Palliative Care Physician

Azza HealthCare Agency; Greenwich (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Azza HealthCare Agency is seeking a clinician to provide inpatient palliative care consultative services for patients with serious illnesses, assessing and managing complex symptoms, supporting goals-of-care, and facilitating advance care planning.

You will collaborate with an interdisciplinary care team to improve patients' quality of life through comprehensive symptom management and shared decision-making.

Qualifications

• Provide inpatient palliative care consultative services.
• Assess and manage complex symptoms.
• Support goals-of-care and advance care planning.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate patients and develop palliative care management plans
• Provide consultative symptom assessment and treatment recommendations
• Support shared decision-making regarding goals-of-care
• Assist with advance care planning discussions
• Coordinate and communicate with interdisciplinary team members
• Contribute to overall quality-of-life focused care

Skills

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Symptom management

Advance care planning

Shared decision making

Care coordination

Job description

Provide inpatient palliative care consultative services for patients with serious illnesses. Assess and manage complex symptoms, support goals-of-care, and facilitate advance care planning.

Collaborate with an interdisciplinary care team to improve patients’ quality of life.

Key duties

• Evaluate patients and develop palliative care management plans
• Provide consultative symptom assessment and treatment recommendations
• Support shared decision-making regarding goals-of-care
• Assist with advance care planning discussions
• Coordinate and communicate with interdisciplinary team members
• Contribute to overall quality-of-life focused care