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Additional Qualifications: Fellowship trained in breast surgery or surgical oncology
The MultiCare Cancer Institute (MCI) Leader, Breast Oncology and Breast Program will coordinate the delivery of inpatient and outpatient specialty care to all breast patients within MultiCare Health. Reporting to the President and CMO of MCI, the overall function of the MCI Leader, Breast Oncology and Breast Program is to build an integrated breast program across the system. assist the sub-specialty Medical Directors of Surgical, Medical, Radiation and Supportive Oncology to coordinate the mission of MCI with all oncology and oncology-adjacent Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), medical and clinical staff.
Essential Functions
Strategically lead the development of multidisciplinary programs and services to serve the needs of breast patients.
Oversee the conduct and coordination of breast care within the health system.
Spearhead the recruitment of breast clinicians and supporting staff for MCI.
Ensure ongoing quality and operational performance improvement across the breast cancer center/program by partnering with quality, operational and business colleagues to measure, monitor and lead initiatives towards best practice performance.
Participate in regular review and evaluation of all quality and appropriateness of patient care rendered by members of the MultiCare Cancer Institute. Such review to be carried out through specifically designated medical staff mechanisms.
Participate in budget planning and assist in the preparation of all reports for the Breast Cancer Center/Program.
Identify and define the scope of breast oncology practice at all MultiCare Cancer Institute locations in a manner consistent with and supportive of, the Institutes mission and strategic goals, and advocate the Institutes interest related to breast services within the Health System and affiliates.
Drive initiatives for breast practices and value-based methods at the Institute to lower cost and increase quality of breast care without compromising the medical necessities of treatment.
Work with the President and CMO of MCI to develop and lead integration of short- and long-term strategies for the breast program.
Qualifications
Board Certified in general surgery; fellowship trained breast surgeon
Licensed, or ability to obtain license, to practice medicine in the state of Washington
Appointment to the MultiCare Health System Active Medical Staff
Bases office practice at the Richard Ostenson Cancer Center in Puyallup, Washington and utilizes inpatient and ambulatory Good Samaritan Hospital
Proven administrative capabilities in leading comprehensive breast programs and centers
Our Values
As a MultiCare employee, we'll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration, Kindness and Joy. Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.
Why MultiCare?
Belonging: We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our caregivers
Mission-driven: We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve
Market leadership: Washington state's largest community-based, locally governed health system
Employee-centric: Named Forbes Americas Best Employers by State in 2023
Technology: "Most Wired"health caresystem 15 years in a row
Leading research: MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communities
Lifestyle: Live and work in the Pacific Northwest - offering breathtaking water, mountains and forest at every turn.
Pay and Benefit Expectations
We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $637,500.00 - $637,500.00 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicants years of experience align.
Associated benefit information can be viewed here.
Position Type: Full time - Regular Primary Shift: Work Schedule:
MultiCare is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 20,000 team members, including employees, providers and volunteers. MultiCare has been caring for our community for well over a century, since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital and today is the largest community-based, locally governed system of health in the state of Washington, serving communities across Washington and Northern Idaho.
MultiCare’s comprehensive system of health includes numerous primary care, urgent care and specialty services — including Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network; MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care; Pulse Heart Institute; MultiCare Medical Associates, affiliated physicians; MultiCare Rockwood Clinic, the largest multispecialty clinic in the Inland Northwest region; and MultiCare Connected Care, our Accountable Care Organization.
Eleven hospitals complete the organization: Allenmore Hospital, Auburn Medical Center, Capital Medical Center, Covington Medical Center, Deaconess Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital — the Puget Sound region’s only children’s hospital and state-designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center for Western Washingt...on — Navos Behavioral Health Hospital, Valley Hospital, Tacoma General Hospital — which is home to the South Puget Sound region’s only Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit — and Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital.
Our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration and Kindness, serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.
MultiCare is also proud of our commitment to workforce diversity and culturally competent care. This commitment is led by our CEO and supported through employee education and community outreach.