Hematologist/Oncologist

The VA Medical Center in Marion, Illinois is seeking a dedicated Hematologist/Oncologist to join its Specialty Care Section. In this role, the incumbent will split time between outpatient clinical evaluations, inpatient consultations, and overseeing the chemotherapy unit. The physician will collaborate with multidisciplinary staff to deliver exceptional care to veterans while fulfilling administrative and leadership duties.

Practice Info

• Specialty Care Section focusing primarily on outpatient care settings
• Consultant services provided for a relatively small inpatient unit alongside the hospitalist service
• Chemotherapy unit oversight including determining treatment regimens, patient suitability, and complication management
• General medical and surgical facility operating 55 acute care beds and a 60-bed Community Living Center
• Health care system serving veterans across counties in Southern Illinois, Southwestern Indiana, and Northwest Kentucky

Shift & Schedule

• Adherence to assigned tour of duties

Responsibilities

• Evaluate new patients in the outpatient setting through comprehensive history, physical examinations, record review, and diagnostic and management plans
• Provide follow-up care for established patients and release patients back to primary care when appropriate
• Share duties with other staff hematologist/oncologists to serve as a consultant for the hospitalist service on an inpatient unit
• Oversee the chemotherapy unit by determining treatment regimens, patient suitability, and managing initial complications, with the option to perform bone marrow biopsies
• Participate in leadership responsibilities including staff meetings, hospital committees, peer review, and occasionally acting as Section Chief
• Maintain VA training requirements and upkeep credentials required for privileging and re-privileging
• Adhere to tour of duties, timely leave requests, and clinic cancellation procedures
• Complete consults, clinical notes, and encounters in a timely manner while adhering to CPRS documentation rules

Benefits

• 26 days paid annual (vacation/personal) leave
• 13 days paid sick leave each year with no limit on accumulation
• 11 Federal holidays with pay annually
• 5 days paid absence to attend approved CME courses
• Health insurance plans with premiums partially paid by VA and lifetime healthcare options available
• Exceptional vision and dental plans with premiums partially paid by VA
• Flexible Spending Accounts for tax-free medical, dental, and vision care expenses
• Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage options with costs shared by the Federal Government
• Long-term care insurance availability
• Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) three-tiered retirement plan
• VA pension contribution of 12.2% of the employee's salary alongside employee contributions
• Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) with an automatic basic contribution of 1% of salary and up to 4% in matching contributions
• Health care insurance coverage for retired personnel
• Disability retirement options
• Vesting in federal pension after 5 years of service

Qualifications

• Upkeep of credentials required for privileging and re-privileging as per medical staff by-laws
• Maintenance of VA training requirements