Job Description
The Oklahoma City VA Healthcare System (OCVAHCS) is seeking applications for the position of staff physician in the Hematology & Oncology program. The position would require obtaining affiliation with an academic institution, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. We're seeking a board-certified, full-time permanent hospital-employed physician to join our Hematology/Oncology department at the Oklahoma City VA Medical Center Hospital. Our ideal candidate will enjoy clinical practice and teaching and be board certified in Oncology. Hematology certification is desirable. We are specifically seeking someone to focus on solid tumors with GI and sarcoma/melanoma as well as hematology. Join a department that is expanding to better serve veteran patients.
Our Staff Physicians have a major teaching role within the division, including its fellowship program. Academic opportunities also include serving as principal investigator of clinical trials in the field of interest or specialization, administrative oversight of regulatory requirements and compliances with IRB regulations in human research, development of a specialty oncology program, clinical and basic science research efforts. The position includes a major role in the clinical, research, administrative and educational programs of the Hematology/Oncology Section. The physician will take part in the supervision and education of fellows and residents, participate in didactic sessions, conferences and give presentations and lectures to trainees. Our physicians provide educational training for Hematology/Oncology Fellows, Internal Medicine Residents and Students. Applicants must be eligible for appointment at the VA. The ideal candidate for the staff physician positions will be suitable for academic appointment at the University of Oklahoma at the level of assistant, associate, or full professor, as evidenced by a strong track record of academic and/or clinical excellence. The clinical activities of the Section of Hematology/Oncology span the breath of the subspecialty and are strongly supported by surgery, pathology, radiology, and the other faculty members of medicine service. Additional responsibilities include;
