Halifax Health is seeking a Medical/Hematology Oncologist to join our Team!

Halifax Health is seeking a board certified/eligible Medical Oncologist/Hematologist to join our comprehensive accredited cancer program. Halifax Health Center for Oncology consists of 12 employed Oncologists providing Hematology, Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, and Gynecologic Oncology services to four locations in our primary service area. The Center for Oncology is involved in clinical trials and offers the area's only hereditary risk/genetic assessment program. In addition, ancillary services available on site are: patient navigation, survivorship along with a specially trained full-time oncology nutritionist, oncology trained financial counselor, and a robust social services team. All employed Medical Oncologists are board certified in Hematology and Oncology.

Halifax Health is the area’s only Level II Trauma Center serving the Volusia County community since 1928. Halifax Health is the area's largest tertiary healthcare provider. The main campus is located in Daytona Beach with 678 licensed beds, there is an 80-bed community hospital; Halifax Health Medical Center of Port Orange and a free standing Emergency Department in Deltona where a 90-bed hospital opened in February 2020. Halifax Health has over 500 physicians on its Medical Staff representing more than 46 medical specialties.  

Daytona Beach is rich with history, in addition to the 23 miles of white sand beaches, the community is overflowing with sporting venues, museums, band shell concerts, night life, parks, wildlife, water activities, and family fun. There are excellent private and public schools including a top 10 ranked International Baccalaureate high school. There are three Universities including Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University which is ranked in the top 5 for small private engineering schools.

The Daytona Beach area in east central Florida is also only an hour away from other major cities including Orlando and Jacksonville!

Live by the beach while making a difference at a respected safety net hospital with a job you will love. Come for the lifestyle, stay for the career!

Job Details/Qualifications:

• Full-time, Employed position
• Must be Board Certified/Board Eligible in Internal Medicine, Oncology and Hematology
• Must hold US citizenship or permanent residency
• Must obtain a Florida license
• Well trained in reputable undergraduate and graduate (medical) programs; top of the class and chief assignments
• Minimal academic assignments/positions, majority of his/her career shall be in large (multiple locations) private or hospital based practice. Preferable hospital based in a taxing district, safety net environment (part of his/her career)
• Clean (zero claims) malpractice record
• Mid-point in his/her career
• Physician Governance Council allows for physician input into strategic planning and operational policies for the employed physician group

Schedule– work day and call:

• Outpatient clinic – Monday through Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm
• Call schedule – Every 7th weekend, every 7th night

Average number of patients seen per physician per day:

• 2 New outpatients
• 15-20 Office visits

Percentage of the practice that is geriatric – pediatric:

• All adult and geriatric patients – no pediatric

Estimated payor mix:

• 42% Medicare and Medicare HMO
• 45% HMO / PPO
• 4% District Charity/Institutional
• 5% Medicaid
• 4% Other

List of support staff - # of RNs, LPNs, techs, etc. who are available:

• 18 RNs (9 in Daytona, 4 in Ormond, 3 at Bert Fish, 2 Port Orange)
• 3 Medical Assistants (1 Daytona, 1 Ormond, 1 Port Orange)
• 4 Pharmacists (1 per location)
• 14 Clerical / business support staff
• 1 Practice Manager
• 1 Department Coordinator

List of additional services available through the Halifax Health Center for Oncology:

• Radiation Oncology w/ IMRT, IGRT, SBRT Rapid Arc & full line of Brachytherapy (including Partial Breast Radiation via SAVI & Mammosite)
• GYN Oncology w/ the Robotic daVinci Si System
• Designated Inpatient Oncology Unit
• Cancer Registry
• Clinical Trials
• Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment / Genetics Program
• Lymphedema program in the outpatient Rehab Department
• Multiple Collaborative Tumor Boards w/ Community Specialists (Breast, Thoracic, Uro)
• Full-time oncology social worker facilitating wide range of support groups
• Full-time registered dietician with oncology training
• Comprehensive Cancer Committee Forum
• Dedicated Information Technology Support Services

Treatment capacity @ any one time:

• 16 Treatments spaces in Daytona
• 12 treatments spaces in Ormond
• 8 Treatments spaces in Bert Fish
• 10 treatments spaces in Port Orange

 Benefits:

• Competitive compensation with productivity bonus component
• Comprehensive benefits package including: Medical, Dental, Vision and a Matched 403(b) retirement plan, Unmatched 457 deferred comp plan also available.
• Sovereign immunity covers malpractice
• 30 Days for vacation, CME, Sick, and/or holidays
• CME allocation and up to 2 organizational memberships paid
• Relocation assistance/ Sign on bonuses

Halifax Health is proud to be the area’s only -

• 24-Hour Pediatric Intensive Care Units and Level III Neonatal ICU
• Child and Adolescent Behavioral Services - Designated Volusia County School Site serving nearly 5,500 patients a year and more than 18,000 patients since opening in 1992
• Joint Commission Certified Outpatient Diabetes Care Program
• Kidney Transplant Program
• Palliative Care Consultative Services
• Pediatric Emergency Department with board-certified pediatricians on call 24/7
• Level II Trauma Center - Staffs area’s only trauma surgeons with advanced training in critical care medicine 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Area’s only Orthopedic Traumatologist
• Da Vinci® S Surgical System robotic platform used to perform minimally invasive surgery
• MoreOB (Managing Obstetrical Risk Efficiently program) - 1st in state of Florida
• DaTscan - the first ADA-approved diagnostic radiopharmaceutical adjunct image agent to assist physicians in evaluating patients with suspected Parkinson’s disease
• General Surgery Residency Program
• Area's only Obstetric Emergency Department - 90,000 patients per year
• Area's only Comprehensive Stroke Center - 24/7 fully equipped and fully staffed neurosurgical operating rooms. 
• Area’s only hospital to provide advanced radiology technology that can calculate how bad brain cells are damaged after a stroke – to help determine treatment
• Area's only Interventional Radiology Service
• Area’s only GE Revolution CT scanner
• Area’s only gynecologic oncologist – Kelly Molpus, MD
• Area’s only Hereditary Risk Assessment Program
• Area’s only Survivorship Program within the Center of Oncology
• Area’s only full-time Oncology Nutritionist
• Area’s only hospital to provide early stage breast cancer technology - IntraBeam IORT
• Area’s most advanced Cancer Research Program
• Area’s only hospital to receive the highest rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons on patient outcomes from heart bypass surgery
• Area’s only hospital to provide conscious sedation for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
• Area’s only hospital to provide Brain Lab – Stereotactic Radiation – which can target over 10 metastatic tumors in one radiologic surgery session.
• Area’s only hospital in the State of Florida to provide the HMR – Weight Loss System.

If interested, please e-mail Brooke Cameron, Physician Recruiter at: Brooke.Cameron@halifax.org