Physician - 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

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