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

City of Hope Medical Group is Seeking a Psychiatrist to Join the Main Campus

The Department of Supportive Care Medicine at City of Hope National Medical Center is seeking a trained psychiatrist to meet the needs of our growing program on our main medical campus in Southern, CA.

Who We Are:

This position is a rare opportunity to work in a 400+ member integrated, multidisciplinary Medical Group Practice serving an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center in highly desirable Southern California, within our established Department of Supportive Care. This is a unique opportunity to practice psych-oncology at an institution that is on the frontlines of both cancer research and treatment. This iconic medical center is an expanding institution in both numbers of patients per year as well as infrastructure investment in clinical, academic and research facilities.  We will be accepting applications through Summer of 2022.  This is a timely recruitment, and we will begin interviewing ASAP. If you or anyone is interested, please reach out or respond to this posting as soon as possible and a member of our recruitment team will reach out.

Position Highlights:

Provide patient-centered care in collaboration with our team of world class, nationally recognized team of medical, psychiatric, surgical, and radiation cancer specialists as we seek to hire a full-time clincial psychiatrist reporting to the Division Chief of Psychiatry.

• Cover only one location at which includes state-of-the-art facilities
  • Designated inpatient consultation and outpatient scheduling
    • Position will be a combination of inpatient consultation service and outpatient clinic service
    • Generous 60 minute for new patient appointments and 30-45 minute follow up appointment blocks
    • Flexible schedule: 8am-5pm
    • 90% of patient panel are cancer patients. Experience with oncology patients preferred but not required
  • Physician will practice at the main flagship medical campus 
• Division currently includes 2 FTE psychiatrists
• Exciting growth and opportunity for tele-psychiatry services
• Clinical social work team on staff
• Multi-disciplinary collaboration
• Opportunities for teaching and other academic activities
• No ER coverage and no psychiatric holds
• Relocation assistance available on a case-by case basis
• Generous salary and potential for sign-on bonus
• Outstanding benefits including up to 20% of IRS max toward annual retirement contribution *no match requirement
• Salary Range - $300k - $335k The range listed is exclusively for base compensation for full-time employment and does not include incentive compensation or benefits. Actual compensation will be adjusted for experience, training, hospital/community need and other factors.

Qualifications:

• Academic record consistent with appointment at early Assistant or early to mid-career Associate Professor level at an ACGME accredited program is a plus but not required
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in psychiatry required
• Additional training in geriatric or consultation-liaison psychiatry is a plus
• Experience with cancer patients, preferred but not required
• The selected candidate for the position must be eligible to obtain or already hold an active California medical license