Physician

Physician

Hybrid locations include East Lincoln County - Lincolnton, NC, Lake Norman - Davidson, NC, Cleveland County - Shelby, NC, Fort Mill SC - Fort Mill, SC, and Uptown Charlotte - Charlotte, NC.

Position Type: Full Time Job Shift: Day Education Level: Graduate Degree Travel Percentage: Local Travel Category: Health Care

Overview

VIA Health Partners is an industry leader and top-10 nationally ranked provider of end-of-life care. We are proud to be a community based, not for profit hospice & palliative care provider. We have deep community roots, with decades of experience serving all patients' and families' needs regardless of their ability to pay or their medical complexity. We are a people first organization whose funds go to serve our mission.

Due to our significant growth, we are looking for amazing new staff who share these same values. Apply now and be a part of our success story.

We provide excellent benefits including:

• Medical, Vision, and Dental plans through BCBS
• 28 days of Paid Time Off
• Excellent mileage reimbursement rate
• 403b Retirement plan with matching
• Focused programs honoring Veteran patients
• Assistance with achieving Certified Hospice & Palliative Nurse (CHPN)
• Best Orientation and Onboarding program you've experienced
• Seasoned Hospice leaders guiding your career growth

Essential Functions

• Direct Patient Care
• Review available medical information; take appropriate history of the present illness; and communicate with the patient's attending physician to develop patient focused plan of care.
• Physically examine patient to assess symptoms, to evaluate for progression of disease, and to recommend modifications in the plan of care.
• In consultation with the patient's attending physician recommend appropriate laboratory and imaging studies to evaluate progression of illness and/or response to palliative therapies.
• Provide patients and their families with counseling, education, and psychosocial support.
• Assist patients and their families in establishing the goals of care.
• Facilitate family meetings when the presence of a physician will serve to improve the outcome of the meeting.
• Communicate with hospice nurses to address pain and other symptom management issues.
• Communicate with the patient's attending/referring physician to discuss patient management issues including therapies that are outside of the usual hospice plan of care.
• Facilitate transfers to HPCCR hospice houses by communicating with the Medical Director.
• Serve as the attending physician for patients who choose the hospice physician as their attending physician.
• Submit billing and documentation according to policy.
• Provide on-call availability per employment agreement.

Qualifications

Qualification Requirements

• A Doctoral Degree in medicine (M.D. or D.O.) with a current active NC Board of Medicine practicing physician license. Board Certification in an AMBS recognized specialty is required.
• Experience in the care of terminally ill patients is preferred but not required.
• Computer proficiency is required.
• Current CPR is required.