Hospitalist Physician - Palliative Care

Hospitalist Physician - Palliative Care

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, which is consistently ranked among the best in the United States. The largest of Duke Health's four hospitals with 1062 patient beds, it features comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center, an endo-surgery center, and more.

Job Location: Duke University Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital and Hock Pavillion

Job Summary: Palliative Medicine physicians in the Palliative Care Department are clinicians and/or clinician educators who provide clinical care for adult and pediatric patients admitted at Duke University Health System hospitals, support surgical and specialty services through consultative palliative medicine practice, and teach staff, graduate medical trainees, and medical students on inpatient educational rotations.

Job Duties and Responsibilities: Palliative Medicine physicians will engage in direct patient care activities and medical/clinical practice as the principal component of his/her overall professional responsibility within the Department. Patient care activities will include, but are not be limited to:

• Assessment, evaluation, pain and symptom management, care planning and modification, medications/therapeutic recommendations, goals of care planning and medical decision making, and end of life comfort care
• Direct contact and consultation with patient family members, friends, advocates, and others to ensure effective communication of patient status and care plans, and to encourage/support an open visitor-friendly environment within the medical/hospital environment
• Extensive and on-going communications with primary medical teams as well as external hospice agencies who routinely manage the care of patients discharged on hospice
• Day-to-day patient contact/rounding/care management that actively encourages and includes professional input from all members of the interdisciplinary team
• Accurate and timely completion of all clinical and professional records and documentation to assure compliance with local, state and federal regulatory, licensure and accreditation requirements
• Work to create a positive work culture within cross-departmental teams and align this work with other Palliative Care initiatives
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein

Job Eligibility Requirements:

• Graduate of an accredited MD or DO medical school
• Hospice/Palliative Care fellowship preferred
• Unrestricted medical license issued by the NCMB
• DEA License federal and state prescriptive authority
• Board Certified Family Medicine (ABFM) or Internal Medicine (ABIM) Pediatrics (ABP)
• Subspecialty Hospice and Palliative Medicine certification preferred
• Hospitalist and/or Palliative Care experience preferred but welcome new grad applicants

Job Hours: Full-time. The majority of clinical responsibilities are dayshift/weekdays, with some overnight (phone) call and occasional on-site weekend coverage.