Physician Hematology/Oncology - Competitive Salary

Job Description

Location: \n
\nHartford, CT\n
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\nHartford, Connecticut offers an exceptional quality of life ideally situated between Boston and New York City, providing access to some of the nation's finest schools, four beautiful seasons of recreational activities, and diverse living options ranging from vibrant urban neighborhoods to charming shoreline communities and leafy suburbs.\n
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Facility: \n
\nThis 867-bed tertiary care center serves as the flagship hospital of a major regional healthcare system and is the largest teaching hospital in the University of Connecticut medical school system. The facility houses a comprehensive cancer institute with oversight of oncologic care across a 7-hospital system serving a third of Connecticut's population, and has maintained a strategic partnership with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center since 2014.\n
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Opportunity: \n
\nPhysician - Hematology & Oncology\n
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Job Details: \n
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• Join a busy breast medical oncology team seeing over 600 new breast cancer cases annually
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• Work within a multi-disciplinary team of fellowship-trained breast surgeons and medical and radiation oncologists sub-specializing in breast cancer
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• Collaborate with fellowship-trained pathologists, radiologists, reconstructive surgeons, and a mature genetic counseling program
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• Active nurse navigator program provides strong clinical support
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• Participate in active clinical trial and health disparities research programs as a main member of SWOG and NRG
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• Opportunities to engage in teaching, clinical research, and quality/outcomes research
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• Work collaboratively with the MSK Breast Disease Management Team counterpart on quality, research, and innovative program development
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• Participate in weekly Breast Tumor Board meetings for individual patient management discussions
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• Hospitalist teams cover inpatient care with oncology consult service provided by medical oncology
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• Formal programs in survivorship, high risk care, patient education, and breast rehabilitation services are in development
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• Position is open to mid-career medical oncologists as well as physicians completing fellowship with interest in breast oncology
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• Board Certification in Hematology/Oncology and Internal Medicine required
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• Must be eligible for licensure in the State of Connecticut
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• Demonstrated experience practicing within a multidisciplinary team model of care for breast patients required
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• Academic accomplishment in clinical trials or quality improvement is highly desirable
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• Access to the HHC Physician Leadership Development Institute and Office of Provider Wellness for personal development and well-being support
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Compensation: \n
\nEmployed salary with benefits.\n
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