Full-time Outpatient Palliative Physician

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Find Your Passion and Purpose as a Palliative Physician

Reimagine Your Career in Hospice and Palliative Care

As a medical professional, you know that what you do impacts you as much as your patients and their families, and at AccentCare, we are united in our relentless drive to reimagine care because we want to provide the service we would seek for our own families.

We think it’s really special to be a part of our patient’s health journey and create incredible memories while providing world-class patient care.

AccentCare is seeking a full-time physician to join our team of professionals. We make a difference every day to patients and families coping with end-of-life illness in creating a center of excellence in hospice and palliative care.

The physician is qualified to provide outpatient palliative care to patients with advanced medical conditions with a special emphasis in cancer patients.

The physician is committed to making palliative services available to all those who would benefit. Participates in on-going educational programs to increase their expertise in caring for patients with advanced medical conditions.

In addition, the physician will work effectively and communicate well with the members of the oncology and multidisciplinary team and fulfill all other requirements of the position.

Physician will work with the oncology and multidisciplinary team to plan, provide, and evaluate best clinical care for the oncological patient.

Serve and support the Provider Relations activities of the organization in addition to input to the Quality Assurance & Performance Improvement (QAPI) committee.

Offer Based on Years of Experience

Responsibilities

Responsibilities of Physician

• Assist in developing the plan of care for each patient / family in coordination with the oncologist and the Interdisciplinary team.
• Participate in clarifying goals of care in conjunction with the interdisciplinary team.
• If needed, certify in conjunction with the Oncology team that the patient's life expectancy is not expected to exceed six months.
• Attend and actively participate in Interdisciplinary Team meetings.
• Maintain a regular schedule of participation in all components of the palliative care program to which assigned. Assure availability of physician coverage for routine and emergency situations, arranges coverage when unavailable with a two-week notice provided to the Medical Director for planned absences.
• Participate in establishing written guidelines for symptom control, pain, nausea, vomiting, or other symptoms.
• Assist in developing opportunities to conduct in-service presentations and participate in educational programs for staff.
• Attend and actively participate in patient / family care conferences when requested to do so by the Executive Director or Designee.
• Act as a medical liaison with other physicians in the community.
• Complete all written documentation in a timely manner.

Our Investment in You

We are committed to offering comprehensive benefits and rewards to full-time employees who work over 30 hours per week and their families, including :

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off and paid holidays

Professional development

Company-matching 401(k)

Flexible spending and health savings accounts

Company store credit for your first AccentCare-branded scrubs for patient-facing employees

Qualifications

Be the Best Hospice Physician You Can Be

If you meet these qualifications, we want to meet you!

• A physician (Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathy) licensed to practice medicine in the state(s)
• Palliative Care Fellowship trained, Board certification or eligible.
• Maintains an active license and DEA in the state where care is being provided.
• Expertise in caring for chronically and terminally ill patients.
• Strong clinical, administrative, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to AccentCare philosophy of care, values, mission statement, and organizational culture.

Come As You Are

At AccentCare, our care is most compassionate when we empathize and engage with everyone, and we are at our best when we value diverse perspectives, foster open dialogue, and enact change.

And we are stronger when each of us is empowered to grow, be our unique selves, and feel a sense of inclusion and belonging.

AccentCare is proud of how we are building a culture and inclusive infrastructure to help elevate the voice of all our employees with a special focus on the underrepresented and marginalized.

We offer equal employment opportunities regardless of a person’s race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, color, creed, age, mental disability, physical disability, or any other protected classification.