Hospital / Clinic Employed Hospice/Palliative Care Job in San Antonio, Texas
This Hospice/Palliative Care position in San Antonio, Texas is offered as a hospital/clinic-employed role. As a W-2 employee of the hiring organization, you would work under an administered structure where the employer manages compensation, benefits, malpractice coverage, and scheduling, along with the clinical facility, staff, and referral infrastructure. This arrangement is designed to let you focus on clinical care with fewer business and administrative responsibilities.
Compensation here is structured as an employment agreement with production bonus, with the financial offering listed as Open. Relocation assistance is available. Call responsibilities include a patient call rotation of 1:6 or better, and the emergency department call rotation for this role is listed as no call.
This is a permanent position open to candidates who are Board Certified or Board Eligible, trained in either allopathic (MD) or osteopathic (DO) programs, and educated as American Medical Graduates or Foreign Medical Graduates. Physicians currently in training through very experienced are welcome to apply, and the role is open to candidates with US citizenship, Green Card, or H-1 visa status. The position is based in a community setting ranging from mid-sized to large metropolitan areas.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Hospice/Palliative Care
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
- Structure of Position: Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: 1:6 or better
- Expected ER Call Coverage: No call
The medical director shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in the state where the hospice is located. In his/her absence, the medical director shall designate another physician to serve as acting medical director.
The medical director of fulfills two primary functions, each of which is expected to consume approximately one half of the time and work effort of the position:
- The medical director has overall responsibility for medical direction of the care and treatment of patients and their families rendered by the hospice care team, and shall consult and cooperate with the patient's attending physician. The medical director provides physician direction and guidance to the hospice program, its physician employees, and other staff and volunteers to assure the maintenance of quality standards of care for patients and families.
- The medical director educates practicing physicians and others engaged in health care services regarding the hospice program and its potential benefits to patients.
In fulfilling the two primary functions explained above, the medical director performs the following duties:
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Quality of Clinical Care
- Assure appropriate evaluation and certification of terminal prognosis of patients.
- Assure the quality of initial plans of care..
- Interact with attending physicians as necessary regarding pain and symptom management issues and issues involving patient prognosis
- Periodically attend home care team meetings and rounds in inpatient units.
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Supervision of team physicians (home care and inpatient)
- Interview and participate in the hiring and contracting of team physicians with the general manager, patient care administrator and/or team manager.
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Management
- Participate as an active member of the local/regional management team (includes budget process, strategic planning.
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Community Relations
- Educate community physicians on the principles of palliative medicine.
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Education and Research
- Assist in the development of and actively participate in clinical training for all hospice patient care and admissions personnel.
- Knowledge of the principles and practice of primary medical care, with at least a working knowledge of oncology.
- Knowledge of palliative care with particular emphasis on control of symptoms associated with terminal illness.
- License to practice medicine in the state in TEXAS.
- Board certification in a medical specialty which deals with care of the terminally ill, such as Internal Medicine, Oncology or Family Practice, with at least a working knowledge of medical oncology and demonstrated expertise in the principles of palliative medicine and symptom management.
- Structure of Financial Support: Employment Agreement with production bonus
- Financial Offering: Open
- Compensation Range: $243,147 - $318,970 per year
- Relocation Allowance: Yes
- Signing Bonus: Negotiable
- Stipends: Negotiable
- Student Loan Assistance: Negotiable
- Practice State: Texas
- Practice City: San Antonio
- Community Size: 50,000 - 99,999, 100,000 - 499,999, 500,000+
- 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, H-1 Visa
- 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:
- Agency: Avery Poe
