Medical Director for Palliative Care
Miami, Florida, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Hospice/Palliative Medicine
Salary
$230,000
– $250,000
• yearly
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Florida, Florida, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
4/29/24
Sanitas is looking for a dynamic clinical leader with experience in delivering exceptional care in a hospice/palliative care setting! The ideal candidate will be flexible with the ability to travel 25% of the time to offices in Florida (Orlando, Tampa and Doral) and enjoy mentoring and engaging clinical teams. If you are a strategic thinker with positive energy and a patient-centered focus....we would like to connect to share more about this opportunity!
Job Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
Patient Care Conduct thorough medical examinations, assessments, and diagnostic evaluations. Develop and implement treatment plans for a variety of medical conditions, coordinating care across multiple disciplines as needed. Monitor and manage chronic illnesses, emphasizing preventive care and patient education.
Diagnosis and Treatment Utilize diagnostic tools, medical imaging, and laboratory tests. Prescribe and manage medications, therapies, and other interventions based on evidence-based medicine and individual patient needs. Accurately diagnose medical conditions.
Collaboration Work closely with interdisciplinary teams, including specialists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. Communicate effectively with patients and their families. Ensure comprehensive and coordinated patient care. Explain diagnoses, treatment plans, and expected outcomes.
Preventive Medicine Focus on preventive care and health maintenance, providing guidance on lifestyle modifications, vaccinations, and screenings. Educate patients on disease prevention, health promotion, and self-care strategies.
Record Keeping Maintain accurate and up-to-date medical records, documenting patient encounters, diagnoses, treatments, and follow-up plans in electronic health records. Provision of high-quality, safe, and patient-centered care, while also serving broader organizational, legal, and regulatory objectives. It plays a critical role in promoting transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement within the healthcare system.
Continuous Learning Participate in continuing medical education activities to enhance knowledge and skills. Stay abreast of current medical literature, research findings, and advancements in internal medicine.
Palliative care is typically received with the patient in the hospital, but palliative care specialists will also provide services to those in need in a private practice office setting or an outpatient clinic.
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to work standing up, walk, use hands to operate tools and equipment and must be able to exert regularly up to 10 pounds of force, frequently exert 30 pounds of force and occasionally exert 50 pounds of force to constantly perform the essential job functions. The employee will be frequently required to reach with hands and arms, bend, balance, kneel, crouch, crawl, push, and pull. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Employees may be required to wear a mask in common areas. In addition, employees must comply with any state and local masking orders
Qualifications
Job Experience: 2-3 years Completion of residency in Palliative Care. Prior experience in internal medicine after residency completion is desirable.
License and Certifications:
License Required Current and valid medical license.
Certification Required Board certification in Internal Medicine; Hospice and Palliative Care
Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Strong clinical leaders in addition to clinical diagnostic skills.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work collaboratively in a team-based healthcare environment.
Ability to travel as needed
Other Languages: English/Spanish Advanced