Hospice Medical Doctor
Where
HopeHealth
Wakefield, RI, United States
Description
Hospice Medical Doctor (PT/24 hours/week): Medical director for a hospice team in southern RI (Wakefield, RI) caring for between 80-100 home hospice patients. 16 hours week for clinical visits to patients, IDG, covering calls from team nurses and 8 hours/week being “Doctor of the Day,” a physician who supports the daily hospice admissions. Responsibilities include working with admission nurses to determine eligibility, writing certification of terminal illness statements, decisions on medication coverage, providing initial hospice care until the primary hospice team assumes care. Potential to blend this position with some inpatient palliative care if a full-time position is desirable. Joining an established hospice team within an organization that has seven home hospice teams.
HopeHealth is a regional not-for-profit provider of hospice and palliative care in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. HopeHealth is the Major Teaching Affiliate of the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University for hospice and palliative medicine. HopeHealth has strong partnerships with local academic and community hospitals to provide inpatient palliative care consultation.
• Palliative care teams provide inpatient care at academic medical centers, community hospitals, long term care facilities, and patient’s homes. Palliative census approx. 550
• Pediatric palliative and hospice care
• Embedded ED/HPM MDs in 2 Emergency Departments
• Over 50 employed MDs and RNPs practicing solely HPM
• Second oldest hospice in USA, current census 730s
• Seven home and long-term care hospice teams
• Free-standing 30 bed hospice inpatient unit, the Hulitar Hospice Center, in Providence RI
• Fellowship program with 3 fellow slots yearly
• $2.5k stipend and 5 days available for CME for FT positions
• Competitive salaries and great benefit package, 401K plan
• Malpractice and license expenses covered
• Formal orientation and onboarding program
• Academic Appointment at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
• Extensive opportunities for clinical teaching of medical students, residents, fellows and nurse practitioner students
• Quality improvement and research opportunities
On Call Responsibilities
• Call occurs 1 weeknight/month, and one weekend every 6-8 weeks
• One holiday required yearly
• Compensation for call paid in addition to baseline salary
• Physician Call involves covering calls for hospice admissions to teams and inpatient hospice unit weeknights. On weekends/holidays, 2 MDs make rounds on 15 beds each in inpatient hospice unit and 1 MD covers phone calls for 700+ community hospice patients and rarely a palliative patient.
Apply
Attn: Jennifer Barishian
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (401) 714-8993