Inpatient Hospitalist, School of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology

The Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Boston Medical Center and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine seeks an outstanding clinician to serve as a hospitalist on the inpatient hematology/oncology teaching service. The successful candidate must be board certified/eligible in internal medicine; additional certification in hematology/oncology is helpful but not required.

 

The hospitalist will serve as an attending physician on the inpatient hematology/oncology service at Boston Medical Center, the major teaching hospital for Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. They will rotate on the service for 36 weeks over the course of a year, supervising either a 10-patient or 16-patient team, in an alternating schedule. Both teams function as teaching services and are staffed by residents and interns from the Boston Medical Center Internal Medicine residency program. The hospitalist will serve as the service attending Monday-Friday. Weekend duties will be shared with other faculty in the section of hematology/oncology throughout the course of the year. As a teaching service, the hospitalist plays an integral role in the medical education and mentorship of medical students, interns and residents rotating on the service.

 

Academic rank at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine will be commensurate with experience, training, and achievements. Extensive collaborative opportunities with multiple disciplines provide an outstanding environment for research initiatives aimed at improving patient outcomes/safety, optimizing efficiency of patient progression through hospitalization, implementing new systems and processes, establishing more consistent standards of practice in the acute care setting and medical education.

Required Skills

• Required credentials include an M.D., D.O. or M.D. /Ph.D.
• ABIM Board certification/board eligible in internal medicine.
• Demonstrated interest and ability to provide acute care to hospitalized oncology patients.
• Work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary care teams
• Qualified candidates must be licensed or able to obtain a license in the State of Massachusetts.
• Qualified candidates must have legal authorization to work in the United States.
• Current BLS is required.
• Passion and interest for excellence in patient care and teaching in an academic inpatient hospital setting, with an interest in hematology/oncology.

 

Interested candidates should send application materials (resume/CV and cover letter) to Casaundra Knight at

Casaundra.Knight@bmc.org

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We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor. 

Required Experience