Cancer Survivorship Physician

Inova Schar Cancer Institute is looking for a dedicated OncoGeneralist Physician to lead our Cancer Survivorship program. This role will be full-time Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance eligible. 

Inova Schar Cancer Institute is a state-of-the-art cancer center in the Washington, DC metro area designed to bring healing and hope to every patient. Inova Schar gives patients unmatched logistical, clinical, and emotional support. Our team of nationally renowned doctors, specialists, surgeons, genetic counselors, nurses, and caregivers are backed by the latest in drug discovery, clinical trials, research and advanced treatments.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience.We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation. 

Featured Benefits:

• Physician Led Organization: Potential for Physician leadership opportunities 

• Committed to Team Member Health: Offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.

• Competitive Compensation Package: Includes a market-competitive base salary, comprehensive performance incentive plan, and productivity-based RVU compensation structure designed to reward quality, patient access, and clinical productivity. Additionally, opportunities for Sign-On, Retention, and Relocation bonuses

• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day. 457B retirement plan is also available for physicians in a 0.5 FTE and greater

• CME Support: Up to $3,500 a year for CME support and up to 5 days of CME

• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.

• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off and paid parental leave

Position Summary:

The OncoGeneralist is an Internal Medicine-trained physician with specialized expertise in cancer survivorship care who serves as the clinical leader of Inova Schar Cancer’s survivorship program. The OncoGeneralist provides comprehensive care for patients transitioning from active cancer treatment to survivorship, addressing the acute medical, physical, emotional, psychosocial, and sexual health concerns that commonly arise following completion of therapy.

The OncoGeneralist functions as a survivorship specialist during this critical transition period, and leads a team of Advanced Practice Providers helping patients navigate the often-complex aftermath of cancer treatment while establishing individualized plans for long-term health maintenance and recovery.

A central responsibility of this role is the development of a health-system-wide survivorship model that equips primary care providers with the knowledge, tools, and confidence necessary to provide longitudinal survivorship care. Through education, clinical pathways, consultation, and collaborative care models, the OncoGeneralist will build survivorship capacity across the Inova Health System, ensuring that cancer survivors receive high-quality care close to home while maintaining access to specialty expertise when needed.

The long-term vision is a tiered survivorship model in which patients receive specialized survivorship care during the immediate post-treatment period and are subsequently transitioned to appropriately trained primary care providers for ongoing management.

OncoGeneralist Physician Job Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of specialized providers, including NPs/PAs

• Provide direct patient care and lead team in providing care, including: 

• Provide specialized survivorship care for patients transitioning from active cancer treatment

  • Assess and manage common survivorship-related concerns

  • Evaluate the emotional, psychological, and social needs of cancer survivors.

  • Facilitate seamless transitions from oncology-led care to primary care-led survivorship management.

• Survivorship Program Development

  • Lead the development and expansion of Inova's comprehensive survivorship program

• Primary Care Survivorship Education

  • Develop and implement survivorship education and training programs for primary care providers across Inova

• Survivorship Network Development

  • Build and support a network of survivorship-trained primary care providers across the health system

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Doctor of Medicine degree from an accredited institution. Board eligible or board certified in Internal Medicine  

• Experience: successful completion of internal medicine residency program.

• Licensure: Current unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Virginia.

• Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS) upon start. 

• Payer Credentialing: Ability to successfully complete the credentialing process by third-party payors and Ability to enrolled as a CMS Medicare/Medicaid payor

• Medical Staff Credentialing: Successful completion of credentialing for Medical Staff membership and appropriate clinical privileges sufficient to perform all required services

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum five years of post-residency clinical practice
• Demonstrated expertise in cancer survivorship care through formal training or substantial collaborative oncology experience
• Experience managing medically complex adult patients
• Experience developing clinical programs or service lines
• Expertise in sexual health and survivorship-related quality-of-life issues
• Educational leadership experience
• Academic and/or research experience in survivorship care

Salary Range: $380,000 - $540,000

Pay Rate Frequency: ANNUAL