Division Chief of Thoracic Medical Oncology | City of Hope National Medical Center The Division Chief will be a highly regarded physician and funded investigator with a collaborative, team-based leadership style, and the ability to leverage and grow our existing nationally recognized thoracic medical oncolog y program. He/she must also be operationally savvy, with the business acumen and cultural sensitivity to lead within a complex, matrixed environment having direct reporting to the Chair of Medical Oncology, but also collaborating across the disciplines of thoracic surgery, radiation oncology, pulmonary, pathology, supportive care, among others. The Leader must possess a breadth of skills, including demonstrated ability to drive research productivity; deep knowledge of clinical practice; a strong commitment to the training and career development of faculty and trainees; and demonstrated leadership and administrative ability in the clinical enterprise.
There are specific priorities that City of Hope seeks from the Leader to deliver with an overall objective of elevating the Thoracic Medical Oncology Program nationally. The following are of particular importance:
- Provide vision and leadership in research and clinical care delivery throughout the enterprise that will further advance our reputation and delivery of care on the national stag
- Expand and scale clinical trials and translational research to patients throughout City of Hope enterprise
- Drive and standardize care pathways achieving superior quality delivering excellence in patient outcomes, patient experience, and utilization metrics
- Integrate throughout the enterprise and expand our signature thoracic program by recruiting high caliber physicians and physician scientists creating market differentiation and excellence
- Integrate with the Cancer Center as potential Co-Lead of the Thoracic Disease Team, as well as possibly represent within the NCCN
Salary Range: $ 4 00K - $ 5 50K . The range listed is exclusively for base compensation for full-time employment and does not include incentive compensation or benefits. Actual compensation will be adjusted for experience, training, hospital/community need and other factors.
Position Highlights : - As a faculty member, you will have access to our generous annual 401k and healthcare benefits, etc. Our current benefits are:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, AD&D, life, Malpractice, CME allowance, 20 days paid vacation, 3 personal days, 18 sick days, 7 holidays, and 10 CME day
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan: 20% of base salary not to exceed the plan (compensation limit of $305,000) and/or IRS annual compensation limit.
- Annual academic improvement fund up to $5,000
- Physicians working for City of Hope Medical Group are now eligible to apply for the Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program
- Relocation offered on a case-by-case basis
- O-1 or H-1B Visa sponsorship available
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer,. Qualifications: - Reputation as a physician and clinical or translational researcher in thoracic malignancies as evidenced by strong, funded research history and publications in H-Index journals
- Preferably previous leadership experience in an academic setting, NCI and/or national academy/society
- Possess scholarly accomplishments to qualify at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor with a minimum of 8+ years post-fellowship
- Outstanding clinician with an impeccable reputation and successful track record of high-quality clinical outcomes
- Experience in the development and conduct of clinical trials and proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary research teams
- Understanding of quality and performance improvement, compliance with regulatory and accreditation guidelines, and utilization management, with the ability to design and implement improvement programs and experience serving on health system or academic medical center medical staff or departmental committees
- Administrative/management experience, preferably in an academic medical center setting
- Demonstrated ability leading highly trained physicians and multidisciplinary teams
- Demonstrated ability to set and meet strategic goals
- High levels of integrity and honesty
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Collaborative, adaptable, flexible to change and ability to lead teams through change
- Exceptional interpersonal skills including relationship-building, communication, listening, and negotiation diplomacy
Education, Licensure and Certifications: - M.D. OR D.O. from an accredited educational institution and boarded in respective specialty of Medical Oncology
- Possession of, or eligibility for, unrestricted medical license in the State of California
