Palliative Care - Clinical Assistant/Associate/Full Professor

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch) and the University of Washington (UW) invite applications for a full-time clinical faculty position in Palliative Care. Academic appointment will be at the rank of Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Associate Professor, or Clinical Professor, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

This role is part of the Clinical Research Division at Fred Hutch and an appropriate academic division at UW, depending on the candidate’s background and training.

We are seeking a compassionate, innovative clinician to join our world-class Palliative Care program. In this role, you will provide primarily ambulatory palliative care to patients at a leading comprehensive cancer center known for groundbreaking research and exceptional patient outcomes.

This position includes an 80:20 focus on clinical service and academic activities. Academic responsibilities may include teaching, administrative work, research participation, and oversight of clinical trainees. The role may also involve seeing patients at one of Fred Hutch’s community clinic locations.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide outstanding ambulatory palliative care to patients at Fred Hutch’s beautiful South Lake Union campus.
• Host and supervise fellows in the outpatient setting.
• Engage in service and administrative responsibilities aligned with the Clinical Research Division.

About Fred Hutch

Fred Hutch is an independent, nonprofit NCI-designated cancer center and a global leader in Bone marrow transplantation, Immunotherapy, HIV/AIDS research and Infectious disease and vaccine development.

Our integrated research and clinical care model spans eight clinical sites and partnerships across five states, driving innovations that make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch, we embrace a culture of collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity, and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities makes us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.

If you are passionate about providing exceptional palliative care within an academic cancer center - and want to contribute to meaningful research while mentoring the next generation of providers - we encourage you to apply.

Applicants must have:

• MD/DO degree (or foreign equivalent)
• Board certification/Board Eligibility in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. While individuals with primary training in internal medicine are preferred, applicants with other training may apply (e.g. family medicine, anesthesiology, rehabilitation, psychiatry, surgery, etc.). The successful applicant will be board certified/board eligible in their primary area of training.
• Eligibility for medical licensure in the state of Washington.

About Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Located in Seattle, WA, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center unites comprehensive care and advanced research to provide the latest cancer treatment options and accelerate discoveries that prevent, treat and defeat cancer and infectious diseases worldwide.Our values are grounded in and expressed through the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our actions are driven by the commitments expressed in our values: Collaboration, Compassion, Determination, Excellence, Innovation, Integrity and Respect. Fred Hutch is an independent, nonprofit organization that also serves as the cancer program for UW Medicine. This relationship allows for enhanced care coordination with one of the world’s leading integrated health systems.