Hospice/Palliative Medicine Physician

Seeking BC/BE in Hospice and Palliative Care physician to join NKC Health in the Kansas City Northland (Missouri) in a growing group. Join an established, highly collaborative interdisciplinary team. This opportunity is ideal for a clinician who enjoys leading complex goals of care conversations and helping shape the future of palliative medicine within a respected health system.

Services are provided at NKC Health hospital, a 451-bed, Level 2 NICU, level 2 trauma center with 21,000 admissions and over 80,000 ER visits. Hospitalists admit and manage patients.

This position is hospital employed through our physician enterprise, a multi-specialty group comprised of 200 physicians. Referral base includes 70+ employed and 25+ independent primary care physicians in the community. Total of 550 physicians and 235 APPs on staff.

Benefits

• Competitive salary guarantee
• Signing bonus
• Relocation expenses paid
• Medical, dental, vision insurance (family coverage)
• Disability and life insurance
• Generous retirement plan with early vesting
• CME allowance, plus paid licensure and board exam fees
• Paid time off
• Malpractice with tail coverage

The Northland, where the hospital and clinics are located, is one of the most dynamic areas in metropolitan Kansas City with easy access to the airport. Residents enjoy an attractive, vibrant, and safe suburban setting, great restaurants, shopping, miles of biking and jogging paths, excellent schools (private and public) and numerous other amenities all within minutes of downtown Kansas City. Professional sports, museums, theater, live music, Kansas City has it all! Compared to the rest of the country, the cost of living in the Kansas City Metropolitan area is 8.4% lower than the National Average.