Palliative Care physician opportunity at Parkview Cancer Center in Fort Wayne, IN

Company: Parkview Regional Medical Center
Location: Fort Wayne
Posted on: November 17, 2023

Job Description:

The Parkview Cancer Institute is looking to recruit an additional Palliative Care doctor to join our Palliative oncology, Integrative and Survivorship Oncology team.-- The ideal candidate is a motivated and innovative physician with a passion for multidisciplinary approach to palliative care in the cancer population.-- --They would join a fully integrated palliative care team that sees patients in all stages in order to ensure the best outcomes and mitigate the burden if cancer care on the patients.-- We recognize that the integration of palliative care is not just for patient with poor prognosis, but for all patients in order to ensure best outcomes and optimal patient experience. Our palliative oncologists also maintain long term relationships with the patients through the cancer-- survivorship program.---- --The subspecialty focus for our new candidates would be the breast and gynecology oncology population - seeing all stages of patients upfront early in their cancer course, attending tumor board and providing input in a multidisciplinary patient centered approach.-- There are also opportunities for participation in graduate medical education and research if there is a desire.-- We are also recruiting an additional position for our cancer survivorship clinic specifically.--New fellowship grads and established physicians are welcomed.-- Palliative care fellowship trained favored, but internal medicine trained or dual trained palliative oncology and medical oncology would be considered. --There is a rewarding opportunity to join the Parkview Health team and play an essential role in our vision to be the best Regional Cancer Program in the country.-- Our recruited physicians will have the opportunity to work in a new, 200,000 square foot state of the art cancer institute located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Attached to a tertiary regional medical center, our new, state-of-the-art facility opened its doors in June 2018. Parkview Cancer Institute serves the oncology needs for the Parkview Health system - a 2 billion dollar+ not for profit, multihospital entity with oncology cases coming to the institute for specialty cancer care.--We have a novel clinical model which allows for disease site based management.-- We combined our specialists into clinics based on diseases and wrapped the treatments in concierge level care with world class supportive services.--Our institute enhances clinical care by incorporating a multidisciplinary approach to care involving medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgical subspecialties and other specialties. We also have a robust research infrastructure and teaching opportunities.-- The cancer institute serves as a tertiary care referral center. PCI has a robust research infrastructure and is involved in the GME program for resident education if candidates have interest.--Our physician-led institute, serving northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio population, will empower our patients and their families to get multi-disciplinary treatment they desire in one single location. --The clinical model involves working in multi-specialty tumor site teams, and predominantly outpatient practice with limited call at a single tertiary hospital.--We have subspecialty oncology & hematology --approach with disease based clinics.-- We are looking for physicians who are focused on high quality subspecialized patient care and can become regional experts.----The Parkview Cancer Institute is a certified member of MD Anderson Cancer Network, a program of--MD Anderson Cancer Center, to bring the nations leading cancer expertise to patients in the northeast Indiana region. As a certified member, Parkview Cancer Institute met rigorous standards to participate in MD Andersons quality improvement and best practices program. It is also a COC accredited comprehensive community cancer center with multiple subspecialty accreditations.--As an employed physician of Parkview Health, you may receive an excellent salary package beyond other tertiary centers.-- The benefit program provides a comprehensive array of benefits and services to employed physicians, including, but not limited to, highly competitive salaries plus annual incentive compensation opportunity, commencement bonus, student loan assistance up to $150k, paid relocation, paid malpractice insurance, match retirement contribution plan, flexible spending accounts, health insurance, life insurance, long and short term disability, dues, licensure & memberships, annual physician allowance (for CMEs and other qualified expenses) as well as many other non-traditional benefits.Contact Kelly Walker and send CVs to Kelly.walker@parkivew.com or call 260-266-1946

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