Physician Palliative Care (.7 FTE)

Palliative Care Physician Opportunity

We are seeking a Palliative Care Physician to join our practice in Maplewood, Woodbury, and as needed the University of Minnesota Medical Center. Practice highlights include working in collaboration with other physicians, APPs, palliative care social workers, and chaplains to provide timely access and care to patients with palliative care needs. Provide all necessary acute care services to patients at M Health Fairview. Provide timely consultations to requesting clinicians in different settings, ensure proper care, diagnosis, and treatment as necessary. Communicate with patients and families to explain diagnoses, diagnostic or therapeutic treatments, procedures, and prognosis, as well as discuss potential or expected outcomes. Communicate to primary and/or referring physicians.

Qualifications include a graduate of an accredited ACGME Hospice and Palliative Medicine training program. Board eligible/certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Licensed or ability to acquire medical license and DEA in the State of Minnesota and meet threshold criteria/qualifications for credentialing and privileges.

Pay and benefits are competitive and market-leading. The full-time salary range is $237,000-$265,000 commensurate with practice experience and may also include incentive compensation or additional specialty-specific compensation components. Salary is prorated based on FTE. Total compensation is enhanced by a robust benefits package that supports physical, mental, and financial well-being. Highlights include comprehensive medical and dental insurance including a vision discount plan, substantial 401K employer contribution, generous flexible time off, well-being program including an annual spending allotment, peer coaching, counseling, and concierge services, allowance for CME, license, board certification, and DEA fees, disability, accident, life, and malpractice insurance. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, we are a qualified employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

M Health and clinical partnerships providers practice at affiliated locations under the M Health Fairview shared care delivery system. This partnership represents a collaboration between University of Minnesota Physicians, University of Minnesota Medical Center, and Fairview Health to build a nationally known academic health system that combines academic and community resources to provide the very best clinical care to patients and communities, while also supporting research and education across the joint healthcare delivery system.

Community information: We are based in Minneapolis and consistently ranked as one of the best places to live in America by U.S. News & World Report. The Minneapolis-St. Paul area offers a high quality of life and a low cost of living. You'll find excellent school systems, a robust economy, an award-winning culinary scene, museums of all types, outstanding theaters, and a reliable international airport. If you love the outdoors, you can enjoy all four seasons with the plethora of lakes, parks, and some of the country's best bike trails!

Company overview: At University of Minnesota Physicians (M Physicians), we are on a mission to deliver exceptional patient care, advance medicine through research, and train the next generation of health professionals. M Physicians is the multi-specialty group practice for the University of Minnesota Medical School faculty clinicians, community-practice clinicians, advanced practice providers, and healthcare professionals. We serve the land grant mission of the University by providing high quality specialty and primary care, innovative and leading-edge cures and treatments, and access to the latest evidence-based care to patients across the state of Minnesota and beyond.