Hospitalist Physician - Medical Oncology Service

About the role

Duke’s Division of Medical Oncology and the Duke Cancer Institute are actively recruiting for a Nocturnist Hospitalist Physician to integrate into our Medical Oncology / Solid Tumor Service. Nocturnist Hospitalist Physicians in Oncology are clinicians and/or clinician educators who provide clinical care for adult oncology patients admitted at Duke University Hospital during the overnight shift of 7 pm – 7 am.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight of inpatients during the overnight shift, including admissions and transfers
• Engage in direct patient care activities such as assessment, evaluation, pain and symptom management, care planning and modification, medications/therapeutic recommendations, and medical decision making
• Direct contact and consultation with patient family members, friends, advocates, and others to ensure effective communication of patient status and care plans, and to encourage/support an open visitor-friendly environment
• Extensive and ongoing communications with primary oncology teams who routinely manage the cancer care of patients in the outpatient setting
• Day-to-day patient contact/rounding/care management that actively encourages and includes professional input from all members of the interdisciplinary team
• Accurate and timely completion of all clinical and professional records and documentation to assure compliance with local, state and federal regulatory, licensure and accreditation requirements
• Work to create a positive work culture within cross-departmental teams and align this work with other Oncology initiatives
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited MD or DO medical school
• Completion of Internal Medicine Residency Program
• Board Eligible IM pending or recent graduates may apply, but otherwise American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) certification is required
• License to practice medicine issued by the NCMB
• Federal and State DEA License

Qualifications

• Hematology/Oncology Fellowship preferred, but not required
• Board Certified in Hematology and/or Oncology is preferred, but not required
• Hospitalist and/or Hematology/Oncology experience preferred but welcome new grad applicants