PHYSICIAN

PRN (as needed)

Mostly weekend hours available:

Home Hospice

Mostly "on call" from home: 5pm Friday - 8am on Monday

Inpatient Center - Mount Joy

8am/9am - 4pm/5pm

Does require working 1 holiday/year

JOB SUMMARY

Serve as a member of Choices Healthcare Medical Services and Palliative Medicine Team. Provide clinical and organizational leadership across settings in hospice and palliative care. Provide hospice and palliative care consultations and visits in home, clinic, inpatient, and hospital settings. Participate in the development and implementation of medical policies, procedures, and protocols. Comply with state and national regulations. Instruct medical students, residents, fellows, and other health professionals. Represent Choices Healthcare in interactions with physicians, hospital staff, nursing home staff, and others in the community.

FUNCTIONS

Provide consultations and subsequent visits for Choices Healthcare and Palliative Medicine patients.

Document visits and services according to agency standards for communication and billing.

Help assure agency compliance with state and federal regulations.

Consult with attending physicians and, when involved interdisciplinary teams, establish plans of care.

Provide critical thinking and clinical judgment to ensure care plans are medically appropriate, individualized to meet physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs and reflect the goals of care of patients and families receiving hospice and palliative care services.

Prescribe medications according to state and federal standards, following organizational policies for prescribing of controlled substances.

Ensure plans meet Choices Healthcare and Palliative Medicine standards and guidelines and are consistent with accepted hospice and palliative care standards.

Participate in the provision of around-the-clock hospice and palliative medicine services, including on-call responsibilities and weekend/holiday coverage.

Represent Choices Healthcare in interactions with physicians, hospital staff, nursing home staff, and others in the community.

Instruct medical students, residents, fellows, and other health professionals seeking hospice and palliative care education.

Provide medical direction regarding Choices Healthcare financial responsibility for medications, treatments, and procedures.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Licensed to practice medicine in Pennsylvania.

Must be Board eligible and/or maintain certification in their primary specialty. Must also be Board eligible and/or maintain certification in Hospice and Palliative Medicine or as a Hospice Medical Director (by the Hospice Medical Director Certification Board). Has demonstrated interest, knowledge, and skills in palliative care.

Team oriented with ability to provide personalized patient care as well as family support and demonstrate clinical outcomes. Must be able to assess, evaluate, plan, and implement care in complex and life limiting situations.

Able to effectively communicate verbally and in writing, and to motivate, lead, and provide specialized medical direction, particularly in a team setting and also in physician-to-physician relationships.

Must have working knowledge of computer based programs and have the ability to learn and navigate the computer system and platforms.

Current driver's license in the state of Pennsylvania. Able to make home visits to patients as it relates to Community Based Palliative Care.

Member in good standing on the medical staff(s) of accredited hospitals in the Hospice & Community Care service area.

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