Medical Director - Infection Prevention & Control, Infectious Diseases Physician

Job Description:

Medical Director, Infection Prevention & Control , Beth Israel Lahey Health and Infectious Diseases Physician Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

HMFP at BIDMC

Harvard Medical School

The Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center—a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School—is seeking a board-certified/board-eligible (BC/BE) Infectious Diseases (ID) physician for a full-time, dual-role position in Boston. Split evenly between clinical care and administration, the role serves as Medical Director, Infection Prevention at Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) alongside dedicated clinical responsibilities.

The Medical Director, Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) reports to the Chief Infection Prevention Officer and assists the Senior Medical Director, IPC, the Executive Director, IPC and the Chief Infection Prevention Officer in the development and implementation of guidelines and education related to the prevention of healthcare-associated infections across BILH. The Medical Director contributes to the development of education for patients and staff related to the prevention of infections and serves as a system-wide consultant related to the transmission of communicable diseases.

In addition to system-wide responsibilities, the Medical Director joins a team of other IPC medical directors based at BIDMC and together function as partners for the senior infection preventionists. In this role, the Medical Director attends local meetings as a content expert and infection prevention leader, which may include quality committees, medical executive committee, and other operational committees.

The clinical role will be providing care to both our general ID and immunocompromised host population. This physician will serve as a clinician and educator at the BIDMC and our community affiliates both in the inpatient and outpatient settings. The Division of Infectious Diseases includes 30 full-time members with academic appointments at Harvard Medical School. The division has a strong basic and clinical research mission, provides superb teaching to students, residents and fellows, and provides outstanding clinical care on a busy inpatient service with both general ID and immunocompromised patients.

The department will be engaged in the newly announced and exciting clinical collaboration between Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), BIDMC, and Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP) to establish New England’s only free-standing adult inpatient cancer hospital. The collaboration will bring together world-class clinicians to deliver transformational, precision medicine in an environment solely dedicated to defying cancer.

This candidate will be appointed to the faculty of Harvard Medical School at an academic rank commensurate with experience.

Job Requirements

• MD or DO from an accredited medical school
• Board-certified or eligible in Infectious Diseases
• Master’s degree in epidemiology, public health, or other appropriate advanced degree preferred
• A valid MA medical license or the ability to obtain one
• Completion of SHEA/CDC Training Course in Healthcare Epidemiology or the equivalent
• At least 3 years’ total work experience participating in infection prevention programs in a tertiary care environment preferred.
• Knowledge and ability to work in an academic medical center planning and successfully implementing infection prevention programs.
• Experience performing infection prevention in community settings a plus.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a 743-bed hospital and Level 1 Trauma Center, is a founding member of Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH).  BILH, a health care system with 14 hospitals, brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, and more than 4,000 physicians and 39,000 employees in a shared mission to expand access and advance the science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research and education.

Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (HMFP) is one of the largest physician organizations in New England, dedicated to excellence and innovation in patient care, education, and research. As a physician-led organization, HMFP partners with more than 2,400 providers to support the delivery of exceptional care, promote professional development and foster balance at work and home. HMFP physicians have faculty affiliations with Harvard Medical School (HMS) and provide care throughout BILH system and additional hospitals across Massachusetts.

Pay Range:

$164,000 - $332,000

The base pay range reflects what Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (HMFP) reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this role at the time of posting and may be modified from time to time. Actual compensation within this range may be determined based on several factors, including academic appointment, work experience, specialty training, geography of work location, anticipated productivity, FTE basis, and role expectations. In addition to base compensation, this role may be eligible for performance-based incentives, which may include bonuses for productivity and quality HMFP also offers a comprehensive and generous employee benefits program to eligible employees, including health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, as well as retirement plan(s) with employer contributions.