Associate Director

Hospice Care Physician (PRN)

Provide compassionate care on a schedule that works for you.

Join our team as a Hospice Care Physician (PRN) and make a meaningful impact delivering patient-centered, end-of-life care while maintaining the flexibility to fit your lifestyle.

Position Overview

BJC HealthCare is seeking a dedicated and compassionate PRN Hospice Physician / Associate Medical Director to support hospice and palliative care services across the St. Louis region. This role provides clinical expertise, interdisciplinary leadership, and support for high-quality, patient-centered care for individuals with serious or life-limiting illness.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide physician services to hospice patients, including admissions, recertifications, and ongoing care management
• Support the Medical Director in overseeing clinical quality and compliance with hospice regulations.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members, including nurses, social workers, and chaplains.
• Participate in care planning and case conferences to ensure comprehensive patient care
• Provide guidance on symptom management, pain control, and end-of-life decision-making
• Assist with on-call coverage as needed in a PRN capacity
• Ensure adherence to regulatory standards, documentation requirements, and best practices

BJC Home Care offers patients and their families a complete range of home care services, including skilled nursing services, adult and pediatric hospice and supportive care, rehabilitation therapy, home infusion therapy, infusion treatment rooms, home medical equipment and high-tech respiratory care. Specialty home care programs also are available, including adult and pediatric asthma, cardiac, diabetes, orthopedic and wound care programs.

BJC Home Care provides care to thousands of patients in both Missouri and Illinois. Serving more than 25 counties, it has become the largest home care network in the region and one of the largest in the country.

Hospice, the final stage of BJC's continuum of care, is a special kind of caring for patients with a life-limiting illness. Services are provided in the comfort of the patient's home or skilled nursing facility. The Hospice staff are sensitive to the physical, psychosocial, emotional and spiritual needs of terminally ill adult and pediatric patients and their families. We provide a multi-disciplinary team of healthcare professionals and volunteers, specially trained in symptom management, pain control, counseling and bereavement services for the dying. Our Hospice services include alternative therapies such as music, art and massage therapy. Our Hospice programs provide palliative care by helping patients manage their pain and symptoms while living their lives with daily peace and dignity.

Preferred Qualifications

Ensures optimal care and promotes safety of patients admitted to assigned service in cooperation with the private attending staff and nursing staff. Communicates with staff, patients, and families.

Responsibilities

• Manages the medical care of assigned patients.
• Collaborates with patients, families, and members of the health care team to ensure excellent clinical outcomes.
• Performs and documents histories and physicals in the patient's medical record as required by hospital by-laws.
• Supervises and instructs medical students and residents assigned to service. Assists in the learning needs of residents and students as assessed.

Minimum Requirements

Education

• Doctorate - Medicine

Experience

• 2-5 years

Supervisor Experience

• No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

• Licensed Physician

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer