Hospital / Clinic Employed Hospice/Palliative Care Job in Cocoa Beach, Florida
This Hospice/Palliative Care position in Cocoa Beach, Florida is offered as a hospital- or clinic-employed role. As a W-2 employee, you would work under an employment agreement with the health system as both the recruiting and paying entity, with the employer administering compensation, benefits, malpractice coverage, and scheduling, and typically supplying the clinical facility, staff, and referral infrastructure. This structure is designed to minimize business and administrative responsibilities so you can focus on clinical care. The same organization also lists this opportunity as available under an Admin/Medical Director arrangement, if that structure is of interest.
Compensation is structured as an employment agreement with a production bonus, with the financial offering listed at the national average tier. Relocation assistance is available, and there is no emergency department call associated with this role.
The organization welcomes candidates who are Board Certified or Board Eligible, trained through allopathic or osteopathic programs, and either American or foreign medical graduates, provided they hold U.S. citizenship or a green card. Physicians at all experience levels, from those currently in training to very experienced practitioners, are considered. The role 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
