Physician - Hematologist/Oncologist
Washington, Washington DC, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Hematology/Oncology
Salary
$285,000
– $360,000
• yearly
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Location
5000 W. National Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53295, United States
Visa Sponsorship
Yes
Job Description
Last Update:
12/23/24
An opportunity exists for a full or part-time hematologist/oncologist at the Milo C. Huempfner Outpatient Clinic, located in Green Bay, WI. The Milo C. Huempfner Outpatient Clinic is a new 162,000 square foot VA primary care and multi-specialty clinic located in Green Bay. The Milo C. Huempfner VA Outpatient Clinic has a full scope hematology/clinic along with an outpatient chemotherapy/infusion center.
Job Responsibilities
-Provide expert consultation and treatment to patients in the outpatient Hematology/Oncology clinic.
-Obtain medical histories, conduct physical examinations, order and evaluate appropriate laboratory testing, and plan and prescribe treatment for patients.
-Coordinate medical management and care with referring providers and other medical personnel in a multidisciplinary health care delivery system. Provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, treatment of disease, and care at the end of life.
-Provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, treatment of disease, and care at the end of life.
-Pursue practice-based learning and improvement. Practitioners are expected to be able to use scientific evidence and methods to investigate, evaluate, and improve patient care.
-Demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that enable one to establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, families, and other members of the health care team.
-Practice in a manner that reflects a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, and understanding and sensitivity to diversity, and a responsible attitude toward their patients, their profession.
-Oversee the chemotherapy unit - by, amongst other duties, determining treatment regimens, patient suitability for treatment, and initial management of chemotherapy complications. The candidate may perform diagnostic procedures such as bone marrow biopsy.
-Participate in staff meetings, hospital committees, and peer review process. Demonstrate effective communication both down to staff and up to leadership, to include heads up (for unanticipated or less than ideal patient outcomes).
-Maintain VA training requirements, through timely completion of documentation and upkeep of credentials required for privileging and re-privileging as per medical staff by-laws. Participation in the FPPE/OPPE process.
-Adhere to tour of duties, and submit timely requests for leave in current time management system and for clinic cancellations.
-Demonstrate timely completion of consults, notes, encounters. Adhere to CPRS documentation rules and requirements, as well as to clinic and OR procedures for patient scheduling and access.
Qualifications
Basic Requirements:
-United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
-Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.
-Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
-Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), b) OR
[(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA),OR
(3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States), which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences.
-Proficiency in spoken and written English.
Working Hours
Skills
-2 years of hematology/oncology experience
-Board certified/eligible
Physical Requirements: Walking, bending, stooping, and some lifting in the direct care of patients. There may also be extended periods of sitting.