St. Lukes University Health Network
Ready to Grow your Career with a Top Hospital? St. Luke's is Hiring a Medical Director of the Breast Program
Bethlehem, PA
St. Luke's University Hospital - Bethlehem Campus
Job Highlights
St. Luke’s University Health Network, the region’s largest, most established health system is seeking a Medical Director to lead the Breast Program in a multidisciplinary setting. Qualified candidates must have a proven clinical, research and administrative track record and is interested in leading our Breast Program, the team currently has 3 dedicated breast surgeons and will be expanding in the future. The Medical Director will partner with Cancer Center leadership in developing a strategic plan for the Breast Cancer Program and successfully launch a Breast Surgical Fellowship.
Successful candidates should:
· Have excellent communication skills and a commitment to delivering comprehensive and compassionate oncology care within their robust outpatient and clinical practice.
· Have extensive clinical expertise and be a recognized researcher and/or educator with a strong track record of building teams and fostering collaboration. We are looking for an energetic candidate to lead our Breast Cancer services by embracing the Cancer Center’s tripartite mission of clinical care, patient-centric research and medical education (medical students, residents and hematology / oncology fellows).
· An interest in scholarly activity, teaching, clinical trials, and clinical research.
Clinical Highlights:
· We are a COC accredited cancer program
· Established fellowship program with 2 Hematology/Oncology fellows
· SLUHN Cancer Center received the National Cancer Institute’s National Clinical Trials High Performance Site Award (2017, 2018).
· Recently, St. Luke’s Cancer Center has received five awards from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. St. Luke’s Cancer center also received superior rating for lung cancer surgery results.
· The St. Luke’s Surgical Oncology department has a long-standing tradition of delivering clinical care. Our team is comprised of specially trained individuals including patient navigators, nurse navigators, and counselors to help guide, comfort, and empower our patients through their journey.
· We also offer a healing arts program, nutrition support, access to rehab and physical therapy, insurance and financial support, clinical trials, and support groups to make our patients health care journeys as easy and understandable as possible.
About St. Lukes University Health Network
Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 20,000 employees providing services at 15 campuses and 300+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue of $3 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke’s hospitals operate the biggest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania.
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Posted August 7, 2024