Physician (Radiation Oncologist)

Job Description

Job Description

Physician (Radiation Oncologist)

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Salary: $450,000

Joining Date: ASAP

Job Description:

Patient Care: The contract Physician (Radiation Oncologist) shall be prepared and capable of comprehensively reviewing medical records and relevant imaging to prepare for new patient visits, follow-ups, simulations, and on treatment visits. The contractor will direct staff to obtain outside records and coordinate with non-military facilities when necessary. The contractor is expected to incorporate national treatment guidelines, relative medical literature, and clinical experience to formulate appropriate treatment plans. Clinical responsibility assignment wi1l dictate exact cases, but routine types of cases may consist of, but will not be limited to: breast, genitourinary, head and neck, central nervous system, gynecologic, thoracic, gastrointestinal, and hematologic malignancies as well as benign conditions such as heterotopic ossification, keloids, acoustic schwannomas, trigeminal neuralgia and graves opthalmopathy.

Nasopharyngoscopy: The contractor is expected to be competent in nasopharyngoscopy.
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) or Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy (SABR). The contractor is expected to be competent in the use of SBRT or SABR.

Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) and Fractionated Stereotactic Radiation Therapy (FSRT): The contractor is expected to be competent in the use of SRS and FSRT for malignant and benign intracranial disease, using both an invasive and non-invasive head ring.

Total Body Irradiation {TBI}: The contactor is expected to be competent in patient selection, simulation, treatment planning and delivery of total body irradiation.

Other Radiation Treatment modalities: The contractor must be competent in variety of treatment modalities including electron treatment, three dimensional (3D) conformal treatment, intensity modulated therapy (IMRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT). The contractor must be competent in utilizing techniques including deep inspiratory breath hold (DIBH) and 4DCT.

Consent: The contractor will appropriately obtain informed consent prior to delivery of radiation therapy. They will provide advance instructions to the clinic staff on the details of the simulation including but not limited to required lab work, patient positioning, immobilization, use of contrast and scanning parameters. The contractor should be available to supervise the simulation, place markers as needed and delineate isocenter when appropriate or delegate to another Physician (Radiation Oncologist)

Treatment planning: It is the responsibility of the contractor to complete contours and review of dosimetry in a timely fashion. Typically contours should be completed within 3workingdaysof the simulation and the plan should be reviewed within one working day of completion.

Conferences and CME: The contractor shall be required to represent the Radiation Oncology Service at local Tumor Conferences as specified by the Service Chief to contribute to formulation of appropriate treatment plans, coordination of care and education of house staff. The contractor may attend one conference annually, up to one week in length, for the purposes of continued medical education.

Service Morning Meeting: The contractor will be expected to attend the Service morning meeting to review new starts, planned CT simulations, required on-treatment visits, on-treatment patient issues, treatment planning items, and to address the status of dosimetry, physics, radiation therapy, desk staff, and other issues.

Image guidance review: The contractor will review imaging daily at a minimum prior to the next fraction to provide important feedback to the radiation therapists and ensure patient safety. The contractor must be competent in the review and interpretation
of a variety of imaging modalities including mega voltage (MV) portal films, kV/kV matching, marker match, cone beam computed tomography (CBCT}.

Weekly chart rounds: The contractor is expected to attend chart rounds as part of the QA process in the clinic to review all patients treated, ensure weekly visits have been completed and documented appropriately, monitor for toxicities, review imaging, and discuss patient management.
The contractor will assess patients for enrollment in clinical trial when applicable and educate patients on clinical trial opportunities. The contractor will complete necessary paperwork, treatment planning and assessments for patients as stipulated by the protocols for enrollment, treatment, and follow-up. The contractor may not be designated as site principal investigator (PI) or assistant principal investigator but can provide clinical investigation support.

Patient Care Documentation: The contractor shall enter reports and notes into the appropriate systems for clinical visits including history and physicals, interval histories, follow-ups, treatment summaries, and on-treatment visit notes. The contractor shall verify the content and correctness of all prepared and transcribed reports by validating its contents. These reports shall be entered within three working days of the clinical encounter.

Disease Control Guidelines. The contractor shall adhere to the Center for Disease Control guidelines always concerning universal precautions and the Keesler Infection Control Program while providing services under this contract.

Degree/Education: MD or DO medical degree; Successful completion of Residency in Radiation Oncology
Certifications in addition to Basic Life Support: None, aside from those acquired during residency.
Experience: Minimum 24 months within the previous 3 years.
Board Certification: Must be Board Certified with ABR.


Licensure/Registration: Must have Mississippi License to practice medicine.