Radiation Oncologist
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Job Description
- Job Id: 103803
- Profession: Physician
- Specialty: Radiation Oncology
- Job Type: Locum Tenens
- Location: Tyler, TX
- Service Setting: Outpatient
- Coverage Type: Clinical Only
- Coverage Period: Dec 21, 2026 – Ongoing
- Shift Schedule: 8:00a – 5:00p
- Reason for Coverage: Supplemental
Coverage Dates
Dec 21-23, 28-31
Patient Information
Average Daily Volume: 30
Facility Information
- Trauma Level: IV
- EMR System: Aria
- Office Equipment Available: Varian TrueBeam linear accelerators, CT simulator
- Support Staff: RNs: 1, MAs: 1, Office Staff: 5
- 3 Radiation Therapist, Dosimetrist, Physicist
Required Procedures
Required
- ERBT: Linear Accelerator
- Techniques: Conventional/Conformal Therapy, IMRT, IGRT, SBRT, SRS, Hyper altered fractionation
- Treatment planning: Conventional treatment planning, MLC, 3D CRT, IMRT, PET CT or MRI Image Fusion, EPI
Job Requirements
- Board: BC
- Licenses: Texas license or IMLC
- Certifications: BLS
Duties & Responsibilities
- Perform new patient consultations
- Conduct follow-up appointments
- Manage on-treatment visits (OTVs)
- Oversee verification simulations
- Provide radiation oncology care using Varian TrueBeam linear accelerators
Key Responsibilities
The Radiation Oncologist will perform new patient consultations, conduct follow-up appointments, and manage on-treatment visits. They are also responsible for overseeing verification simulations and providing radiation oncology care using Varian TrueBeam linear accelerators.
Requirements
Candidates must be Board Certified and hold a valid Texas medical license or IMLC. BLS certification is required, along with proficiency in various radiation therapy techniques and treatment planning.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 10+ years of experience
Oncology — Physician Career Context
In Texas, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$300k (148 salary observations; 975 listings), vs ~$296k nationally (4,168 salary observations; 18,083 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 36 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 14% are remote, 50% have no call, 36% require no weekends.
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Location & Logistics
Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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Living in Tyler
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $267k
- Typical market rent
- $1,314/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 20 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 92.2
- State income tax
- None
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Tyler, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.