Advanced Hematology/Oncology Role with Impact – Sioux Falls VA Health Care System

The Sioux Falls VA Health Care System is seeking a Board-Certified Hematologist/Oncologist with a minimum of three years of experience to join our dedicated and mission-driven team. This position offers the opportunity to provide comprehensive, patient-centered care to Veterans while working within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.

The selected physician will play a key role in delivering high-quality hematology and oncology services, including evaluating, triaging, and prioritizing consult requests to ensure timely care for patients with suspected malignancies or hematologic conditions. Responsibilities include ordering and supervising chemotherapeutic treatments, performing bone marrow aspirations and biopsies, and participating actively in multidisciplinary tumor boards.

The physician will coordinate care across specialties, including radiation oncology, surgical oncology, hospice, and palliative care, ensuring seamless care planning for patients with complex or advanced diseases. Duties also include conducting goals-of-care discussions, managing survivorship care plans, and providing long-term follow-up.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Oversight of infusion center operations.
• Interpretation of pathology, imaging, and molecular/genomic testing.
• Participation in clinical trials, research activities, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Compliance with national quality metrics and clinical outcome tracking.
• Development and maintenance of institutional treatment protocols.

The physician will also provide clinical supervision and mentorship to Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners and may participate in teaching medical students, residents, or fellows.

Administrative and professional responsibilities include attending staff meetings, serving in committees and workgroups, completing peer reviews and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations (OPPE), maintaining board certification, and fulfilling all required CME and VA-mandated training (including HIPAA and security training). Participation in on-call coverage is required.

This role offers the opportunity to practice within a highly collaborative system dedicated to excellence in Veteran care, with access to advanced resources and a supportive professional environment.

To apply:?Send your CV to?Jason.tafoya@va.gov
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The Sioux Falls VA Health Care System consists of a Joint Commission accredited complexity level 2 medical center and five Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) that serve Veterans in eastern South Dakota, northwestern Iowa, and southwestern Minnesota. 

The medical center has 40 acute beds and 58 transitional care beds and is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota with CBOCs in Aberdeen, Wagner, and Watertown, South Dakota as well as Sioux City and Spirit Lake, Iowa.

The Sioux Falls VA Health Care System is part of the VA Midwest Health Care Network (Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 23), which is comprised of North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota, as well as Community Clinics in Wyoming, Wisconsin and Illinois.

Paid Time Off:

• 26 Days paid annual (vacation/personal) leave
• 13 Days paid sick leave each year with no limit on accumulation
• 11 Federal holidays with pay annually
• 5 Days paid absence to attend approved CME courses

Insurance:

• Health Insurance: VA employees have an outstanding number of health insurance plans from which to choose (premiums are partially paid by VA) Lifetime Healthcare Insurance options available
• Dental & Vision: Our insurance options also include exceptional vision and dental plans (premiums are partially paid by VA)
• VA employees have the option to use Flexible Spending Accounts, which allow you to use tax-free dollars to pay for medical, dental, and vision care expenses that are not reimbursed by your health insurance plan
• Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage options are available with the cost shared by the Federal Government
• Long-term care insurance is available as an option

Federal Retirement Plan:

• VA employees are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). FERS is a three-tiered retirement plan composed of 1) Social Security benefits, 2) FERS-RAE basic benefits (pension), and 3) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is a 401K-type plan
• How is the pension funded? VA employees automatically contribute 4.4% of their salary each pay period and the VA contributes 12.2% of the employee’s salary each pay period for a total annual contribution percentage equal to 16.6% of the employee’s salary
• Similar to the 401(k) savings plans widely available in the private sector, the TSP allows employees to tax defer a portion of their income each year, subject to the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service. For calendar year 2025, employees under the age of 50 may contribute up to $23,500, while those over age 50 are eligible to make catch-up contributions that allow them to defer up to $31,000.
• The Federal Government also provides an automatic basic contribution (1% of salary) and up to 4% of salary in matching contributions, depending on the amount of the employee contribution
• For retired military personnel, these benefits are in addition to full monthly retirement pay or pension
• In addition to FERS, VA provides health care insurance coverage for retired personnel
• Disability Retirement
• Employees are vested in a federal pension after only 5 years service