Palliative Care Opening in Cedar Rapids, IA
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Hospice/Palliative Medicine
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
4/29/24
**Palliative Care opening in Cedar Rapids, IA**
120m from Des Moines, IA
**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.