Oncology Advisor

About Cerula Care 

Cerula Care is the first digital health company focused on providing integrated behavioral health (BH) services to people living with cancer.  More than 22M people living with cancer have behavioral health needs such as anxiety, depression, substance use disorder, and PTSD. We integrate with oncology practices and health systems through the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) to wrap our members with a behavioral health team, care programming, and outcomes analysis.

The Collaborative Care Model is an evidence-based clinical model that has been shown to successfully improve mild to moderate behavioral health needs more effectively than the current standard of care. Our care team enhances the traditional CoCM care team by adding a Health Coach (i.e., a health coach focused on holistic behavioral health), given our strong conviction in the benefit of health coaching and wellness in this population. With the right coaching program customized to our members, we will be able to improve our members’ behavioral health above and beyond traditional CoCM models.

Why Choose Cerula Care 

We understand choosing a place to work or consult is a really important decision, and we want you to know that we do not take it lightly on your behalf – we welcome all your questions as you go through the decision process! 

A few things to know about working at Cerula Care:

• Our culture is very collaborative, transparent, supportive, and feedback-driven. All of us (yes all of us – including and especially our co-founders) are open to receiving and giving feedback in a helpful way to ensure we each grow and learn every day and importantly are always improving for the sake of our members and each other.
• We have a big mission to accomplish and we want people who believe in that mission to join us. However, in joining our mission, we are not asking you to give up other parts of your life - we all have our lives outside work, and we absolutely respect each other’s needs. 

Overview 

We are seeking an experienced oncologist to serve as an advisor for Cerula Care to guide our research and educate oncologists on the importance of behavioral health and care navigation support for all patients going through cancer.   

Key Responsibilities 

• Help ensure Cerula Care is the thought leader in integrated BH and care navigation; open doors for research partnerships with premier cancer care institutions and help with grant funding  

• As a strong advocate for integrative supportive care, be on the forefront of the research that shows integrating supportive services for all cancer patients leads to better health outcomes (mental health and cancer outcomes) as well as lower hospitalizations (ED and in-patient) 

• Be a leader in influencing oncologists and their teams on the importance of this care for all cancer patients through education sessions with oncologists 

• Represent Cerula Care at conferences, speaking engagements, and industry events to educate and promote the importance of integrating behavioral health and care navigation 

• Provide clinical expertise and guidance on the intersection of oncology and behavioral health 

Qualifications 

• Board-certified oncologist with active medical license 

• Minimum 15 years of clinical experience in oncology 

• Demonstrated interest in behavioral health and whole-person cancer care 

• Experience with research, publications, or advocacy in psycho-oncology and holistic behavioral health 

• Excellent communication skills and ability to translate complex medical concepts 

• Passion for improving quality of life for the 22M+ cancer patients with behavioral health needs 

This position offers the opportunity to help shape the future of integrated cancer care while addressing the critical behavioral health and care navigation needs of oncology patients. 

 

Time Commitment:  ~5 hours per month 

Compensation: Advisor equity