Associate Medical Director Hospice

Amedisys, Inc.; Firenze; In loco; USD 60.000 - 100.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to providing compassionate hospice care. In this rewarding role, you'll lead a team to deliver essential services to patients in their homes, ensuring quality palliative care and support for families. You'll collaborate with healthcare professionals to enhance patient care quality and conduct educational seminars to promote hospice services. This position offers the chance to make a meaningful impact in the lives of those in need, all within a supportive and dynamic work environment. If you're passionate about hospice care and ready to lead, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Competenze

• Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy degree required.
• Current and unencumbered license to practice in the assigned state.

Mansioni

• Consult with patients and physicians to assure quality palliative care.
• Conduct educational seminars to improve patient care quality.

Conoscenze

Palliative Care

Patient Consultation

Pain Management

Educational Seminars

Formazione

Doctor of Medicine

Board Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care

Descrizione del lavoro

Overview

Are you looking for a rewarding career in hospice? If so, we invite you to join our team at Amedisys, one of the largest and most trusted home health and hospice companies in the U.S.

Why Amedisys

You will be leading a team where you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients and their families by providing much-needed care where they want to be - in their homes.

Responsibilities

1. Function as a consultant to patients, physicians, and other members of the interdisciplinary team to assure the provision of quality palliative care, including pain and symptoms management, in collaboration with the patients' attending physician.
2. Ensure appropriate evaluation, certification, and recertification of terminal prognosis at admission and at the end of each certification period.
3. Serve as the physician member of the Professional Advisory Committee.
4. Conduct educational seminars, in-services, and presentations to physicians, nurses, and other healthcare audiences to improve patient care quality, promote hospice services, and increase access to patients.
5. Be available for in-house or phone consultation for acute patient clinical problems that cannot be resolved through staff, directors, and primary or on-call physicians, and be available for consultation or joint visits in hospital or home when indicated.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy degree from an accredited medical school.
• Board certification in hospice and palliative care is preferred but not required. Experienced physicians with a passion for hospice and palliative care are encouraged to apply.
• Current and unencumbered license to practice in the state where you are assigned to work.
• Membership in good standing on the medical staff of at least one contracted hospital.
• Current CPR certification.
• Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and agency-required liability insurance to complete home visits.

Our compensation reflects the labor costs across various U.S. markets and may vary depending on location, knowledge, skills, and experience.

Amedisys is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified employees and applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, genetic predisposition, or any other legally protected characteristic.