Palliative Care Physician

Description


The Palliative Care Practice of MaineHealth Medical Group (MHMG) is seeking a palliative care physician to join our well-established inpatient palliative care team at Maine Medical Center, the flagship academic medical center for MaineHealth. This opportunity focuses on providing inpatient palliative care for patients across Southern Maine in a highly collaborative, interdisciplinary model. Candidates must be BC/BE in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

This position offers:

• A dedicated inpatient palliative care role within a very well-established palliative care team at Maine Medical Center - Portland, MaineHealth's flagship academic medical center.
• The opportunity to care for a broad and clinically diverse inpatient population. The team sees patients across all diagnoses and is highly integrated with services throughout the hospital, including medicine, oncology, cardiology, critical care, surgery, neurology, and other specialty teams.
• A full interdisciplinary team model that includes physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, social workers, and chaplains working together to provide comprehensive patient- and family-centered care.
• A strong educational focus, including teaching within our Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship and working with learners at all levels, including medical students, residents, fellows, and other interdisciplinary trainees.
• An opportunity to be part of ongoing efforts to increase access to specialty palliative care across MaineHealth Medical Group while practicing in a supportive and collaborative clinical environment.
• Competitive compensation packages include relocation assistance, CME expense reimbursement, and malpractice insurance.
• Benefits include Paid Time Off, CME time, retirement options with employer contributions, medical, dental, vision, life/disability coverage, and more.

Qualifications:

• MD/DO from an accredited medical school.
• Board Certification/Board Eligible.
• Fellowship trained in Palliative Medicine.

At MaineHealth, we recognize the value each team member brings to our organization. Total compensation packages may include, based on eligibility, recruitment payments, relocation assistance, productivity incentives, and quality incentives.


The annual base salary for this position is $265,000.

In addition to base pay, MaineHealth offers comprehensive benefits, recognition programs and career growth opportunities.


MaineHealth is a not-for-profit integrated health system whose vision is, "Working together so our communities are the healthiest in America." MaineHealth consists of nine local health systems, a comprehensive behavioral health care network, diagnostic services, home health agencies, and 1,700 employed clinicians working together through the MaineHealth Medical Group. With approximately 22,000 care team members, MaineHealth provides preventive care, diagnosis and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire. MaineHealth offers a Total Rewards package that includes comprehensive and competitive benefits, along with programs and resources to meet the diverse needs of our workforce.


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J-1 visa applicants are welcome to apply.

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