JOB OVERVIEW

• Profession: Physician
  
• Specialty: Radiation Oncology
  
• Job Type: Locum Tenens
  
• Location: Duluth, MN 55805-1901
  
• 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
  
• 3-5 CT Sims per 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.