Doctor in radio-oncology - Salary and Career
Doctors in diagnostic and therapeutic medicine

Doctor in radio-oncology - Career description, activities, functions and salary

They perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, perform medical consultation and care, treat patients as a biopsychosocial being, implement health promotion actions, coordinate health services, prepare medical documents and disseminate medical knowledge.

How much does an Doctor in radio-oncology earn

A Doctor in radio-oncology earns between $3.165 and $18.939 per month, with an average monthly salary of $7.798 and a median salary of $6.075 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 18 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Doctor in radio-oncology

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 7.798 93.574 1.949 56
1º Quartile 3.165 37.981 791 23
Median Salary 6.075 72.894 1.519 44
3º Quartile 14.444 173.325 3.611 104
Higher Salary 18.939 227.269 4.735 136


Professional job categories

  • Science and arts professionals
    • professionals of biological sciences, health
      • medical professionals
        • doctors in diagnostic and therapeutic medicine

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Main workplaces

Doctors in diagnostic and therapeutic medicine the positions of this CBO family develop their activities in the sectors of health, social services, teaching, research and development. They act as self-employed without permanent supervision, can work individually or in teams, carry out activities indoors and at irregular hours. In some situations, they work in uncomfortable positions for long periods and, due to the nature and responsibility of their work, they are subject to stress. In some of the occupations, professionals may be subject to the action of toxic, chemical, radioactive and biological materials.


What does it take to work in the field of Doctors in diagnostic and therapeutic medicine

The occupations are performed by professionals with higher education, accredited by the CFM Conselho Federal de Medicina. The exercise of the function takes place after a period of one to two years of professional experience plus a specialization course or medical residency in the area of expertise.


Functions and activities of Doctor in radio-oncology

Doctors in diagnostic and therapeutic medicine must:

  • diffusion of medical knowledge;
  • perform medical consultation and care;
  • difusing medical knowledge;
  • implementing actions for health promotion;
  • perform medical consultation and assistance;
  • perform medical consultation and care;
  • perform consultation and medical assistance;
  • spreading medical knowledge;
  • demonstrate personal skills;
  • perform medical diagnostic and therapeutic procedures;
  • diffusion medical knowledge;
  • coordinate health services;
  • elaborate medical documents;
  • work with biosafety;
  • perform diagnostic and therapeutic medical procedures;
  • coordinating health services;
  • working with biosafety;
  • treat patients (as a biopsychosocial being);
  • treating patients (as a biopsychosocial being);
  • implement actions for health promotion;
  • work with biosafety;

  • Activities

    • request interconsultations;
    • prescribing medicines;
    • providing preventive treatments;
    • participating in health campaigns;
    • perform treatments with biological agents;
    • demonstrate ability to provide humanized care;
    • supervise handling of health waste;
    • planning treatment of patients;
    • indicate the need for hospitalization;
    • diagnose the health status of patients;
    • perform physical examination;
    • practicing clinical procedures;
    • teaching classes;
    • follow the patient's therapeutic plan;
    • establishing medical-hospital committees;
    • elaborate standard operating procedures;
    • implementing biosafety measures;
    • participate in meetings, congresses and other scientific events;
    • monitor the patient's medical evolution;
    • suggest additional tests;
    • implement safety and protection measures for workers and the population;
    • develop equipment;
    • produce scientific work;
    • develop procedures;
    • perform home visits;
    • perform diagnostic exams;
    • performing a community health diagnosis;
    • participating in educational activities;
    • performing surveys, expertise, audits and medical inquiries;
    • indicate treatment;
    • determine the degree of disease (stage the disease);
    • refer the patient to other professionals;
    • organizing continuing education courses;
    • supervise handling of radioactive substances sealed and unsealed source;
    • elaborate protocols for medical procedures;
    • perform urgent and emergency care;
    • issue certificates;
    • describe medical actions;
    • request additional exams;
    • evaluate medical acts;
    • assist in the regulation of medical activities;
    • practicing interventional procedures;
    • prescribing immunization;
    • empower work team;
    • demonstrate ability to deal with adverse situations;
    • specify inputs;
    • organize scientific meetings;
    • demonstrate language adapter ability;
    • organizing scientific meetings;
    • perform treatments with physical agents;
    • prescribe treatment;
    • perform autopsies;
    • demonstrate ability to work in a team;
    • performing surveys, expertise, audits and medical investigations;
    • manage financial resources;
    • prescribe medication;
    • establish dosage of chemical, physical and biological agents;
    • establishing a health action plan;
    • select work team;
    • demonstrate quickness of perception;
    • elaborate medical records;
    • participate in vector and zoonosis control actions;
    • establishing prognosis;
    • select equipment and instruments;
    • elaborate informative and normative material;
    • demonstrate selective attention capacity;
    • assist standardization of medical activities;
    • issue prescriptions;
    • supervise acquisition of radioactive substances sealed and unsealed source;
    • demonstrate medical actions;
    • to raise diagnostic hypotheses;
    • perform anamnesis;
    • select patients in specific situations;
    • issue declarations;
    • set up service schedule;
    • demonstrate ability to interpret verbal and non-verbal language;
    • supervise storage of radioactive substances sealed and unsealed source;
    • distribute tasks;
    • supervise storage of health waste;
    • issue opinions;
    • developing procedures;
    • prepare teaching material;
    • supervise staff;
    • insert orthoses and implants;
    • manage urgent and emergency situations;
    • implementing safety and protection measures for workers and the population;
    • supervise disposal of health waste;
    • elaborate reports;
    • demonstrate ability to make decisions;
    • demonstrate impartiality of judgment;
    • establish prognosis;
    • dispatch work;
    • perform instrumental workup;
    • interpret data from anamnesis, clinical examination and complementary exams;
    • implementing environmental health measures;
    • demonstrate altruism;
    • practicing surgical procedures;
    • raise diagnostic hypotheses;
    • tracking prevalent diseases;
    • demonstrate ability to preserve medical confidentiality;
    • practice clinical procedures;
    • supervise medical acts;
    • participating in boards of associations, class entities and health councils;
    • handle equipment and accessories;
    • demonstrate tolerance;
    • participate in health campaigns;
    • document images and graphic records;
    • demonstrate leadership ability;
    • remove cells and tissue fragments;
    • practice surgical procedures;
    • issue reports;
    • supervise transport of health waste;
    • developing research in medicine;
    • demonstrate ability to listen;
    • provide consultancy and advice;
    • prescribing hygienic-dietary measures;
    • cultivate cells and tissues;
    • perform treatments with chemical agents;
    • prepare research projects;
    • demonstrate empathy;
    • disseminating information in the media;
    • monitoring the patient's medical evolution;
    • fill in compulsory notification forms;
    • suggest complementary exams;
    • set up medical-hospital committees;
    • discuss diagnosis, prognosis and treatment with patients, guardians, family members and other professionals;
    • elaborate reports;
    • perform hospital visits;
    • participating on boards of associations, class entities and health councils;


    Sectors that hire Doctor in radio-oncology the most in the job market

    • hospital care activities
    • service activities in emergency room and hospital units for emergency care
    • outpatient medical activity restricted to consultations
    • outpatient medical activity with resources for performing complementary exams
    • support activities for education
    • diagnostic imaging services using ionizing radiation
    • chemotherapy services
    • other human health care activities




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