senior Electronics Technologist is responsible for evaluating and planning scheduled and unscheduled maintenance of medical linear accelerators; contributing to the Departments quality assurance and radiation safety activities; and performing tasks related to preventative maintenance, repair, troubleshooting, and testing of radiation therapy equipment. The position reports to the Head of the Department of Medical Physics. Responsibilities Preventive maintenance Morning equipment startup Correcting equipment malfunctions Maintaining an accurate service record in compliance with regulations Maintaining a comprehensive spare parts inventory Repairing electrical and electronic equipment Designing and constructing specialized electronic equipment Gathering machine performance data Scheduling maintenance activities Delegating and allocating tasks to technologists as needed The Radiation Treatment Program has fourteen highenergy treatment units from both major vendors. Qualifications and Skills Threeyear diploma in Electronics Engineering Technology or equivalent Ten years experience with linear accelerator maintenance, preferably in a medical environment. Demonstrated effective leadership, supervision, problem solving, conflict resolution and decisionmaking practices Experience working with other electronics technologists, mechanical technologists, and medical physicists Experience with radiationemitting equipment, computers electronics applications, high voltage, vacuum and electronic control systems, including microprocessorbased systems. Ability to troubleshoot and repair systems to the component level A high degree of mechanical aptitude Judgement and problemsolving ability to identify, analyze and define problems and select the most appropriate solution Ability to perform fine motor movements for making fine adjustments and repairs to computer circuit boards, using small hand tools, manipulating small mechanical parts, data entry including logging problems and solutions found in a log book Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written #J-18808-Ljbffr