Oncology - Radiation Physician
Company: 22nd Health Care LLC
Location: San Juan
Posted on: December 31, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Title: Board-Certified Radiation Oncology Physician
Location:San Juan, PR 00921 Duration :1 year to long term Shift:
Monday-Friday(7:00 AM-3:30 PM) Key Responsibilities: • Experience
in prescribing radiation treatment regimens focused on cure or
disease control while minimizing risks to normal tissue. •
Experience in accurate, consistent treatment delivery. • Experience
with consultation, dose prescription, on-treatment supervision, and
treatment summary reports. • Experience working with QA processes
related to treatment planning systems. • Experience collaborating
with physicists, dosimetrists, radiation therapists, and using
planning software/hardware. • Prescriptions must be written,
signed, and dated by the radiation oncologist prior to treatment. •
Evidence of meeting continuing education requirements. • Prior to
beginning radiation treatment, contract physician(s) shall instruct
the patient and care givers on the risks involved including symptom
management and symptoms requiring immediate intervention. This
instruction must be documented in the medical record within 24
hours. The patient shall be given names and telephone numbers of
persons to contact to report these symptoms. Informed consent shall
be completed prior to implementation of initial treatments. •
Contract physician(s) shall evaluate each patient for treatment
management at a minimum of once per five treatments. These
treatment management evaluations, addressing tumor response and
side effects of therapy and medications prescribed, include
pertinent laboratory and imaging studies. Patient's progress shall
be reported to the referring physician using the electronic medical
record, Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) and ARIA/Eclipse,
to include name of attending physician, treatment date, radiation
treatment type, radiation dose amount and duration of treatment,
radiation treatment dose to date and remaining dose to be provided,
skin check of treated area, plan of care and number of treatments
left to complete. • Contract physician(s) shall provide the patient
with written guidelines regarding their rights and
responsibilities. This includes keeping the patient informed of all
issues affecting care and inviting full participation in planning
and implementing care. Patient expectations of contract
physician(s) should also be outlined. The patient must be advised
of their right to submit complaints and procedures concerning such.
This instruction must be documented in the medical record within 24
hours. • Contract physician(s) shall maintain written policies and
procedures that clearly define guidelines for protecting patients
and employees from all unnecessary radiation exposure, provisions
for the safe use, removal, handling and storage of radiation and
other radioactive elements. • Contract physician(s) shall monitor
all therapy for side effects or complications; prescribe dose
changes as needed; and review all cases at physician conference.
Qualifications & Licenses: • Physicians must hold a current, valid,
and unrestricted license to practice medicine in any State,
Territory, Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of
Columbia. • Physicians must be Board Certified. • Physicians must
be American Board of Radiology (ABR) certified in Radiation
Oncology and maintain certification throughout the contract
period.
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