Palliative Care Physician
Where
Hospice of Northwest Ohio
Toledo, OH, United States
Description
The Palliative Medicine Physician is a physician licensed to practice medicine in the state of Ohio and Michigan and is responsible for providing medical care and treatment to patients in the Palliative Care program. This position also assists with medical student/resident education and provides education and outreach in the medical community.
Qualifications:
Doctor of medicine or osteopathy degree from an accredited medical school with current license to practice in the state of Ohio and Michigan.
Board certified in family medicine, internal medicine, oncology, emergency medicine, or appropriate medical specialty.
Is Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship trained and board certified or board eligible.
Must have or be eligible for membership in good standing on the medical staff accredited hospitals in the Hospice of Northwest Ohio service area.
Must have at least three years of experience in the practice of medicine.
DEA in Ohio and Michigan.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
Evaluates and manages patients with serious illnesses; assesses stage of illness and prognosis and recognizes signs and symptoms of terminally ill patients.
Recognizes and manages symptoms of serious illness and end-of-life disease.
Recognizes the need for psychological and spiritual support, as well as bereavement services.
Provides medical care to patients through phone calls, visits, and interdisciplinary team conferences. Reviews patient/family care and provides orders for medications and treatments that are consistent with the goals of care and meet the standards of hospice and palliative care.
Actively manages problems identified on the patient’s plan of care and ensures orders are written to provide standard of care symptom management.
Available for consultation with the interdisciplinary team members regarding patient and family care.
Documents all medical interventions and pertinent conversations in the medical record in order to clearly reflect changes in the patient’s status and decisions made regarding goals of care and treatment. Follows-up with changes to the plan of care and problem list to reflect findings and communicates changes to the rest of the interdisciplinary team.
Serves as a liaison between Sincera Palliative Medicine and the community physician; contacts the community physician as needed to keep him/her informed and to maintain an open line of communication about care of the patient.
Apply
Attn: Michelle Power
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (419) 931-5108