Physician Director, Oncology Research for Riverside Medical Group in Newport News, Virginia
As a provider with Riverside Medical Group, you would join a team of providers who are respected leaders and part of our collaborative care delivery team.
Our providers care for our patients as if they are those they love. Our core values are built into our provider compact that outlines our dedication to our patients as our first priority.
Our providers encourage patient involvement, embrace change, and take ownership in the success of the team and the organization.
If that resonates with you, we would like to speak to you.
Check you match the skill requirements for this role, as well as associated experience, then apply with your CV below.
Responsibilities of the Role
- Develop / foster a culture of clinical research within the Newport News oncology practice and all seven hematology / oncology practices.
- Lead and support the development and growth of the clinical research infrastructure to support clinical research goals.
- Develop an appropriate portfolio of oncology studies, both Riverside coordinated and jointly coordinated with the Riverside and UVA Health Research Collaborative, to meet the needs of our patient populations across our region.
- Work with UVA Health clinical research leadership and Riverside clinical and organizational leadership to open clinical trials locally.
- Promote the opening of NCI and industry-sponsored clinical trials and act as a mentor for practitioners working to develop clinical trials.
- Effectively evaluate and select studies that will enable high accrual rates for the work effort and cost of initiating a trial while coordinating with the UVA Health Director of Research.
- Provide oversight of the protocol feasibility review process and meet all compliance requirements.
- Ensure all accruing physician training and regulatory requirements are met timely.
- Ensure the safe management of medical care of all subjects.
- Ensure that the rights and welfare of all subjects are protected.
- Ensure the validity of the data reported to sponsors and co-lead sponsor site visits with the PI and research team.
- Encourage physician, APP, pharmacist and nursing-initiated studies and mentor those interested in developing a study.
- Develop systems to ensure physicians, clinical teams, and patients are aware of new and existing clinical trials.
Key Qualifications of the Role
- MD / DO double boarded in Hematology & Oncology
- 10+ years in clinical practice
- 7+ years of oncology clinical trials leadership and management experience in the academic setting and / or with large, community-based clinical practices.
- Demonstrated development and growth of an oncology clinical trial program.
- Proven ability to increase the engagement of heme / onc physicians in clinical trials.
- Demonstrated experience as a Principal Investigator.
- Strong experience with industry-sponsored trials.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Education / Qualification : MD or DO or Equivalent Foreign Diploma
Certification(s) and License(s) : Eligible for / Current VA Medical License, Board Certified or Board Eligible, DEA
Skills : Leadership experience, strong interpersonal and written communication skills, ability to prioritize tasks based on urgency.
More about Riverside, a great place to work : We are one of the area's larger employers, with about 10,000 team members.
More than 2,300 have worked here 10 years or more! Riverside has been certified by the Great Place to Work organization since 2017.
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