Hospice and Palliative Medicine Locum job in Portland, OR

LOCUM- Hospice

*NOTE: PROVIDER MUST HAVE ACTIVE WA License or IMLC AND WA DEA for this assignment as they will be treating patients in the southwest WA area as it is considered apart of the Portland metro area. In addition they MUST have the OR License and OR DEA.*

- Guaranteed hours: 8 hours per day

- OT applies after 9 hours per day

JOB DETAILS (PLEASE READ IN FULL):

We are looking for two full time providers to provide telehealth coverage in Portland.

Provider will work Monday-Friday (8am-5pm and can take a lunch when able to during that time).

They will take call 4-6 nights a month, plus approximately 1 weekend a month, sometimes with NP overlap and sometimes not. Physician weeknight calls are variable - sometimes may have 0 admits and 1-2 symptom calls, sometime 4-5 admits come after 5pm and multiple calls on complex patients during the night for crisis visits or GIP admits.

Weekends can be busy, if there are a large number of admissions and if we have a high number of complicated patients. If NP is also on for their weekend, they do cover symptoms and most of the nights, and physician just doing the admissions.

NOTE: Call will be a shared call between Portland and Medford.

Currently Portland has 350 patients right now (shared between providers)

Types of calls: IDT, consultation and med consults, telehealth visits, CTIs

REQUIREMENT:

• OR license, OR DEA, WA license, WA DEA
• Board Certification and truly Board Eligible within 5 years of residency
• Should be BC or BE in FM, IM highly prefer they are in Hospice (if FM or IM, they MUST have ample experience in hospice work)
• BLS Required