Physician (Palliative)

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Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide physician services consistent with hospice and palliative care philosophy. Consult with attending staff as requested so that pain and symptom management for patients is effectively and expeditiously accomplished.
• Provide inpatient medical care to the Veterans on the CLC Hospice and Palliative Care Unit.
• Provide inpatient and outpatient consultation services in palliative care.
• Provide outpatient longitudinal management of veterans across transitions of care
• Provide outpatient palliative care services via face-to-face and telehealth clinics and services
• Provide care in the role of hospice physician of record with active management of veterans of the Atlanta VA utilizing community hospice
• Be an active participant and facilitate clarification and the development of patient and family goals of care.
• Facilitate access to appropriate supportive care services.
• Full and appropriate documentation of patients care services to support professional billing for these services.
• Consult with the Interdisciplinary Team in establishing plan of care.
• Weekly participation in interdisciplinary team meetings to review active cases.
• Participation in on-call coverage for the inpatient palliative care service, palliative care unit and community hospice patients.
• Develop and provide education to Atlanta VA staff and coworkers.
• Adhere to the practice of confidentiality regarding patients, families, staff, and the organization.
• Be involved in analysis of data leading to the development of hospital policies and protocols for the improvement of quality of care.
• Analyze workload data and work with teams to maximize productivity.
• Performs other duties as assigned by management.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)

Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided

Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm. Subject to change based on Agency Needs.