Section Chief of Hematology/Oncology

The Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center is looking for a dynamic leader to serve as the section chief of Hematology/Oncology.

The Section Chief, Hematology/Oncology provides effective leadership of clinical operations and the staff of the Hematology/Oncology section on a day-to-day basis. They work cooperatively with facility leadership and interdisciplinary staff to move the Medical Center and the Hematology/Oncology Section toward achieving their mission, goals, and objectives in patient care, education, and research.

Expected duties include, but are not limited to:

• Delivering care in inpatient and outpatient settings providing full diagnostic evaluation, decision-making regarding chemotherapy and other treatments, and extensive counseling of patients. Managing the care of solid tumors and hematologic malignancies, along with benign hematologic.
• Teaching medical school students and residents in various settings, small groups, and at the bedside, stressing problem-based learning. In addition, the ideal candidate mentors Hematology/Oncology fellows in the inpatient, outpatient, and occasionally in the research arena. The candidate must have superb teaching, mentoring, and administrative skills as an integral component of the core curriculum and administration of the Hematology/Oncology fellowship program, and must qualify for an academic appointment at our affiliated university, University of Colorado (CU), Denver.
• In the outpatient setting, supervising hematology/oncology trainees and maintaining a panel of patients. Teaching by role modeling, is particularly important, as is the coordination of care among the many components of the multidisciplinary aspect of hematology/oncology patient care delivery. The Section Chief provides thoughtful counseling of patients and families in the clinic setting and supervises fellows in the performance of bone marrow biopsies and intrathecal administration of chemotherapy.
• Pursuing research opportunities as desired, involving clinical studies, either physician-initiated or multi-institutional collaboratives. This requires administrative responsibility to collect and appropriately maintain patient data and to manage the process required for clinical trial approval as well as oversight of clinical trial personnel.
• Serving as Chair of the Cancer Care Committee.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 40hrs/wk; Provide evening, weekend, and holiday coverage of the hematology/oncology consultation service in rotation with other staff Hematology-Oncologists.

Recruitment or Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Not Authorized

Candidates must be: 1) Residency trained in Internal Medicine, 2) Fellowship trained in Hematology Oncology, and 3) Have a full, unrestricted medical license in any State Preferred Experience: Board Certified in Hematology and Medical Oncology; candidate should have broad clinical experience in both Hematology and Medical Oncology; evidence of progressive growth in leadership and academic experience; VA experience a plus.

Facility Information: 

The Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center is a welcomed step forward in meeting the increased health care needs of today's Veteran population. This facility replaced the Denver facility of 670,000 square feet with a new state of the art campus of approximately 1.2 million square feet on 31 acres, providing many new services to Veterans. The Aurora, Colorado location is ideally located on the southeast corner of the former Fitzsimons Army Base just off Interstate 225, immediately west of RTD's light rail station and neighboring Children's Hospital and the University of Colorado Anschutz Health Care Campus. Leading edge technology is designed into every aspect of the new campus, bringing Veterans high quality health care well into the 21st century. Guiding principles for the new campus include patient safety, improving the Veteran's health care experience, promoting the family's role in care delivery, and protecting our environment through green design. The VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System's specialized personal care epitomizes excellence in health care, delivered through a unique combination of medical center-based and local community-focused medicine, that brings innovative and leading-edge care to Veterans throughout the region. 

Community Information:

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Benefits Information:

• The VA supports healthy work-life-family balance by offering a robust menu of employee benefits and features
• The expected range of annual salary is $288,000 to $365,000 and includes biennial longevity pay increases
• Physician staff may be considered for an annual performance pay bonus up to $15,000.00 or 7.5% (whichever is less) 
• Annual Paid time off includes 26 days’ of vacation with pay, 13 days sick leave, 11 federal holidays observed and CME
• Health-Dental-Vision-Life Insurance with premiums partially offset or paid by the government with retirement portability
• Retirement Plans includes Federal Employee Retirement System (DB) and Thrift Savings Plan (DC) with 5% matching

About the VA:

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, offers Veterans the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the United States. We operate more than 1,400 clinical sites of care, including 153 medical centers, 909 ambulatory and community-based outpatient clinics, 135 nursing homes 232 Veterans centers, 47 readjustment counseling centers, and 108 comprehensive home care programs, across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Territories.

For More Information:

Please forward a copy of your Curriculum Vitae and an Introduction summarizing your interests, experience and goals, to Andrew Corum, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System Physician Recruiter,  Show Contact Details  or call Show Contact Details .