Physician - Administration

The Cincinnati, OH VA Medical Center is seeking a Physician to work as the Section Chief for the Hematology/Oncology Section at our facility.

If you are interested in a career that offers professional/work-life balance in a supportive clinical learning environment, providing integrated patient-centered, state-of-the-art care to Veterans, we welcome you to apply to be part of the Cincinnati VA team!

The Section Chief:

• Takes ownership of providing excellent patient care to patients and education to trainees.
 
• Attends monthly Medical Service Section Chief Meetings with at 80% participation rate and assigns a delegate to attend if needed.
 
• Organizes staff meetings for area of responsibility at least once a month. Minutes from these meetings will roll up to Section Chief Meeting and are reported quarterly.
 
• Communicates both to staff and to leadership. Communications will include situational awareness, provide issue briefs, and weekly huddle with Chief of Medicine.
 
• May be asked to serve as acting as Service Chief for the Medical Service when the Service Chief is on leave or on clinical service.
 
• Ensures timely responses to all suspense actions and requests for record reviews.
 
• Reviews E-mail daily at minimum and maintains remote access and encryption.
 
• Ensures staff consistently enter document patient safety events.
 
• Participates in section, service and/or medical center committees.

Additional Requirement: Must be board certified/board eligible in Hematology/Oncology

The Section Chief, Hematology/Oncology works under the supervision of the Chief of Medical Service.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm

Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment):  This position may be eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan reimbursement program.

Pay:  Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
Retirement:  Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance:  Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure:  1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
CME:  Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice:  Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

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