Hospice & Palliative Medicine Physician — Inpatient
Where
Mary Washington Healthcare
Fredericksburg, VA, United States
Salary Range (Annual Salary)
$245,000 +
Description
Mary Washington Healthcare is seeking a Hospice & Palliative Medicine Physician to join its growing service line in Fredericksburg, Virginia. This is an opportunity for a physician who is passionate about palliative and end-of-life care, complex symptom management, and helping patients and families navigate goals-of-care and end-of-life decisions.
The Opportunity
In this inpatient-focused role, you will provide comprehensive palliative medicine consultations for patients with serious, advanced, life-limiting, and end-stage illnesses. You will also provide physician coverage and management for Hospice General Inpatient (GIP) patients, ensuring regulatory and hospice standards are met.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
• Assess, diagnose, and manage pain and complex symptoms, including dyspnea, delirium, nausea, anxiety, depression, and fatigue, and other distressing conditions.
• Facilitate goals-of-care, code-status, advance-care-planning, and shared-decision-making conversations with patients and families.
• Support patients and families through serious, advanced, life-limiting, and end-stage illness and end-of-life care.
• Providing medical oversight for Hospice GIP patients.
• Supervise, mentor, and collaborate with Advanced Practice Providers.
• Work closely with physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, pharmacists, therapists, and care managers.
• Participating in interdisciplinary rounds, family meetings, ethics consultations, and care conferences.
• Participate in quality improvement, performance improvement, regulatory compliance, and program development initiatives.
• Serve as an expert resource regarding palliative medicine, hospice eligibility, symptom management, end-of-life care, and ethical decision-making.
Qualifications
Required:
• MD or DO from an accredited medical school
• Completion of an accredited residency program
• Fellowship training in Hospice & Palliative Medicine or Board Eligible in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
• Expertise in symptom management, serious-illness communication, advance care planning, and end-of-life care
• Ability to supervise and collaborate effectively with Advanced Practice Providers.
• Current unrestricted Virginia physician license or eligible for Virginia licensure.
• Current DEA registration
• BLS certification
• Board certification or board eligibility in Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Preferred:
• Inpatient palliative care experience
• Hospice physician, associate medical director, or hospice medical director experience
• Experience with APP supervision
• Experience with quality improvement, physician education, and program development
• Hospice Medical Director Certification (HMDCB)
Compensation & Benefits
• Base salary: $245,000
• Goals-Based bonus
• Sign-on bonus
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• Retirement plans including 403(b) with employer match and optional 457(b)
• Annual CME allowance
• Malpractice insurance with tail coverage included
• Join a forward-thinking Hospice and Palliative team where clinical excellence, collaboration, and innovation are at the core of everything we do.
About Mary Washington Healthcare
MARY WASHINGTON HEALTHCARE began in 1899 as an eight-room hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Today, it has evolved into a not-for-profit regional system of two hospitals (571 beds), four emergency departments, and over 80 healthcare facilities.
A Great Place to Live and Work.
As a Great Place to Work-Certified™ organization for six consecutive years, Mary Washington Healthcare offers more than a competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits. We provide an exceptional environment to live, work, and build a rewarding career.
Located in one of Virginia’s fastest-growing regions, Fredericksburg offers the perfect balance of accessibility and quality of life. Situated approximately 50 miles from both Washington, D.C., and Richmond, the area provides convenient access to major metropolitan amenities without the traffic, congestion, or high cost of living.
Outdoor enthusiasts enjoy easy access to the Shenandoah and Blue Ridge Mountains, while residents also benefit from a vibrant culinary scene, diverse housing options, and highly regarded schools. With its unique blend of professional opportunity, natural beauty, and family-friendly amenities, Fredericksburg offers an unmatched place to call home.
Join us in shaping the future of compassionate, patient-centered care at Mary Washington Healthcare. Explore our palliative/hospice care opportunities and discover how you can make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients and families in our community.
Please apply online at https://www.mwhccareers.com/jobs/hospicepalliative-inpatient-physician-fredericksburg-va-100-10029?utm_source=CAPC&utm_medium=posting&utm_campaign=5494Summer26 or contact
Zachary Robbins
Physician/APP Recruiter
[email protected]
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