Physician III - Transplant​/IEI

Physician III – Transplant/IEI

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Employee Type: Exempt full-time

Division: Clinical Research Program

Facility: NIH

Location: NIH Campus 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA

Employer: Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. (operator of the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research)

The Frederick National Laboratory (FNL) is a Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. facility that focuses on a broad spectrum of biomedical challenges including cancer, HIV/AIDS, drug development, nanotechnology in medicine, and rapid response to emerging infectious diseases. FNL’s mission is to provide comprehensive, dedicated support for clinical research, ensuring high‑quality patient care and the advancement of scientific knowledge at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other NIH institutes.

• Provide inpatient and outpatient consultative infectious disease care for hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) patients.
• Provide consultative  to primary immunodeficient patients, oncology, CAR‑T cell, and non‑transplant patients with inborn errors of immunity (IEI).
• Teach trainees at all levels rotating through the transplant and IEI service.
• Support inpatient and outpatient IEI patients and oversee a multidisciplinary team to deliver comprehensive care.
• Participate in multidisciplinary care of HSCT, including pre‑transplant evaluation and post‑transplant .
• Document patient encounters through progress notes, dictation summaries, and communication with referring physicians as required by medical record standards.
• Participate in clinical rounds, conferences, and didactic lecture sessions.
• Administer and adjust trial medication under guidance of the Principal Investigator and in accordance with protocol requirements.
• Explain discharge instructions and medication regimens to patients and follow up with consulting service recommendations.
• Order, perform, and interpret basic laboratory diagnostic and treatment tests and procedures.
• Obtain health and family medical histories and perform comprehensive health assessments.
• Perform physical examinations and minor surgeries (incisional and excisional biopsies).
• Maintain and complete medical records, place orders for medications and tests, and determine necessary follow‑up or collaboration.
• Develop and implement treatment plans, including patient/family counseling and education based on expertise in the patient populations and/or protocols.
• Evaluate, modify, and revise care plans at appropriate intervals.
• Assess acute and non‑acute clinical problems and toxicities, diagnosing and managing common acute or stable chronic health problems, injuries, and illnesses.
• Develop written protocols for management of illnesses and injuries with consulting and referring physicians.
• Assist with extensive clinical trial programs focused on novel therapies.
• Interpret and document diagnostic tests and studies related to clinical trial interventions and patient conditions.
• Ensure unusual problems are referred to physicians or an administrative supervisor.
• Independently evaluate patients in inpatient and outpatient clinic settings.
• Provide documentation and monitoring/grading of side effects related to study interventions, including drugs and psychological behaviors.
• Explain care management/discharge plans to all covering team members during sign‑out.
• Conduct all activities in coordination with a government attending physician.

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) with an active, unrestricted medical license in the United States.
• Board certification in Internal Medicine and Allergy and Immunology or Infectious Diseases (other Internal Medicine specialty training acceptable).
• Meet NIH Clinical Center staff physician credentialing requirements.
• Foreign degrees evaluated for U.S. equivalency.
• Minimum of three (3) years of relevant clinical experience.
• Prior experience managing clinical trials.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

• Experience focused on primary immune deficiency.
• Infectious disease background.
• Transplant infectious disease experience.

• Exposure to infectious materials, requiring medical…