Infectious Disease Physician and Hospital Epidemiologist

City of Hope is seeking a full-time clinical faculty and Hospital Epidemiologist (Assistant or Associate Clinical Professor) for their Duarte, California campus. In this role, the physician will serve as chief hospital epidemiologist, dedicating the majority of their time to hospital epidemiology alongside inpatient and outpatient clinical service. Candidates will join a dynamic group of infectious diseases specialists and have robust opportunities to engage in clinical research.

Practice Info

• Join a dynamic group of 6 infectious diseases specialists and 1 APP
• The majority of time will be dedicated to Hospital Epidemiology (approximately 75%), as the lead Hospital Medical Epidemiologist with remaining time divided between inpatient and outpatient clinical service
• The hospital is located on campus - Work out of one location

Responsibilities

• Will serve as the chief hospital epidemiologist and co-chair the infection control committee
• Will liaison with infection prevention team and leadership to oversee the infection control program at Duarte campus and satellite sites

Compensation

• Base salary range: $210k - $250k (Assistant Clinical - Associate Clinical Professor)

Benefits

• Excellent benefits package, including a generous retirement contribution plan
• Relocation assistance may be available

Shift & Schedule

• Full-time

Qualifications

• At least 5-years of experience in Hospital Epidemiology is strongly preferred
• Transplant infectious diseases exposure is preferred but not required
• Active or eligible for California medical license
• ABIM board certification in Infectious Disease
• 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