Physician | Infectious Diseases | Duarte, CA - Full-time

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Physician | Infectious Disease and Hospital Epidemiologist | Duarte, CA

Department of Medicine | City of Hope National Medical Center | Duarte, CA

City of Hope Medical Group Seeks an Infectious Diseases Physician and Hospital Epidemiologist to Provide Services for our Duarte Campus

The Department of Medicine at City of Hope National Medical Center is seeking applications for a full-time clinical faculty and Hospital Epidemiology position (Assistant or Associate Clinical Professor) for our Duarte, California Campus. This position is a rare opportunity to work in a 450+ member integrated, multidisciplinary Medical Group Practice serving an NCI designated comprehensive cancer center in Southern California. City of Hope is an expanding institution in both numbers of patients per year as well as infrastructure investment in clinical, academic and research facilities.

City of Hope Los Angeles is transforming cancer care for generations. As an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center, City of Hope achieves exceptional outcomes difficult to obtain elsewhere. Our cancer center offers access to experts with unparalleled expertise in breast, prostate, lung, blood, gastrointestinal, and gynecological cancers, and more.

City of Hope Medical Group seeks an Infectious Disease Physician to provide services for our Duarte campus. Join our rapidly expanding, nationally recognized cancer institute as we seek to hire a full-time clinical faculty member at the Assistant-Associate Professor level. Seeking research and mission-minded physicians who provide exceptional patient-centered care through clear communication and collaboration with members of the subspecialty teams. For more information, please visit here: City of Hope, Duarte, and Department of Medicine.

We want our employees to enjoy all aspects of their professional and personal lives. Recognizing the value in diverse perspectives, we have programs that leverage engagement by bringing our professional community together. In the same way we view patient care from a broad perspective, City of Hope encourages its employees, too, to enhance their view by increasing their knowledge continually. Here at City of Hope, you will find great opportunities to provide fulfilling service and to enjoy workplace satisfaction.

HIGHLIGHTS

J· Join a dynamic group of 6 infectious diseases specialists and 1 APP
* The majority of your time will be dedicated to Hospital Epidemiology, as the lead Hospital Medical Epidemiologist with your remaining time divided between inpatient and outpatient clinical service
* Clinical research opportunities abound and are encouraged
* The hospital is located on campus - Work out of one location

DUTIES

• Clinical time is divided between inpatient and outpatient services
• Contributions to Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Control efforts at Duarte
• Opportunities for clinical research

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer

Qualifications

• Active or eligible for California medical licens
• ABIM board certification in Infectious Diseases
• Strong communication skills
• Experienced in leading policy and protocol development and implementation for hospital epidemiology and infection prevention and control with a special focus on cancer patients.
• Experience in transplant infectious disease - program that is heavily focused toward immunocompromised host infections (hematologic malignancy/ HCT)
• 1-2 years working within hematologic malignancies *preferred but not required

About City of Hope

City of Hope is an independent biomedical research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases. Founded in 1913, City of Hope is a leader in bone marrow transplantation and immunotherapy such as CAR T cell therapy. City of Hope’s translational research and personalized treatment protocols advance care throughout the world. Human synthetic insulin, monoclonal antibodies and numerous breakthrough cancer drugs are based on technology developed at the institution.  AccessHopeTM, a wholly owned subsidiary, was launched in 2019 and is dedicated to serving employers and their health care partners by providing access to City of Hope’s exceptional cancer expertise. A National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center and a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, City of Hope is ranked among the nation’s “Best Hospitals” in cancer by U.S. News & World Report. Its main campus is located near Los Angeles, with additional locations throughout Southern California and in Arizona.

Recently, the organization extended its reach beyond Duarte to include clinical network sites in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties, steadily moving it to number one in Southern California for inpatient market share and pushing its capacity limits. In 2018, City of Hope began a transformational journey with ambitious goals in the areas of patient care, value-based care and precision medicine, hematology malignancies, stem cell transplants, and meaningful innovations and cures. Integral to the realization of these goals is the expansion of City of Hope to the Orange County market. 

Our community includes research associates, scientists, doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, graduate students, fundraising specialists, marketing professionals, volunteers and an extensive support staff. We are united by our desire to find cures, save lives and transform the future of health. Every discovery we make and every new treatment we create gives people the chance to live longer, better and more fully.

City of Hope continues to be a pioneer of patient-centered care and remains committed to its tradition of exceptional care for patients, families and and communities. Each day, we live out our credo:

"There is no profit in curing the body, if, in the process, we destroy the soul."