Medical Director of the Breast Program

St. Luke’s University Health Network, the region’s largest, most established health system is seeking a Medical Director to lead the Breast Program in a multidisciplinary setting. Qualified candidates must have a proven clinical, research and administrative track record and is interested in leading our Breast Program, the team currently has 3 dedicated breast surgeons and will be expanding in the future. The Medical Director will partner with Cancer Center leadership in developing a strategic plan for the Breast Cancer Program and successfully launch a Breast Surgical Fellowship.

St. Luke’s Cancer Center Mission

St. Luke’s Cancer Center builds a compassionate and trusting relationship with patients and families by offering personalized care, quality treatment, prevention programs, clinical research, education, and engagement to reduce the cancer burden in the communities we serve.

Successful candidates should:

• Have excellent communication skills and a commitment to delivering comprehensive and compassionate oncology care within their robust outpatient and clinical practice.
• Have extensive clinical expertise and be a recognized researcher and/or educator with a strong track record of building teams and fostering collaboration. We are looking for an energetic candidate to lead our Breast Cancer services by embracing the Cancer Center’s tripartite mission of clinical care, patient-centric research and medical education (medical students, residents and hematology / oncology fellows).
• An interest in scholarly activity, teaching, clinical trials, and clinical research.

Clinical Highlights:

• We are a COC accredited cancer program
• Established fellowship program with 2 Hematology/Oncology fellows
• SLUHN Cancer Center received the National Cancer Institute’s National Clinical Trials High Performance Site Award (2017, 2018).
• Recently, St. Luke’s Cancer Center has received five awards from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. St. Luke’s Cancer center also received superior rating for lung cancer surgery results.
• The St. Luke’s Surgical Oncology department has a long-standing tradition of delivering clinical care. Our team is comprised of specially trained individuals including patient navigators, nurse navigators, and counselors to help guide, comfort, and empower our patients through their journey.
• We also offer a healing arts program, nutrition support, access to rehab and physical therapy, insurance and financial support, clinical trials, and support groups to make our patients health care journeys as easy and understandable as possible.

In joining St. Luke’s University Health Network you’ll enjoy:

• Team-based care with well-educated, dedicated support staff
• A culture in which innovation is highly valued
• Work/life balance and flexibility
• Exceptional compensation package, starting bonus, and relocation reimbursement
• Rich benefits package including malpractice, health and dental insurance, and generous CME allowance
• Teaching, research, quality improvement and strategic development opportunities

If you are interested in learning more, apply at:

https://sluhn.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/SLUHNPhysician/details/Breast-Surgeon_R108062?q=breast

Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 20,000 employees providing services at 15 campuses and 300+ outpatient sites.  With annual net revenue of $3.5 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital.

SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction.  It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital.  The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Fortune/Merative 11 times total and eight years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY.  In 2021, St. Luke’s was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. 

St. Luke’s has been named the Top Workplace in the large employer category by the Morning Call. This is the second year in a row that St. Luke’s has been recognized as a Top Workplace.  In addition, St. Luke’s has been named a Top Workplace nationally, in the Philadelphia region and in New Jersey. St. Luke’s is the ONLY healthcare institution in Pennsylvania and the third-highest ranked healthcare entity in the nation to be designated a Top Workplace in 2024.

In 2024, St. Luke's was named one of the Nation's Best Employers for New Grads, a top 10 ranked employer in Pennsylvania and the #1 ranked health care employer in the state by Forbes Magazine.

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR CANDIDATES:  COVID-19 VACCINE REQUIREMENT

As a leading healthcare provider, St. Luke’s University Health Network is committed to protecting our employees, patients and community.  As we continue to provide quality care to our patients, we are taking important next steps to prevent undue harm to our employees & ensure our patients have a safe environment for medical care and treatment.   Effective immediately, St. Luke’s is requiring all new hires, along with our current employees, to be fully vaccinated against COVID as a condition of employment.  Medical or religious exemptions will be reviewed as per our policy and guidelines.  

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