Inpatient Palliative Medicine Physician Opportunity

Inpatient Palliative Medicine Physician Opportunity

Job Title: Inpatient Palliative Medicine Physician

Reports To: System Medical Director, Palliative Care and Hospice Medicine

Purpose of the Position:

• Provide palliative medicine consultations care for person with serious, complex and/or life-threatening conditions.
• Enhance hospital communication efforts with patients and families.
• Serve as clinical and educational role model and mentor.
• Support patients and their families in collaboration with the managing service and primary care team.

Job Responsibilities:

• Conduct and document palliative medicine consultations and follow-up evaluations for patients with palliative care needs when requested by the managing medical service.
• Assist in providing patients and families with high-quality, coordinated psycho-social and emotional support.
• Maintain currency for palliative care quality data base.
• Engage in quality improvement programs.
• Advocate for improvements in palliative care through participation in professional organizations.
• Provide clinical expertise, educational programming, and guidance for students, the health system and community entities when requested.
• Maintain strong communication and positive relationships with the palliative care team and medical staff members.
• Create and support programming to grow the palliative care service.
• Ensure continuity of clinical coverage for assigned sites.
• Ensure personal and team compliance with practice standards and billing codes
• Support coordinated health system efforts and practice responsible stewardship of resources.
• Maintain licenses and certifications required for practice of palliative medicine in State of Illinois.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications

• BC/BE in Palliative Care Medicine
• Unrestricted medical and DEA license to practice in the State of Illinois.