Oncology - Medical Oncology Physician

Oncology opening in ILLocated in Kankakee, Illinois Full-Time & Permanent Seeking a BE/BC Oncologist to join hospital.

Responsibilities:

• Collect, record and maintain patient information such as medical histories, reports and examination results.
• Manage and treat patients within scope of practice.
• Analyze records, reports, test results or examination information to diagnose patients medical conditions.
• Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment within scope of practice.
• Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments to patients.
• Monitor patients conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.
• Expertise providing reliable, high value and evidence-based medicine that is supported by education and research.
• Ability to use electronic medical records to keep track of patient visits and information related to the physician/patient encounter.
• Expertise performing Evaluation and Management (E/M) coding for Physicians.
• Ability to work a full-time schedule of at least 40 hours of direct patient care.
• Participate in on-call during the week and on weekends (not all specialties will require on-call duties)
Location:
• Lower cost of living in Kankakee than in the suburbs of Chicago
• Tight-knit community of people with a variety of family-friendly events
• Bourbonnais, IL ranked as the 38th safest city in America
• Community values family, education, arts, culture, and history
• Scenic routes and less congested traffic than in major cities
• Educational opportunities from pre-school through college
• Less than one hour from two major international airports (Midway & O'Hare)