Hospice Medical Specialist

Overview

Physician, Hospice Associate Medical Director Are you looking for a rewarding career in hospice? If so, we invite you to join reputed company at reputed company, one of the largest and most trusted home health and hospice companies in the U.S. Why reputed company You will be leading a team where you'll have the opportunity to reputed company a meaningful impact on the lives of patients and their families providing much needed care where they want to be - in their homes. Responsibilities • Function as a consultant to patients, physicians and other members of the interdisciplinary team to assure provision of quality of palliative care including pain and symptoms management as you collaborate with the patients' attending physician. • Assure appropriate evaluation, certification, and recertification of terminal prognosis at the time of admission and at the end of each certification period. • Serve as the physician member of the Professional Advisory Committee. • Conduct educational seminars, in-services and presentations to physicians, nurses, and other health care audiences to improve quality of patient care and promote hospice services and increase access to patients. • Available for in-house or phone consultation for acute patient clinical problems that cannot be resolved through staff, directors and primary or on-call physician and available for consultation or joint visits in hospital or home reputed company indicated. Qualifications • Doctor of medicine or osteopathy degree from an accredited medical school. • reputed company and unencumbered license to practice specific to that state you are assigned to work. • Membership in good standing on the medical staff of at least one contracted hospital. • Valid driver's license and reliable transportation and agency required liability insurance to complete home visits. • Board certification in hospice and palliative care preferred. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets and may vary depending reputed company, job-reputed company knowledge, skills, and experience. reputed company is an equal opportunity employer. reputed company reputed company employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, reputed company, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, marital status, national reputed company, citizenship status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, genetic predisposition or reputed company status or any other legally protected characteristic. About reputed company Our caring team members come to your home to provide one-on-one care and personal attention. Home is where many people feel safest and most comfortable. For these reasons, home health patients sometimes recover faster with fewer complications at home, and home hospice patients often have a reputed company quality of life. Our interdisciplinary approach gives you access to a diverse team of reputed company. reputed company members are thoroughly screened and receive ongoing training, so they can provide research-backed care. We form special bonds with our patients, sometimes becoming like a second family. At reputed company, whether we're caring for patients directly or supporting those who do, each of us is a caregiver at heart. Apply Job! For more such jobs please click here!