Physician       Infectious Disease and Hospital Epidemiologist   Duarte, CA 

Department of Medicine  City of Hope National Medical Center Duarte, CA

City of Hope Medical Group Seeks an Infectious Diseases Physician and Hospital Epidemiologist to Provide Services for our Duarte CampusCity of Hope - Duarte Campus

The Department of Medicine at City of Hope National Medical Center is seeking applications for a full-time clinical faculty and Hospital Epidemiology position (Assistant or Associate Clinical Professor) for our Duarte, California Campus.  This position is a rare opportunity to work in a 450 member integrated, multidisciplinary Medical Group Practice serving an NCI designated comprehensive cancer center in Southern California.  City of Hope is an expanding institution in both numbers of patients per year as well as infrastructure investment in clinical, academic and research facilities. 

City of Hope Los Angeles is transforming cancer care for generations. As an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center, City of Hope achieves exceptional outcomes difficult to obtain elsewhere. Our cancer center offers access to experts with unparalleled expertise in breast, prostate, lung, blood, gastrointestinal, and gynecological cancers, and more.

City of Hope Medical Group seeks an Infectious Disease Physician to provide services for our Duarte campus. Join our rapidly expanding, nationally recognized cancer institute as we seek to hire a full-time clinical faculty member at the Assistant-Associate Professor level. Seeking research and mission-minded physicians who provide exceptional patient-centered care through clear communication and collaboration with members of the subspecialty teams. For more information, please visit here: City of Hope, Duarte, and Department of Medicine. 

We want our employees to enjoy all aspects of their professional and personal lives. Recognizing the value in diverse perspectives, we have programs that leverage engagement by bringing our professional community together. In the same way we view patient care from a broad perspective, City of Hope encourages its employees, too, to enhance their view by increasing their knowledge continually. Here at City of Hope, you will find great opportunities to provide fulfilling service and to enjoy workplace satisfaction.

HIGHLIGHTS

 ·       Join a dynamic group of 6 infectious diseases specialists and 1 APP

·       Work out of one location

o   The hospital is located on campus

·       Approximately 50% of time will be dedicated to Hospital Epidemiology, as the lead Hospital Epidemiologist

·       Clinical time is divided between inpatient and outpatient services

·       ½ day dedicated time for academic, administrative, or teaching activities

·       5% academic/research time granted for new faculty

·       Outpatient clinics 1-2 ½ days a week

·       Inpatient consultation call will be approximately 1:6 weeks

·       Clinical research opportunities abound and are encouraged

DUTIES

• Clinical time is divided between inpatient and outpatient services
• Contributions to Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Control efforts at Duarte
• Opportunities for clinical research

PAY & BENEFITS

·       MGMA competitive salary and benefits package:

o   Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, AD&D, life, Malpractice, CME allowance, 20 days paid vacation, 3 personal days, 18 sick days, 7 holidays, and 10 CME days

o   City of Hope adds 20% of salary to your retirement account (NOT a match—you don’t contribute a penny) each year; up to a maximum of $61,000

o   BASE salary range: $210k - $256k *The salary range listed is exclusively for base compensation for full-time employment and does not include incentive compensation or benefits.  Actual compensation will be adjusted for experience, training, hospital/community need and other factors.

·       Graduating Fellows with significant exposure to transplant infectious disease during training strongly encouraged to apply!

Benefits information: City of Hope Medical Group Benefits

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer

·       Active or eligible for California medical license

• ABIM board certification in Infectious Diseases

·       Strong communication skills

·       Experienced in leading policy and protocol development and implementation for hospital epidemiology and infection prevention and control with a special focus on cancer patients.

·       Experience in transplant infectious disease - program that is heavily focused toward immunocompromised host infections (hematologic malignancy/ HCT)

·       1-2 years working within hematologic malignancies *preferred but not required