Job Description
JOB OVERVIEW - Profession: Physician
- Specialty: Radiation Oncology
- Job Type: Locum Tenens
- Location: Duluth, MN
- Service Setting: Outpatient
- Coverage Type: Clinical Only
- Coverage Period: Oct 01, 2026 - Jan 31, 2027
- Shift Schedule: Mon - Fri, 7:30a - 4:30p
- Reason for Coverage: Supplemental
- Travel, Lodging, and Malpractice Insurance: Covered by Agency
PATIENT INFORMATION - Average Daily Volume: 10-16 patients/day
FACILITY INFORMATION - EMR System: Epic
- Office Equipment: Varian TrueBeam (x2), Siemens CT scanner, Varian Eclipse treatment planning, MIM
- Specialty Backup: 2 Radiation Oncologists on site
- Support Staff: RNs: 2, MAs: 1, Office Staff: 3
PRIVILEGES & COMPLIANCE - Hospital Privileges Required: Yes
REQUIRED PROCEDURES - Required:
- Linear Accelerator
- Rapid Arc/VMAT
- Electrons
- Conventional/Conformal Therapy
- Intensity Modulated Radiation therapy (IMRT)
- Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
- Stereotactic Body radiation therapy (SBRT)
- Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) - all types
- Hyper altered fractionation
- Conventional treatment planning
- Beam shaping (MLC)
- 3D CRT
- PET CT or MRI Image Fusion
- Electronic Portal Imaging (EPI)
- Preferred:
- Cyber knife
- Gamma knife
- Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT)
- Total body irradiation (TBI)
- Total Skin electrons (TSE)
- Clinical Trials
JOB REQUIREMENTS - Board: BC/BE
- Licenses: None
- Certifications: BLS
- Fellowship: Required
- Experience: Proficiency in EPIC, Varian ARIA, Eclipse, and experience with Varian TrueBeam
Duties & Responsibilities - Perform inpatient and outpatient consultations, follow-up visits, and CT sim orders.
- Develop and approve treatment plans, including IMRT, VMAT, SBRT, SRS.
- Participate in chart rounds, peer rounds, and tumor conferences.
- Manage radiation therapy prescriptions, critical structures, and plan approval.
- Collaborate with medical physicists, dosimetrists, and radiation therapists.
