Physician (PRN, As needed)
Your Career at HospiceHospice & Community Care provides quality care to thousands of patients and families every year so they can live better at end of life.
We are able to support hundreds of individuals in our community each day because of our incredible staff.
Whether in a clinical role or supporting the organization behind the scenes, your career at Hospice & Community Care makes a meaningful difference to patients and families.
PhysicianPRN (as needed)Ideally looking for weekend availabilityJOB
Summary:
Serve as a member of Hospice & Community Care Medical Services team.
Provide clinical and organizational leadership across settings.
Provide hospice and palliative care consultations and visits in home, clinic, inpatient center.
Participate in the development and implementation of medical policies, procedures, and protocols.
Comply with state and national regulations.
Instruct medical students, residents, and other health professionals.
Essential Functions:
Provide consultations and subsequent visits for Hospice & Community Care.
Document visits and services according to agency standards for communication and billing.
Help assure agency compliance with state and federal regulationsConsult 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 Hospice & Community Care and Palliative Medicine Consultants 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 Hospice & Community Care in interactions with physicians, hospital staff, nursing home staff, and others in the community.
Instruct medical students, residents, and other health professionals seeking hospice and palliative care education.
Provide medical direction regarding Hospice & Community Care 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 such as Epic, Suncoast, and Microsoft Office.
Current driver's license in the state of Pennsylvania.
Able to make home visits to patients.
Member in good standing on the medical staff(s) of accredited hospitals in the Hospice & Community Care service area.
Recommended Skills Billing Clinical Works Communication Critical Thinking Curiosity Family Support Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
We are able to support hundreds of individuals in our community each day because of our incredible staff.
Whether in a clinical role or supporting the organization behind the scenes, your career at Hospice & Community Care makes a meaningful difference to patients and families.
PhysicianPRN (as needed)Ideally looking for weekend availabilityJOB
Summary:
Serve as a member of Hospice & Community Care Medical Services team.
Provide clinical and organizational leadership across settings.
Provide hospice and palliative care consultations and visits in home, clinic, inpatient center.
Participate in the development and implementation of medical policies, procedures, and protocols.
Comply with state and national regulations.
Instruct medical students, residents, and other health professionals.
Essential Functions:
Provide consultations and subsequent visits for Hospice & Community Care.
Document visits and services according to agency standards for communication and billing.
Help assure agency compliance with state and federal regulationsConsult 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 Hospice & Community Care and Palliative Medicine Consultants 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 Hospice & Community Care in interactions with physicians, hospital staff, nursing home staff, and others in the community.
Instruct medical students, residents, and other health professionals seeking hospice and palliative care education.
Provide medical direction regarding Hospice & Community Care 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 such as Epic, Suncoast, and Microsoft Office.
Current driver's license in the state of Pennsylvania.
Able to make home visits to patients.
Member in good standing on the medical staff(s) of accredited hospitals in the Hospice & Community Care service area.
Recommended Skills Billing Clinical Works Communication Critical Thinking Curiosity Family Support Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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