PHYSICIAN, PALLIATIVE CARE

Marion County Public Health Department; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Indianapolis is seeking a Palliative Care physician to join their interdisciplinary team. The role involves coordinating care for patients with serious illnesses, supervising trainees, and engaging in research opportunities. Ideal candidates will possess strong interpersonal skills, leadership qualities, and a commitment to patient-centered care. This position offers a collaborative environment with opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Must be BC/BE in Palliative and Hospice medicine.
• Supervise and train medical students and residents.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate complex care for patients with serious illnesses.
• Engage in multi-disciplinary care planning.
• Perform bedside rounds and provide direct patient care.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Leadership

Critical Thinking

Flexibility

Education

MD/DO

Residency in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine

Job description

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EMG is affiliated with Eskenazi Health and employs physician and advanced practice providers who support the Eskenazi Health system. A multi-specialty provider group, it strives to be a leading primary care provider serving all patients regardless of ability to pay or condition of health while advancing medicine through teaching and research.

Eskenazi Health is one of American's largest safety net health systems with more than 1 million outpatient visits each year. Partnering with the Indiana University School of Medicine, Eskenazi Health serves as the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indiana. In addition to the 327-bed hospital located on its downtown Indianapolis campus, Eskenazi Health provides services at 10 federally qualified health care centers and multiple mental health sites and residential facilities located throughout Indianapolis. Eskenazi Health is accredited by The Joint Commission and has been highlighted as one of the nation's 150 best places to work by Becker's Hospital Review for four consecutive years.

Indianapolis offers affordable housing, excellent schools and a wealth of entertainment options, including a variety of amateur and professional sports teams, dynamic museums, live theater productions, symphony and opera concerts, a wide variety of shopping options and restaurants, and numerous outdoor festivals, as well as the famous Indy 500 race each May.

FLSA Status

NA

Job Role Summary

The Palliative Care program helps coordinate complex care for patients with serious, life-threatening illnesses through the efforts of its interdisciplinary team comprised of two physicians, two advance practice providers, two nurses, three social workers and spiritual adviser. The team seeks to provide patient and family centered care to improve the quality of life of patients navigating serious illness by managing complex symptom needs, coordinating care and exploring goals of care across a variety of settings.

The physician must be BC/BE in Palliative and Hospice medicine and will join a mature team to provide both inpatient and outpatient care for patients and families. The inpatient consult service provides care to a wide range of patients including those in the Burn unit, medical and surgical ICUs as well as medical/surgical wards. Additionally, the physician will provide care on an outpatient basis through multiple co-management clinics with Oncology as well as primary Palliative Care clinics. After hours and weekend call coverage will be shared amongst all providers.

The Palliative Care physician will supervise and train a wide range of learners including medical students, residents, fellows and other interdisciplinary learners in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Additional opportunities include participation in research, scholarly activities, and the Eskenazi Ethics Committee.

The Palliative Care physician must be self-directed, flexible and committed to the team concept; demonstrate effective teamwork, initiative and willingness to learn; be open to new experiences; and accepts and respects diversity without judgment.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Perform in a manner to create and sustain a positive work culture with cross-department collaboration and in alignment with Eskenazi Health and Eskenazi Medical Group initiatives.
• Provide assessment, diagnostic determination, ongoing clinical management, necessary referral for consultation, care planning, therapeutic orders, transfer authorization, risk assessment, and determination as appropriate for discharge or transfer of patients, both directly and via supervision of trainees.
• Collaboration, communication and coordination with all physicians and healthcare personnel caring for hospitalized patients.
• Actively engage in multi-disciplinary care planning with physicians, advance practice providers, nurses, social workers, spiritual advisor
• Perform bedside rounds on all patients (either with team members or independently) in pursuit of interventions that improve the quality of life of patients and families. The physician will provide attending notes on all assigned patients.
• Perform review of resident notes for format, relevance, and accuracy with correction as needed, including completeness of dates, times, and legible signatures, ensuring timely completion of all professional records and documentation in compliance with local, state, and federal regulatory, licensure and accreditation requirements.
• Complete all medical record documentation and billing submissions within one business day of service.
• Provide prompt, effective, and efficient cross-cover of learners to allow them to attend scheduled educational sessions as well as role-modeling of handoffs to attending physicians coming on-service.
• Provide direct contact and consultation with patient's family members, friends, advocates, and relevant others to ensure effective communication of patient status and care plans and to encourage and support a patient-centered and family-friendly style within the hospital environment.
• Provide rotational coverage through on-call weekend rotation for inpatient and new consults.

Job Requirements

• Possesses excellent interpersonal skills and can work effectively with a diversity of personalities Must be approachable, show respect for others and be able to present data with effective communication and presentation skills.
• Must have the ability to develop flexible, transferable models for pathways of care.
• Actively demonstrates leadership and a mature sense of priorities and solid practical experience who can design and implement systems within the framework of technical boundaries.
• Performs as a strong team player who builds consensus and promotes the concepts of people working together versus individual performance.
• Possesses high degree of mental effort, concentration and accuracy.
• Demonstrates critical thinking.
• Flexibility to changing work schedule and changing demands.
• Exercises judgment/make decisions to determine extent of problems and to decide on appropriate course of action.
• Demonstrates the ability to see the big picture to implement change in patient care.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Possesses high degree of mental effort, concentration and accuracy.
• Demonstrates critical thinking.
• Flexibility to changing work schedule and changing demands.
• Exercises judgment/make decisions to determine extent of problems and to decide on appropriate course of action.
• Demonstrates the ability to see the big picture to implement change in patient care.

Minimum Qualifications, Training, and Experience

• MD/DO with Medical Staff privileges at Eskenazi Health
• Have an updated and active Medical license to practice in the state of Indiana
• Have an updated and active DEA number
• Must have completed a residency in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or equivalent training program and be BE/BC or equivalent

Eskenazi Health has been named to Becker's Hospital Review's 2018 list of "150 Great Places to Work In Health Care." This is the 3rd year in a row now that EH has received this honor.