Physician (Radiation Oncologist)

Patient Care

• Comprehensively review medical records and relevant imaging to prepare for new patient visits, follow-ups, simulations, and on treatment visits.
• Direct staff to obtain outside records and coordinate with non-military facilities when necessary.
• Incorporate national treatment guidelines, relative medical literature, and clinical experience to formulate appropriate treatment plans.
• Direct clinical responsibility assignments as dictated by service needs.

Nasopharyngoscopy, Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT), Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy (SABR), Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS), Fractionated Stereotactic Radiation Therapy (FSRT), Total Body Irradiation (TBI)

• Competent in nasopharyngoscopy.
• Competent in the use of SBRT or SABR.
• Competent in the use of SRS and FSRT.
• Competent in patient selection, simulation, treatment planning, and delivery of TBI.
• Competent in variety of treatment modalities including electron treatment, 3D conformal treatment, IMRT, and VMAT.
• Competent in utilizing techniques including deep inspiratory breath hold (DIBH) and 4DCT.

Consent

• Appropriately obtain informed consent prior to delivery of radiation therapy.
• Provide advance instructions to the clinic staff on the details of the simulation.
• Supervise the simulation, place markers as needed, and delineate isocenter when appropriate.

Treatment Planning

• Complete contours and review dosimetry in a timely fashion.
• Review imaging daily at a minimum prior to the next fraction.

Conferences and CME

• Represent the Radiation Oncology Service at local Tumor Conferences.
• Attend one conference annually, up to one week in length, for the purposes of continued medical education.

Service Morning Meeting

• Attend Service morning meeting to review new starts, planned CT simulations, required on-treatment visits, on-treatment patient issues, treatment planning items, and address dosimetry, physics, radiation therapy, desk staff, and other issues.

Image Guidance Review

• Review imaging daily at a minimum prior to the next fraction to provide important feedback to the radiation therapists and ensure patient safety.

Weekly Chart Rounds

• 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.
• Assess patients for enrollment in clinical trials when applicable and educate patients on clinical trial opportunities.
• Complete necessary paperwork, treatment planning, and assessments for patients as stipulated by the protocols for enrollment, treatment, and follow-up.

Disease Control Guidelines

• Adhere to the Center for Disease Control guidelines always concerning universal precautions and the Keesler Infection Control Program while providing services under this contract.

Academic Duties

• Participate in medical education.
• Co-sign all clinical notes produced by the residents working under his/her technical guidance.
• Teach residents in Radiology, other Staff radiologists, residents in other departments, medical students, technologists, and other Keesler staff members.

Section Oversight

• May be assigned the responsibility for medical guidance oversight of a Section of the Radiation Oncology Service.

CME Requirements

• CME requirements shall be sufficient to satisfy requirements of appropriate licensing agencies and JC at no additional cost to the government.

Qualifications

• MD or DO medical degree.
• Successful completion of Residency in Radiation Oncology.
• Board Certification with ABR.
• Mississippi License to practice medicine.

Experience

• Minimum 24 months within the previous 3 years.

Additional Details

• Work Schedule and Duty Hours: Routine work schedules will be Monday through Friday between 0700 hrs and 1700 hrs according to established individual schedules based on the department needs not to exceed 8 hours/day excluding a 1-hour lunch.
• Duty hours may commence at 0600 and extend to 1800, Monday through Friday, when required based on patient need.
• Any changes to the work schedule must be approved by the Chief of Radiation Oncology.
• Contractor personnel shall be in the clinic and available for work during the hours specified in their respective work schedules.