Oncology - Associate Professor / Professor

CO00 Children's Hospital Medical Center; United States; On-site; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is seeking an accomplished clinician-scientist for an Associate Professor or Professor role in the Oncology Division. The focus will be on clinical, translational, and laboratory initiatives in immune- and cell-based therapies for pediatric cancers.

Responsibilities include providing exemplary patient care, supervising residents, and engaging in scholarly activities. A commitment to excellence in clinical service and education is essential.

Qualifications

• Current active medical license issued by the State of Ohio or eligible for license.
• Completion of all required pre-employment activities.
• Generally requires a minimum of five years of service at the Assistant Professor rank.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, effective, and compassionate patient care.
• Supervise patient care of assigned residents and fellows.
• Participate in scholarly activities and publish findings.

Skills

Clinical care expertise

Teaching and mentoring

Research and scholarly activity

Education

M.D., D.O., or equivalent degree

Board certification (preferred)

Job description

Overview

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is seeking an accomplished clinician‑scientist for an Associate Professor or Professor role within the Oncology Division, specializing in Cellular Therapy and Immunobiology. This individual will help guide and expand a growing portfolio of clinical, translational, and laboratory initiatives centered on the development and application of immune‑ and cell‑based therapies for pediatric cancers and related immune disorders. Cincinnati Children’s faculty have long been at the forefront of innovation, developing and leading national clinical trials of novel therapies and transplant approaches. For more than 50 years, the culture of pediatric oncology has been defined by progressive advances achieved through robust national collaborations—such as those through the National Cancer Institute–funded Children’s Oncology Group—a tradition to which we are proud to contribute and uphold.

Job Responsibilities

• Patient Care
  • Provide safe, effective, and compassionate patient care commensurate with the level of advancement and clinical specialty.
  • Make significant contributions to clinical service as evidenced by expertise in clinical care.
  • Develop and maintain local and regional recognition by peers and patients as an authority in the field.
  • Develop a wide local and regional referral base for subspecialist.
  • Develop clinical skills or programs that are local or regionally distinctive.
  • Apply clinical skills that are clinically sound, effective and achieve exceptional patient outcomes.
  • Provide consultative services to other physicians and clinical providers within the medical center to establish a coordinated care plan for each patient.
  • Integrate innovative approaches to patient care.
  • Serve in a role in establishing the clinical direction of the specific clinical field.
  • Provide disease‑specific expert consultation relative to area of specialty.
  • Make decisions regarding patient care, including initial screening, assessment, diagnosis, prognosis, care, reassessment, and discontinuation of care.
  • Monitor appropriateness of therapeutic management and care.
  • Promote patient care outcomes on an ongoing basis.
• Teaching and Training
  • Play an important role in a major teaching or clinical training program(s).
  • Supervise the patient care of assigned residents and fellows.
  • Teach and supervise the patient care of assigned medical students, residents and fellows, monitoring the medical care to assure care provided is safe and effective.
  • Contributions may include ongoing recognition as an excellent teacher, role model and mentor; assume an important or lead role in a major teaching or clinical training program; invite to participate in local and regional educational opportunities; participate in and may lead the development or direction of educational program, curricular offerings and teaching materials; participate in curriculum committee or other education related committees.
  • Serve as a role model within the department in mentoring students and trainees.
  • Serve as consult to other faculty and community physicians.
  • Maintain currency in field through continuing education, literature and seminars.
• Service and/or Administration
  • Participate in program development for service and/or administration as evidenced by one of the following: make significant contributions to the development of unique programs for patient care or educational purposes; take a significant role in the direction of an academic division; provide consultation on a specific program development; or significant participation in performance improvement programs or on divisional, departmental, or Medical Staff committees (i.e., RPT, IRB).
  • Participate in local or regional clinical affairs through membership in clinical societies or specialty governing boards.
  • Provide faculty coverage as needed within the department.
  • May take a role in the development of departmental policies, procedures and standards.
  • Promote interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships and encourage team concepts.
  • Assist in the development and implementation of long and short term goals and objectives and ensures that they are appropriate to the Division.
  • Complete evaluations for students, residents and peers.
• Scholarly Activity
  • Participate in scholarly activities as evidenced by publication of clinical investigation, clinical observations, reviews, chapters or books; participation in clinical trials, and/or clinical investigations; reviews manuscripts.
  • Apply advanced training in research methods to design and conduct clinical research on various areas of clinical specialty.
  • Develop research programs in area of clinical specialty.
  • Demonstrate effectiveness in securing grant funding of research initiatives and programs.
  • Assist in the development and growth of new externally funded research initiatives.
  • Publish and/or co‑author findings and conclusions resulting from research in a timely fashion.
  • Present findings internally.
  • Assist in the design and implementation of programs which evaluate the efficacy of treatment.
  • Recommend approaches for improvement activities; recommend and perform new processes, collect and measure data, develop processes based on performance and communicate results.

Job Qualifications

• M.D., D.O., or equivalent degree.
• Current active medical license issued by the State of Ohio or eligible for license.
• Appropriate medical credentialing through the Medical Staff Services offices.
• Completion of all required pre‑employment activities.
• Associate Professor appointment or eligibility required.
• Generally requires a minimum of five years of service at the Assistant Professor rank.
• Preferred: Board certification.
• As CCHMC continues to grow its regional, national, and international presence, clinicians may be asked to work at locations outside of the Burnet Campus.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Cincinnati Children’s is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating an environment of dignity and respect for all our employees, patients, and families. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, genetic information, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.