The Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, is recruiting for a full-time academic position at the Assistant, Associate or Full of Clinical Internal Medicine (Clinical X: Clinician-Investigator) or Health Sciences Clinical (HSCP: Clinician-Educator) series. Expertise is required in the specific area of genitourinary cancer and other solid tumors. Responsibilities include direct inpatient and outpatient clinical care, teaching medical students, residents and fellows, and university/public service. The successful applicant will engage in patient care, teaching, service, and clinical and/or clinical translational research. The selected candidate will have demonstrated excellence in and commitment to teaching. For the Clinical X appointment, the applicant must have the ability to develop and implement research, obtain extramural funding, and also conduct collaborative science as a team member. For the HSCP appointment, the applicant must have the ability to make significant contributions to research teams. Typically, more research effort is allocated to faculty in the Clinical X series, dependent on performance and funding.

Candidates must have completed a fellowship in hematology and/or medical oncology and must be eligible for medical licensure in the State of California. Experience in and the ability to teach medical students, residents, and fellows, as well as experience caring for benign and/or malignant hematology and/or oncology patients, is required. The ability to work cooperatively and collegially within a diverse environment is required. The ability and experience to conduct scholarly/clinical/translational research is preferred. For the Clinical X series, the ability and experience to conduct scholarly/clinical/translational research and a record of publication in peer-reviewed journals is required. Evidence of success in obtaining extramural funding and/or administering clinical trials is highly desirable.

The division has 38 faculty, 2 staff physicians, 10 fellows, 21 NP’s, 53 staff, and operates a large and diverse clinical and research program. The division is a major component of the NCI-designated UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center and has a strong presence in developmental therapeutics with an Experimental Therapeutics Clinical Trials Network (ETCTN) grant and as a Lead Academic Participating Site (LAPS) with the NCI National Clinical Trials Network. The division research portfolio is particularly broad and spans laboratory-based early translation to population sciences and health disparities. The UC Davis School of Medicine is in the top quarter of US medical schools for NIH funding and one of the inaugural Clinical and Translational Award sites. The University of California, Davis is one of the top public research universities in the nation.

Sacramento has an ascendant and vibrant downtown, and the region has abundant outdoor recreational and cultural opportunities.

The position gives the successful candidate the opportunity to join a growing practice in a stimulating environment of an academic clinician who is committed to both clinical care and research.

The University of California, Davis is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity among its faculty, staff, and students.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct.

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UC Davis is a smoke- and tobacco-free campus effective January 1, 2014. Smoking, the use of smokeless tobacco products, and the use of unregulated nicotine products (e-cigarettes) will be strictly prohibited on any property owned or leased by UC Davis- indoors and outdoors, including parking lots, and residential space.