Palliative Care physician opportunity at Parkview Cancer Center in Fort Wayne, IN

The Parkview Packnett Family Cancer Institute is looking to recruit an additional Palliative Care doctor to join our Palliative, Integrative and Survivorship Oncology team. 

The ideal candidate is a motivated and innovative physician with a passion for multidisciplinary approach to palliative care in the cancer population.  New fellowship grads and established physicians are welcomed.  Palliative care fellowship trained favored, but internal medicine trained, or dual trained palliative oncology and medical oncology would be considered.

They would join a fully integrated palliative care team that sees patients in all stages in order to ensure the best outcomes and mitigate the burden if cancer care on the patients.  We recognize that the integration of palliative care is not just for patients with poor prognosis, but for all patients to ensure best outcomes and optimal patient experience. Our palliative oncologists also maintain long term relationships with the patients through the Cancer Survivorship Program.  

There is a rewarding opportunity to join the Parkview Health team and play an essential role in our vision to be the best regional cancer program in the country.  Our recruited physicians will have the opportunity to work in a 200,000 square foot state of the art cancer institute located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Attached to a tertiary regional medical center, our state-of-the-art facility opened its doors in June 2018. Parkview Packnett Family Cancer Institute serves the oncology needs for the Parkview Health system – a 2 billion dollar+ not-for-profit, multi-hospital entity with oncology cases coming to the institute for specialty cancer care.

Our institute enhances clinical care by incorporating a multidisciplinary approach to care involving medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgical subspecialties and other specialties. We have a novel clinical model which allows for disease site-based management.  We combined our specialists into clinics based on diseases and wrapped the treatments in concierge level care with world class supportive services. The cancer institute serves as a tertiary care referral center. PFCI has a robust research infrastructure and is involved in the GME program for resident education if candidates have interest.

Our physician-led institute, serving northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio population, will empower our patients and their families to get the multi-disciplinary treatment they desire in one single location.  The clinical model involves working in multi-specialty tumor site teams, and predominantly outpatient practice with limited call at a single tertiary hospital.

The Parkview Packnett Family Cancer Institute is a COC accredited comprehensive community cancer center with multiple subspecialty accreditations.

As an employed physician of Parkview Health, you may receive an excellent salary package beyond other tertiary centers.  The benefit program provides a comprehensive array of benefits and services to employed physicians, including, but not limited to, highly competitive salaries plus annual incentive compensation opportunity, commencement bonus, student loan assistance up to $150k, paid relocation, paid malpractice insurance, match retirement contribution plan, flexible spending accounts, health insurance, life insurance, long and short term disability, dues, licensure and memberships, annual physician allowance (for CME’s and other qualified expenses) as well as many other non-traditional benefits.

For additional information and to submit CVs, please contact providercareers@parkview.com 

Our excellent benefit package includes:

• Highly competitive salaries plus annual incentive compensation opportunity
• Commencement bonus
• Paid relocation
• Student loan assistance
• Retirement contribution plan
• Flexible spending accounts
• Medical, dental, vision & life insurance
• Short and long-term disability
• And many other non-traditional benefits!

• Proudly committed to bringing the highest quality of care to northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio
• Region’s largest employer with over 16,000 employees
• Health system is comprised of more than 1,100 world-class providers in more than 45 specialties in over 300 locations.
• Named one of the nation’s top employers by Forbes
• Named one of the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems by IBM Watson Health™
• Received national recognition from The Leapfrog Group for straight “A’s” in patient safety

Northeast Indiana is in the middle of it all, located just three hours or less by car from Midwest cities including Chicago, Cincinnati and Indianapolis – but with its own unique vibe and easygoing lifestyle.

Here, we offer the opportunity to create your version of the American dream, whether you’re looking to grow your career, family or home.

Fort Wayne, the region’s hub and Indiana’s second largest city, consistently ranks as one of the best places to live in the U.S. and boasts some of the nation’s lowest cost of living.

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Northeast Indiana has the charm of small-town life, but with big-city amenities, like vibrant downtown Fort Wayne. It has dining and night life that rival the most eclectic places across the nation. We are big on outdoor adventures, and we love to explore. If you’re a fan of professional sports, you won’t be bored. If you like fairs, festivals and happenings, you’ll have every weekend covered. There are so many events to keep you busy every day of the week!

We encourage you to come visit our growing health system and vibrant community and we will commit to welcoming you with our big-hearted hospitality.