Board Certified Radiation Oncology Physician

Posterity Group LLC is a veteran owned, service-disabled small business, headquartered in Rockville, MD, that specializes in federal government contracting and staffing. We are tasked with staffing The Lt Col Luke Weathers Jr VA Medical Center and the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center with Board Certified Radiation Oncologists. The Physician is expected to do the following:  

There is a current need for Radiation Oncology Physicians at the Lt. Col. Luke  Weathers Jr. VA Medical Center in Memphis and the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center in  Mountain Home, TN. 

The physicians are required to be onsite during normal duty  hours, which are 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, local time.  Physicians are also required to be available after hours for emergency phone calls  to determine if call back of staff is required for an emergency patient situation.  

•  Services shall include evaluation and treatment of transported inpatient and  outpatient clinical services for both palliative and curative cancer patients; follow up, re-evaluation, and treatment visits.
• Contract Radiation Oncologist shall provide evaluation and a treatment plan;  follow patients for treatment management, continuing monitoring and follow-up  evaluations. Contract Radiation Oncologist shall complete any documentation  associated with the treatment provided to VA patients treated by them.
• Conventional Radiation Treatment: Use of the following advanced modalities:  IMRT, IGRT, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Stereotactic Radiotherapy shall be fully  justified in accordance with the appropriateness criteria promulgated by the  American College of Radiology, American Society for Radiation Oncology, and  American Association for Physicist in Medicine
• Patient Consultation/Pretreatment Evaluation: A radiation therapy consultation is  defined as a comprehensive patient evaluation provided at the request of the  referring physician.
• Treatment Planning: When it is determined radiation therapy is appropriate, a  goal-oriented treatment plan from supporting data shall be developed by the  Contract physician(s) for each patient, discuss treatment plan with patient and  obtain patient’s signed consent, and made a part of the VA medical record. The  treatment plan shall include the type of radiation to be administered, prescribed  dose, treatment site location, Dose Volume (DV) based planning to include DV  Histograms (DVH), designation of Organs at Risk (OAR) for radiation injury, DV  based radiation delivery goals for each OAR
•  Treatment Discharge: Contract physician(s) shall document treatment discharge  summary (End of Treatment Note) in CPRS to include total radiation treatment  doses, patient’s condition at completion of treatment, discharge instructions to  patient and a follow-up appointment with 30-60 days post treatment. 
• Follow-up Evaluations: A board-certified radiation oncologist must see each  patient at least one (1) time following the radiation therapy treatment series within  thirty (30) to sixty (60) calendar days of the end of a treatment series. The follow up examination shall consist of a physical examination of the patient and a review  of the current medical record including x-rays. The purpose of this examination is  to evaluate the patient’s response to therapy, and a written evaluation shall be  completed for the patient’s medical record within 48 hours.
• Peer Review Conferences: Contract Staff shall attend and participate in weekly  peer review conferences to discuss the appropriateness of treatment decisions,  treatment goals and expected results related to Facility Radiation Oncology  patients. These conferences may be joint conferences at which Contractor’s  Radiation Oncology Service patients are also presented.
• Documentation Requirements: All patient care documentation including, but not  limited to consultations, encounters, weekly progress notes, treatment discharge  notes, follow-up notes, continuing physics consultation which covers weekly chart  review checks, special physics consultation notes, and other required  documentation 

•  Shall have a current license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia.
•  Shall be board-certified and currently certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), or  equivalent certifications. 
• Shall provide American Board of  Radiology (ABR) certified physicians in the area of Radiation Oncology and  contract physicians shall maintain certification throughout the period of  performance. 
•  Must have MD/DO, graduated from a  radiation oncology residency, board certified in radiation oncology from the ABR with a  minimum of three (3) years clinical experience excluding residency. 
• Three (3) years of experience – 3D Conformal Radiation Therapy (3DCRT)
• Three (3) years of experience – Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy  (IMRT)
• Three (3) years of experience – Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy  (SBRT): minimum experience of 10 cases documented within the last 2  years.
• Three (3) years of experience -Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS): minimum  experience of 10 cases documented within the last 2 years.
• Three (3) years of experience - Eclipse treatment planning system; and  ARIA record & verify system, including the following treatment modalities:  2D/3D Conformal, SRS, SBRT, and IMRT/VMAT
• Shall provide copy of current DEA certificate.