Administrative / Medical Director Hospice/Palliative Care Job in Cocoa Beach, Florida
This Hospice/Palliative Care position in Cocoa Beach, Florida is offered as an Administrative/Medical Director role, one of two arrangements under which this permanent job is available — it may also be structured as a standard employed physician position. In this capacity, clinical duties are paired with leadership responsibilities such as oversight, quality, and coordination of clinical operations, a structure suited to physicians looking to take on organizational or systems-focused work alongside patient care.
Compensation is arranged through an employment agreement with a production bonus, with the financial offering listed at the National Average tier. Relocation assistance is provided to support your transition to the area.
There is no emergency department call associated with this role. The organization considers candidates who are board certified or board eligible, trained through allopathic or osteopathic pathways, and either U.S. citizens or green card holders, with experience ranging from those currently in training to very experienced physicians. The position is based in a community sized between roughly 25,000 and 499,999 residents.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Hospice/Palliative Care
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: Yes
- Structure of Position: Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other, Admin/Medical Director
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: (not specified)
- Expected ER Call Coverage: No call
We are recruiting to replace two of our hospice physicians who are nearing retirement.
Our Hospice which is located on the East coast in South Central Florida was established in 1977 and is our counties longest serving and only independent not for profit hospice.
Our 15,000 sq. / ft .Care Center is a 12-suite(with private patios) full service hospice care facility, that provides short-term acute symptom management for hospice patients – 24 /7.
Currently we have over 300 patients and this number is growing....
The Hospice Physician, as a member of the interdisciplinary care team (IDT), that consists of physician, mid levels, Rn’s, volunteers, and a Chaplin, is responsible for the direction and quality of the medical component of the care rendered to the patient/family by the interdisciplinary team.
We prefer certification as a hospice/palliative care physician or Internal medicine/Family medicine physician with experience or interest in hospice/palliative care medicine.
Knowledgeable about the psychosocial and medical aspects of hospice and palliative care and the
ability to manage the emotional stress of working with and caring for terminally ill patients and their families is a plus.
Bask in the year round warmth of Florida;
Enjoy paying NO STATE INCOME TAX.
Live in a booming economic location which is home to industry giants like Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Rockwell Health First, HMA just to name a few.
Easy airport access to Orlando Regional.
If you see yourself as a team player and are interested in discussing our need please reach out to
Avery Poe
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- Structure of Financial Support: Employment Agreement with production bonus
- Financial Offering: National Average
- Median Compensation: $280,072 per year
- Relocation Allowance: Yes
- Signing Bonus: Negotiable
- Stipends: Negotiable
- Student Loan Assistance: Negotiable
- Practice State: Florida
- Practice City: Cocoa Beach
- Community Size: 25,000 - 49,999, 50,000 - 99,999, 100,000 - 499,999
- Community Details: Registered Candidates Only
- Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
- Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
- Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card
- Preferred Experience Level: Currently In Training, Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Facility Type: Clinic
- Number of Providers: 4
- Agency: Avery Poe
