Palliative Care Opening in Cedar Rapids, IA

Palliative Care openings in Cedar Rapids, IA 120m from Des Moines, IA 2 Openings: General Palliative Care opening or Palliative Care Medical Director Position Benefits - Salary position - Attractive incentive package - A competitive Total rewards program offers benefits that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what stage of life you are in. - Generous time off and CME allowance, malpractice insurance, retirement contributions and more - Dedicated provider resources to positively impact providers work-life balance - Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, including a free third-party service for loan restructuring and consolidation. - A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation. Position Details - Provide high level clinical leadership and expertise in Palliative Medicine to improve patient care throughout the hospital and ambulatory setting for patients of all ages with serious illness. - Builds effective relationships with referring providers to ensure excellent team follow-up regarding patient consults and to build an improved culture of collaboration among specialists, primary care physicians, nurses, and other staff to meet the needs of palliative care patients. - Proactively identifies opportunities to improve the patient and family experience of care and to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of resource use. - Ensures compliance with legal, regulatory, and clinical policies and procedures working closely with the Palliative Care Manager. - Actively participates in Palliative Care Clinical Service Group and willingness to serve in a physician leadership role - Participation in the interdisciplinary palliative team and provision of direct patient care and appropriate related services to the patient and family. - Leadership and clinical oversight of Inpatient Palliative Care - Leadership and clinical oversight of Ambulatory Palliative Care Services, including Palliative Care Clinic - Participation and clinical leadership in the development and review of appropriate clinical protocols and processes that support appropriate referral and consistent care. - Leadership in the identification of education needs of the clinical staff and development of effective outreach strategies. - Outreach to community agencies and health care settings (such as nursing homes) as appropriate. - Participate in 24-hour call structure. Responsible for development of call schedule. Physician serves as back up for advance practice providers. - Responsibility for working closely with providers to ensure that the palliative care service is well integrated with existing capabilities and educational and quality initiatives. - Fully integrated system with clinics and hospitals on EPIC EMR to improve care coordination Position Responsibilities - Working with a dynamic, interdisciplinary team of Advance Practice Providers, Nurses, Social Workers and administrative support to provide excellent patient care - Palliative Care is a consultative service with a strong referral base. In addition to completing consults in a timely fashion, physician will complete follow-up visits and phone calls as needed - Offer co-management services to primary providers and specialists as appropriate. - Full and appropriate documentation of direct patient care services to support successful professional billing for services. - Be available to hospital staff as a resource for symptom management questions. - Available to support other team members with clinical advice and direct assistance with provider communication needs. - Mentor and precept medical, advance practice provider students as requested Position Requirements - MD or DO - Board Eligible or Board Certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine - Ability to obtain and hold an unrestricted license to practice in the state of Iowa - Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the physicians field of practice - Eligible to work in the United States (H1-B cap exempt) Community Details Vibrant, unique and industrious, Cedar Rapids is one of Iowas centers of excellence for arts and culture and an economic hub of the states Eastern region. As the second-largest city in the state, The City of Five Seasons offers its residents a wide variety of amenities, attractions and career opportunities on par with its nearby, out-of-state counterparts (Chicago, St. Louis and Minneapolis) without the high cost of living, hustle and bustle.