Inpatient Hospitalist, Medicine, Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology

Inpatient Hospitalist, 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 University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine 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.

Academic rank as Instructor or Assistant Professor of Medicine 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, and establishing more consistent standards of practice in the acute care setting. The hospitalist will also participate in the education of medical students and the didactic training of residents.

Required Skills

• Required credentials include an M.D. or M.D. /Ph.D.
• ABIM Board certification in internal medicine
• Demonstrated interest and ability to provide acute care to hospitalized oncology patients
• 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.

How should candidates apply?

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