Join Phoenix Children's Center For Cancer & Blood Disorders | Associate Division Chief & Director Of Clinical Operations

The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders (CCBD) at Phoenix Children’s in Phoenix, Arizona, is seeking a Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist to serve as Associate Division Chief - Director of Clinical Operations.

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Our ideal candidate is a mid-career or senior-level physician with broad clinical and leadership experience in pediatric hematology/oncology. The Associate Division Chief - Director of Clinical Operations will work collaboratively with the CCBD Division Chair and Administrative Director to lead and further develop the clinical-operative as well as programmatic component of the CCBD.

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Job Details

The successful individual will have oversight and problem-solving responsibilities related to the overall Clinical Quality of Care within the Center and will supervise the Inpatient and Outpatient Medical Directors. Areas of oversight responsibility include but are not limited to:

1. Ongoing monitoring and improvement of patient safety
2. New project guidance/ program development
3. Patient and staff workflow improvement
4. CPOE Development and oversight
5. Clinical practice and staffing expansion
6. Quality Committee
7. Infection Control management within the CCBD, in concert with hospital Infection Control
8. Management of CCBD partnerships within PCH (i.e., Palliative Medicine/PICU/ID/inpatient nursing/ etc.)
9. Provider Credentialing
10. Recruitment

About The Position

The CCBD at PC is one of the largest pediatric programs in the Southwestern US. The Center sees an average of 390 new oncology and 1800 new hematology patients per year, and includes a FACT accredited Cellular Therapy program which manages 45-55

BMT/Immunotherapy procedures annually. The hematology/oncology floor has 48 single patient rooms, including a designated wing with 16 HEPA-filtered, positive pressure rooms for particularly immune-deficient patients.

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The CCBD has additional active clinical and laboratory research programs in oncology, neuro-oncology, survivorship, hemophilia, sickle cell disease and phase I/phase II investigational drug development.

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Patients are cared for on the main hospital campus as well as two satellite settings, both of which will be associated with a satellite hospital within the next 1-2 years. Additional programs in active development include an MIBG facility and a cell therapy laboratory capable of managing clinical products as well as providing capability for experimental cellular therapies.

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About Us

The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Phoenix Children’s is a designated Center of Excellence at Phoenix Children’s, with two satellite locations in the Greater Phoenix Metro Area. We have clinical and laboratory research programs in oncology, neuro-oncology, survivorship, hemophilia, and phase I/phase II investigational drug development.

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The CCBD is a member of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), and actively participates in cooperative group trials through multiple Hematology, Oncology, and transplant-affiliated consortia. Additionally, we offer institutional-specific, investigator-initiated clinical trials. PC is a comprehensive tertiary and quaternary care center that also serves as a primary pediatric teaching facility for the University of Arizona and the Mayo Clinic Arizona medical students

and has residency programs in Pediatrics and Medicine/Pediatrics.