Oncology Inpatient Staff Physician - Nocturnist

Advance your career in a dynamic team at the leading edge of innovative new approaches to the treatment and care of children with cancer.  Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, a 630+ bed institution, is currently seeking a full-time Inpatient Staff Physician Nocturnist for our specialized inpatient oncology unit.

Our inpatient staff physician team works in close conjunction with the attending oncology physician to provide day-to-day management for complex and acutely ill cancer patients. Inpatient staff physicians work in the context of a multidisciplinary team with dieticians, pharmacists, social workers, care managers, child life, PT/OT, and nursing. In addition to the challenging and dynamic clinical experience, inpatient staff physicians have opportunities to participate in quality improvement, clinical guideline development and implementation, resident and medical student education, and clinical research.

The schedule is exclusively night shifts and includes weekend and holiday rotations. Full time nocturnists will join another staff physician hospitalist who rotates between day and night shifts such that there will be two nighttime hospitalists covering the oncology inpatients. 

Applicants should be board-eligible/certified in pediatrics or medicine/pediatrics. Hematology/oncology training or oncology background is not required. Training is provided. Obtaining an Ohio Medical License is required.

The Division of Oncology and the Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is an international referral center for children and young adults with new and high risk/relapsed cancers and leukemia. Cincinnati Children's is ranked in the top three national children's hospitals and the top three cancer programs by U.S. News & World Report. Cincinnati Children's also ranks in the top three pediatric departments for funding from the National Institutes of Health.   Cincinnati Children's provides a rich and robust environment for the development of your career. Our mission is to use innovative team science to cure relapsed cancers and high-risk blood disease of children and adolescents.  We execute our mission by offering compassionate, state of the art clinical care to patients and their families, advancing our understanding of these diseases through first in class basic and translational research; and educating future health care providers and leaders in the field. The Oncology Division at Cincinnati Children's is under the direction of John Perentesis, M.D. 

Cincinnati Children's offers an excellent benefits package, including health and dental insurance, generous PTO allowance and retirement contributions, and relocation assistance. If you are interested in learning more, please email your cover letter and CV for consideration.