Assistant Attending (Nocturnist)

About Us:

The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is one of the world’s premier cancer centers, committed to exceptional patient care, leading-edge research, and superb educational programs. The blending of research with patient care is at the heart of everything we do. The institution is a comprehensive cancer center whose purposes are the treatment and control of cancer, the advancement of biomedical knowledge through laboratory and clinical research, and the training of scientists, physicians and other health care workers.

The Hospital Medicine Service in the Division of Supportive and Acute Care Services, Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is seeking a full-time nocturnist faculty member at the Assistant Attending level. We are a team of over 45 faculty (including both day hospitalists and nocturnists) with a focus on internal medicine and oncology. The majority of our faculty are internal medicine trained/boarded; no specific training in medical oncology is required. Our available nocturnist positions are primarily focused on overnight coverage of the inpatient medicine service at Memorial Hospital.

Responsibilities include:

• •Admitting patients to the medical service
• •Providing cross-coverage of inpatients
• •Supervising and teaching housestaff
• •7 PM to 7 AM shifts with flexible scheduling
• •146 shifts per year including weekends.
• •Participation in quality improvement projects and research, if interested

For this position, candidates are required to have:

• •Graduated from an ACGME-accredited residency program
• •Superb clinical and interpersonal skills
• •Ability to work well within a multi-disciplinary team
• •Superior communication skills
• •Familiarity with clinical research.
• •Board certification or board eligibility in internal medicine.
• •Strong palliative medicine skills are a plus (subspecialty training not required)
• •Eligibility for licensure in New York State

Please send CV, a letter outlining your interest and names/contact information of three references via email to:

Kathleen Atlas, MD

Interim Chief, Hospital Medicine Service

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

atlask@mskcc.org

Salary Range: $300,000 – $450,000

Pay Range: $0.00 - $10,000,000.00

FSLA Status: Exempt

Closing :

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