Board Certified Radiation Oncology Physician

Posterity Group LLC•Memphis, AL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Posterity Group LLC is seeking Board Certified Radiation Oncology Physicians to provide services at the Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr. VA Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee, and the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center in Mountain Home, Tennessee. Physicians must be onsite during normal duty hours, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, local time, and available after hours by phone to determine whether staff should be called back for emergency patient situations. The physician will evaluate and treat transported inpatient and outpatient patients receiving palliative or curative cancer care, and provide follow-up, re-evaluation, and treatment visits. Duties include consultation and pretreatment evaluation; developing and discussing goal-oriented treatment plans, obtaining signed patient consent, and documenting plans in the VA medical record; managing treatment and monitoring patients; and completing treatment discharge summaries and follow-up documentation. Treatment planning must include the specified radiation type and dose, treatment site, dose-volume planning and histograms, organs at risk, and dose-volume-based delivery goals. Use of advanced modalities, including IMRT, IGRT, stereotactic radiosurgery, and stereotactic radiotherapy, must be justified in accordance with the appropriateness criteria of the American College of Radiology, American Society for Radiation Oncology, and American Association for Physicists in Medicine. A board-certified radiation oncologist must examine each patient at least once within 30 to 60 calendar days after a treatment series ends, review the medical record and imaging, evaluate the response to therapy, and complete a written evaluation within 48 hours. The physician will also attend and participate in weekly peer review conferences and complete required patient-care documentation, including consultation, encounter, progress, discharge, follow-up, and physics consultation documentation.

Requirements

Current license to practice medicine in a U.S. state, territory, or commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.
MD or DO degree and graduation from a radiation oncology residency.
American Board of Radiology certification in Radiation Oncology, maintained throughout the performance period.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certifications, or equivalent certifications.
At least three years of clinical experience, excluding residency.
Three years of experience with 3D Conformal Radiation Therapy (3DCRT).
Three years of experience with Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT).
Three years of experience with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT), including at least 10 documented cases within the last two years.
Three years of experience with Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS), including at least 10 documented cases within the last two years.
Three years of experience with the Eclipse treatment planning system and ARIA record-and-verify system, including 2D/3D conformal, SRS, SBRT, and IMRT/VMAT modalities.
Provide a copy of a current DEA certificate.

Responsibilities

Evaluate and treat inpatient and outpatient palliative and curative cancer patients, including follow-up, re-evaluation, and treatment visits.
Provide radiation therapy consultations and pretreatment evaluations at the request of referring physicians.
Develop a goal-oriented treatment plan for each patient when radiation therapy is appropriate; discuss it with the patient, obtain signed consent, and place it in the VA medical record.
Manage patients during treatment and provide continuing monitoring and follow-up evaluations.
Use advanced radiation modalities when appropriate and justify their use according to the stated professional society criteria.
Document treatment discharge summaries in CPRS, including total doses, the patient's condition at treatment completion, discharge instructions, and a follow-up appointment 30–60 days after treatment.
Examine each patient at least once within 30–60 calendar days after the treatment series, review the medical record and imaging, evaluate treatment response, and complete a written evaluation within 48 hours.
Attend and participate in weekly peer review conferences concerning treatment decisions, goals, and expected results.
Complete required patient-care documentation, including consultations, encounters, weekly progress notes, treatment discharge notes, follow-up notes, and physics consultation documentation.
Be available after hours by phone to determine whether staff callback is needed for an emergency patient situation.