Oncology Department - Nocturnist - Staff Physician I - Part-time

Primary Location Location A Department Oncology Hospitalists Shift Night (United States of America) Schedule Part time Weekly Hours 20 FTE 0.5 Employee Status Regular JOB RESPONSIBILITIES Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, an internationally renowned nonprofit, comprehensive pediatric health system, is seeking an Oncology Nocturnist - Staff Physician. Advance your career in a dynamic team at the leading edge of innovative new approaches to the treatment and care of children with cancer. Our inpatient staff physicians' team works in close conjunction with the attending oncology physician to provide day-to-day management for complex and acutely ill cancer patients. The Division of Oncology is part of the Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute. The institute also includes the Divisions of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency, Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology and Hematology. The schedule is exclusively night shifts and includes weekend and holiday rotations. Our priority research areas are: * Cancer and leukemia biology research, with integrated new drug and molecular therapies discovery focused on pediatric malignancies * Personalized cancer therapy approaches using tumor molecular signatures and individualized patient pharmacogenomics * New gene, viral and cellular therapies * Molecular genetics and prevention research to improve outcomes in childhood cancer survivors 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. Cincinnati Children's faculty also developed and lead national clinical trials of novel therapies and transplant approaches. For more than 50 years, the culture of pediatric oncology has been one of many progressive advances in outcomes through productive national collaborations (e.g., the National Cancer Institute-funded Children's Oncology Group), and this is a tradition in which we are proud to participate and contribute. * Patient Care - Perform direct patient care of pediatric patients within the scope of the medical license, education and experience. Participate in safe, effective and compassionate patient care, commensurate with their level of advancement and responsibility. Examine patients to determine presence of disease and to establish preventive health practices. Determine nature and extent of disease or injury, prescribe and administer medications and immunizations. Perform procedures, collect data, analyze data and make decisions regarding patient care, including initial screening, assessment, diagnosis, prognosis, care, reassessment and discontinuation of care. May formulate, maintain, support, monitor and modify a patient-specific plan for care, treatment and rehabilitation based on the patient's assessment. May also plan and coordinate care, treatment and rehabilitation for discharged patients. * Effective Communication - Provide for the exchange of appropriate patient care and clinical information when patients are admitted, referred, transferred or discharged. Provide data which will contribute to the assessment of a pat