Hiring Travel Radiation Therapist in Petoskey, MI with $2880 Weekly Gross
Listed compensation
$2520 weekly
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
Weekend work is also flagged as required; confirm which days and how often.
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Job Description
Sage Group HealthCare Staffing is a Radiation Therapist for a travel/contract position in Petoskey, MI. Accepting both local and traveler candidates.
Position Details
- Position Name: Travel Radiation Therapist - Oncology
- Location: Petoskey, Michigan
- Specialty: Radiation Therapy
- Start Date: ASAP
- Employment Type: Full-time, Travel, Contract, Temporary
- Contract Length: 13 weeks
- Local Pay Rate(Locals with 35 miles: $2520 weekly Gross pay based on a 40-hour work week
- Local Pay Rate (Locals b/n 35 - 50 miles): $2800 weekly Gross pay based on a 40-hour work week
Travel Pay Rate: $2880 weekly Gross pay based on a 40-hour work week (Includes Non-taxable travel/housing and M&I stipend available for qualified/eligible travelers)
- Unit: Oncology
- Shifts available: Days
- Shift timings: 8 Hours; Days, 8.00 am to 4.30 pm
Schedule: 40 hours/week guaranteed, 5 X 8-hr shifts per week, M-F
Position Requirements
- Radiation Therapist experience, 2 years - Required
- 1 year travel experience or 1 year work experience with Varian and ARIA – Required
- Varian TruBeam, ARIA, Trilogy experience - Preferred
Education, License and Certification Requirements
- ARRT (T) Certification - Required
- BLS Certification from AHA - Required
Job Description
- Responsible for the delivery of quality patient care through radiation therapy treatments.
- Perform treatment simulations, fabricates all necessary shielding blocks, and maintain accurate EMR.
Prepares equipment for patient treatments performing quality control and assurance tests, ensuring proper infection control techniques, and adheres to optimal radiation safety and protection practices.
All activities reflect the philosophy, goals, objectives and standards of hospital and nationally accepted standards of practice, provisions of quality patient care, environmental safety and inter-disciplinary cooperation.
- Maintains professional working relationships with medical staff.
- Accurately documents patient care and treatments provided
Key Responsibilities
Responsible for delivering quality patient care through radiation therapy treatments and performing treatment simulations. Duties include fabricating shielding blocks, maintaining EMRs, and ensuring strict adherence to radiation safety and infection control protocols.
Requirements
Requires at least 2 years of Radiation Therapist experience and ARRT (T) and BLS certifications. Candidates must have 1 year of travel experience or 1 year of experience with Varian and ARIA.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Hiring Travel Radiation Therapist in Petoskey, MI with $2880 Weekly Gross at SAGE GROUP a 6.5 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Radiation Therapy — ranked against 577 active Radiation Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.
Radiation Therapy Career Context
Of the 40 active Radiation Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 45% have no call, 75% require no weekends.
Radiation Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 7.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.5 / 10 · top 25% in radiation therapy | ranked against 577 Radiation Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Radiation Therapy median $134k (middle half $119k–$146k)28 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Michigan index 96.2 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Radiation Therapy listings in Michigan | 31 active | 584 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 45% no call · 75% no weekends40 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | US healthcare professional listings (all specialties): 24% state a sign-on bonus (median $15k) · 4% offer loan repayment671 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Radiation Therapy listings | 168 in the last 30 days | 152 the 30 days before (+11%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Radiation Therapy pay trend | −7.8% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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