Permanent Hospice/Palliative Care Jobs in Augusta, Georgia
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Hospice/Palliative Care
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
- Structure of Position: Solo-Independent, Single-Specialty Group, Multi-Specialty Group, Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: (not specified)
- Expected ER Call Coverage: 1:4
This east Georgia medical center is seeking a board certified/board eligible Palliative Care physician to join an employed practice with a majority of inpatient responsibilities. This salaried physician will receive a competitive salary based on MGMA guidelines, full employee benefits (including profit sharing, relocation expenses and educational loan assistance), as well as, office setup and support from the administrative management team.
Highlights include:
o 581 bed non-profit hospital serving our community for 200 years
o EMR is Epic
o Financially stable with an A1 bond-rating by Moody’s
o Only hospital in Georgia to be named a 2020 “Top Hospital” for patient
safety by the Leapfrog Group
o Magnet Hospital for nursing
· The position
o M-F, inpatient consults (almost 100% inpatient)
o LVAD Preop Clinic ½ day a month
o No Call
o Large built-in referral base: Hospitalists with avg inpatient census of
300; 35-bed critical care medicine service; oncology; advanced heart
failure; etc.
o Competitive compensation and benefits
· Requirements
o Board certification or eligibility in hospice and palliative medicine
Almost entirely inpatient, although there may be a half day of clinic once a month to see preop LVAD patients.
The medical center is a not-for-profit community hospital that receives no local funding. With 581 licensed beds, this acute care hospital serves a 25-county region in Georgia and South Carolina and continues to lead area hospitals in market share.
The more than 600 employed and independent primary care physicians and specialists who practice at the medical center provide everything from routine preventive and diagnostic care to comprehensive heart and vascular and oncology services, and much more.
Since 1999, the medical center has been named the Consumer Choice Award winner for overall quality and image. The Consumer Choice Award is based on an independent survey of consumers conducted by National Research Corporation to recognize the most preferred hospitals in metropolitan areas across the country. This recognition places the medical center in an elite group of hospitals nationwide.
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- Structure of Financial Support: Income Guarantee, Straight Employment, Employment Agreement with production bonus
- Financial Offering: Open
- Relocation Allowance: Negotiable
- Signing Bonus: Negotiable
- Stipends: Negotiable
- Student Loan Assistance: Negotiable
- Practice State: Georgia
- Practice City: Augusta
- Community Size: Less than 10,000, 10,000 - 24,999, 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
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Facility Type: Hospital
- Number of Hospital Beds:
- Number of ER Visits Per Year:
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- Agency: The Stembridge Agency, LLC
