About the Role
Boston Medical Center Health System is seeking a mission-aligned, career-focused Medical Oncologist to serve as Practice Lead for our growing oncology service at Boston Medical Center South. This is a key clinical and operational leadership role within a modern, suburban oncology program that delivers academic-quality care in a community setting. This position is ideal for a physician who is eager to build, grow, and shape a service—someone with demonstrated leadership promise who is ready for their next step. This role is intentionally growth oriented with a vision for expansion and development.
Boston Medical Center Health System and BMC South
Boston Medical Center South (BMC South) is an award-winning, 224-bed, acute-care hospital that offers expanded access to comprehensive care in the community. It is built on the foundation of providing care that extends beyond its walls to address the diverse health and wellness needs of the communities in Brockton and along the Route 24 corridor.
BMC South offers the region’s only designated Level III Trauma Center, which provides adult and pediatric emergency care to more than 65,000 patients each year so that when every second counts, patients can count the hospital to deliver expert emergency care. In addition, it offers Centers of Excellence in orthopedics, trauma care, and cardiology; specialized care in surgery; family-centered obstetrics with a Level II special care nursery, and advanced diagnostic imaging.
BMC South is dedicated to collaborating with community partners to improve the health of Brockton residents and 22 neighboring communities. Through accessible, person-centered care, our teams treat chronic diseases that directly impact the community, considering the social and economic roots of health to help patients make life-changing enhancements to overall wellbeing.
Boston Medical Center Health System (BMCHS) is a $7 billion integrated healthcare system. With more than 15,000 dedicated employees, BMCHS is built on the principle of comprehensive, compassionate care across our founding academic medical center, two hospitals in the community, a health plan, a network of community health centers, and solutions for specialty pharmacy access and sustainability initiatives.
Principal Responsibilities
Clinical Focus
The Practice Lead will serve as the senior clinical leader at BMC South, partnering closely with hospital administration, nursing leadership, infusion services, and system oncology leadership to:
- Oversee clinical practice operations
- Advance evidence-based care pathways
- Grow specialty oncology services
- Expand access and patient capacity
- Strengthen integration with the BMC Cancer Center and academic programs
- This is a hands-on leadership role, well-suited for someone who wants growth, visibility, and meaningful program-building influence.
Leadership Scope
The Practice Lead will:
- Provide day-to-day clinical oversight of the oncology practice
- Partner with nursing, infusion, pharmacy and hospital leaders
- Support recruitment and onboarding of physicians and APPs
- Participate in cancer committee activity and quality planning
- Help shape service-line strategy and program development
- Standardize clinical pathways and optimize throughput
Initial leadership span will include supervising a small physician and APP team (~2–6).
Operational Focus
The ideal candidate is energized by growing a modern service, with demonstrated capability to:
- Build and refine clinical workflows in a like-new oncology suite
- Help plan disease-site expansion and service growth
- Influence infusion capacity planning and scheduling models
- Utilize EMR data and quality dashboards to improve access and efficiency
- Support referral development with regional providers
- Track operational metrics related to patient flow, access and utilization
Key Qualifications
Required
- MD/DO, Board Certified in Medical Oncology
- Minimum 3 years post-training preferred
- Demonstrated excellence in evidence-based oncology
- Experience delivering care in community or hybrid settings
- Desire to practice at the intersection of academic and community oncology
Preferred
- Experience with quality initiatives, standardized care pathways, or service-line development.
- Depth advancing oncology clinical care
- Prior leadership depth in a complex, matrixed health system
Ideal Qualities:
- Clinical gravitas with collaborative leadership style
- Team-building approach
- Hands-on engagement with operations
- Ability to lead within a matrixed cancer program
- Commitment to access, equity, and community-focused care
- Hunger for growth and program building
Boston Medical Center provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; sex; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; status as a protected veteran or spouse/family member of a protected veteran; or disability.