Medical Oncologist- BUFFALO, NY VAMC
Orlando, Florida, United States

Job Summary

Occupation Physician
Specialty Oncology-Medical Oncology
Salary $363,000 – $398,000 yearly
Degree Required MD/DO
Position Type Locums/Travel
Work Environment Hospital
Location 3495 Bailey Ave., Buffalo, New York, 14215, United States
Visa Sponsorship No

Job Description

Last Update: 12/05/24
Ghost Rx is seeking 2 Full Time Medical Oncologists to work at the VA Medical Center in Buffalo NY. This is an excellent locums opportunity with a one year contract and likely extensions. Work will be performed in the VA's state of the art facility 8a - 4:30p.

Job Responsibilities

Board Certified General Oncology Physician Services - VA Western New York Healthcare System is currently seeking 2.0 FTE in General Oncology Physician Services. The scope of this work is to provide services necessary to perform on-site General Oncology services to eligible beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The range of General Oncology services as would be provided in a state-of-the-art civilian medical treatment facility and the standard of care shall be of the quality, meeting or exceeding currently recognized national standards as established by the Joint Commission and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Qualifications

For submittal we are requesting the following documents from each candidate:

Signed LOI
Resume
AHA BLS
AHA ACLS
License
ABIM Medical Oncology Board Certification
DEA
NPI
OIG

Working Hours

VA Business Hours:
Normal administrative hours are 8:00am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Off-hours Coverage:
Contractor must make the Contractor’s physician(s) available on-call during all hours when the facility clinic is closed, including evenings, weekends and holidays.

a. On-call contractor’s physician(s) must be available at all times for phone consultations with VA residents and physicians.
b. On-call providers must be available within 15 minutes by phone and on-site, within 60 minutes.
c. On-call schedule will be made in conjunction with VA staff oncology physicians

Place of Performance:
Services shall be provided at the Government Facility site:
-Buffalo VAMC 3495 Bailey Ave, Buffalo NY 14215 (Primary site)
-Batavia VAMC 222 Richmond Ave, Batavia NY, 14020
-Olean CBOC 465 North Union Street, Olean NY 14760

Travel. There will be an expectation to conduct clinic at the Batavia VAMC and Olean CBOC in accordance with patient volume for oncology services. The frequency of clinic at these locations will be reoccurring with a minimum of one day per quarter and a maximum of one day per week for each location. Batavia is 36.4 miles from the primary location in Buffalo. Olean is 75.5 miles from the primary location in Buffalo. We estimate there may be a maximum of 26 visits per year to either the Batavia VAMC or the Olean CBOC.