Vice Chair of Quality and Safety, GI Oncology

Job description

Location:
Burlington, MA

Burlington, Massachusetts offers a dynamic blend of suburban comfort and proximity to the vibrant city of Boston, located just minutes to the north. Residents enjoy top-ranked public schools, rich cultural amenities, and easy access to New England's stunning beaches and mountain retreats.

Facility:
This is a 317-bed tertiary medical center, outpatient clinic, and Level I trauma center operating as part of a large, physician-led group practice of over 600 physicians. The facility is home to a comprehensive cancer institute that diagnoses and treats over 5,000 new analytic cancer cases annually across multiple locations, offering advanced infusion services, radiation oncology, genetics, next-generation sequencing, and active clinical research memberships including SWOG and NRG.

Opportunity:
Physician - GI Oncologist

Job Details:

• Vice Chair of Quality and Safety, GI Oncology role offering a unique balance of executive clinical leadership and active patient care
• Full-time, Board-Certified or Board-Eligible Medical Oncologist specializing in Gastrointestinal Malignancies
• Primary clinical focus on GI malignancies with practice based in Burlington and Peabody, MA
• Lead development, implementation, and continuous evaluation of quality and safety initiatives within the Division of Hematology/Oncology
• Define and track key performance indicators for clinical quality, safety, patient access, timeliness, health equity, and patient experience
• Partner with multidisciplinary teams including medical, surgical, and radiation oncology, pathology, radiology, pharmacy, nursing, APPs, genetics, palliative care, and supportive services
• Direct clinical improvement projects focusing on care coordination, treatment safety, symptom management, hospitalization prevention, care transitions, and clinical trial access
• Collaborate with clinical operations and informatics teams to optimize documentation, clinical decision support, treatment planning, and EHR-driven quality measurement
• Foster a just culture supporting event reporting, safety learning, and process improvement
• Participate in institutional quality, safety, pharmacy, tumor board, and cancer committee activities
• Mentor faculty, trainees, APPs, and staff in quality improvement methodology and oncology care delivery
• Support scholarly dissemination through publications and national presentations
• Maintain an active GI oncology practice structured to support executive leadership responsibilities
• MD or DO degree with Board Certification or Eligibility in Medical Oncology required
• Must be eligible for an unrestricted medical license in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• Experience in quality improvement, patient safety, clinical operations, care pathway development, or oncology program leadership preferred
• Academic accomplishments appropriate for a faculty appointment through UMass Chan School of Medicine
• Infrequent night and weekend call expectations