Cancer Institute - Clinical Director, Medical Oncology - Thoracic Oncology Disease Center

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Job Summary

GENERAL SUMMARY/OVERVIEW STATEMENT:
The clinical director of a disease center is responsible for disease center clinical operations and serves as the essential link between cancer center administration and the staff physicians. They are the representative of cancer center administration in their practice sphere. They are responsible both for maintaining the highest quality standards of practice in their disease center but also for being agents of productive change, effectively communicating with their team.

The Clinical Director will spend time at both AMC locations. This position is for a five-year term, potentially renewable for a second.

The department is seeking two Clinical Directors to jointly lead the Thoracic Oncology disease center as part of a Co-Clinical Director model.

 

Qualifications

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Clinical Operations

• Ensure timely, high-quality delivery of patient care consistent with the vision outlined by the program director
• Partners with Vice Chair – Operations, Network Director, Senior Administrative Director, Nurse Directors, and APP Directors on clinical operations matters.
• Assist in planning for the appropriate number of multidisciplinary clinic slots by disease subspecialty to support rapid clinical access
• Manage these multidisciplinary clinics fairly allocating across faculty at all appropriate sites of care
• Support access team for routine, urgent and VIP patients Coordinate with Infusion Center
• Onboard new faculty in collaboration with administration and program director
• Collaborate with MGBCI marketing on development of website updates, mailers, communications, and patient education materials
• Provide input on metrics for compensation planning and quality in collaboration with the Program Director and ACMO
• Identify development of new sub-programs within your disease center in collaboration with colleagues throughout MGB
• Provide input on disease center FTE needs, including MD, clinic staff, nursing, and APPs, as well as for future planning for growth and expansion

Disease Center Culture and Structure

• Build a collaborative disease center structure including all members of the physician, APP, RN and research staff as well as medical assistants, front desk and phlebotomy from across all sites of care
• Facilitate operations improvement and efficiency efforts
• Partner with marketing and operation staff on patient experience efforts
• Collaborate with SOURCE clinical director to build supportive care and survivorship plans
• Partner with operational team on space utilization, management and planning
• Participate in MGH/BWH Oncology Medication Stewardship activities
• Ensure integration of other key disciplines: Genetics Counseling, Social Work, Nutrition, Integrative Therapies, etc

Quality – in conjunction with ACMO

• Ensure clinical quality
• Organize weekly new patient meetings
  • Discussion of all new and appropriate complex patients
  • Adaptation to new data, new trial results
  • Open conferences to network staff
  • Participate in weekly research meetings run by the Program Director
  • Ensure attendance of at least 1 representative of the disease center at new patient conference
• Collaborating with APP lead to mentor and ensure quality of APP practice
• Review off-label chemotherapy requests
• Participate in QI, including development of standard pathways and care redesign
• Provide input for EPIC related matters including order set development
• Provide input on any safety reports in unit
• Ensure faculty are compliant with hospital standards
• Participate in review of OPPE and FPPE quality reviews
• Ensure that conflicts of interest for your disease center staff are submitted yearly
• Collaborate with radiology, pathology and other disciplines to facilitate high quality cancer care

Network, Satellites and International Programs

• If there is no disease center network liaison:
  • Act as the entry point for network patients into your disease center - timely responses to referring MDs and consu